Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 286, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 December 1913 — The Language of the Umbrella. [ARTICLE]

The Language of the Umbrella.

There Is a language of umbrellas as of flowers. For Instance, place your umbrella In a rack, and it will often Indicate that It will change owners. To open It quickly in the street means that somebody's eye Is going to be In danger. To shut it quickly signifies that a hat or two will probably be knocked off. An umbrella carried over a woman, the man getting nothing but tbe drippings of the rain, signifies courtship. When a man nas the umbrella, and the woman tbe drippings. It Indicates marriage. To swing your umbrella over your shoulder signifies “I am making a nuisance of myself.’V To put an alpaca umbrella by the side of a silk one signifies "Exchange is no robbery." To lend an umbrella indicates "I am a fool.” . To retffrn an umbrella means—well, never niad what It means; nobody ever done that CL