Jasper County Democrat, Volume 1, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 October 1898 — Gave the Queen a Parasol. [ARTICLE]

Gave the Queen a Parasol.

The only gift the Queen of England ever accepted from a private subject was the cream-colored parasol -carried by her on diamond jubilee day. It was presented to her by the Eight Honorable Charles VlUlers, still the “father of the house of commons.”