The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-04-29
COSTLY
A Great variety OF Them. Ranging In Price
IN 70 Hundreds Of Dollars Each.

You can buy an umbrella for 80 cents or
YOU may pay $50 or a great deal more Tor ono
II you wish to. In ono retail stock In the city
the umbrellas range in price from s. up 10
hundreds OF dollars apiece. Here for S. may
be bought q silk umbrella with a natural wood
handle. Umbrellas OF this sort for men and
women range In price up to $3.50. Above
that price the value Of the umbrella depends
upon the molntings. which are made OF many
materials and In very great variety. Some
Of them are comparatively inexpensive and
some very costly.
OF the more costly umbrellas some are made
for mems use. the greater number or them
for women's use. There are, OF course. handles
in many forms OF gold and silver. and these
at all sorts Of priccS-sij. $50. SIS and $50, and
on up. For INSTANCE. one mounting with gold
top might cost s2i. mountings OF gold or silver
enamel might 90. SIC. One gold mounting
with platinum ornamentation cost so. In
fact, umbrellas with mountings OF gold or
silver may he bought In one form and another
at practically any price. A mans umbrella
with a handle OF stained ivory. carved
Is valued at $50. Another umbrella with a
Malacca handle and mounting OF silver and
stained ivory costs s3+.
A w~oinan's umbrella, the handle mounted
with gold and enamel and set with a large
garnet, costs $3.50. Tho price OF one mounted
with a head OF gold set with Il large amethyst
IS $40. Tho amethyst IN this handle IL set
IN n rim OF gold which i, hinged on one side
and held down by a spring catch Oh the other.
The end OF the gold handlei IL followed ont. form
ing n box Of which the amethyst serves as
the lid. in which might be carried bon-bons
or whatever else might be desired.
Umbrella mouutings are now made in very
considerable variety OF gun metal and many
OF these heads are set with diamonds, A gun
metal umbrella handle may be IN the form
Of a little ball. or globe, with IA belt formed
OF u single line OF small diamonds running
around it, this bslt encircling the globe in some
cases in a horizontal line and in others d.
agonally. Some Of those gun-metal heads
are sprinkled over with diamonds. more or
less closely set. these diamond, being some
5 III S,s Of + ani. .}1sa ''S Sc;mct Emo s ,Se a..
monds are set in the metal IN some sort OF de-
sign; a. n little horseshoe made OF tiny dia-
monds. this being the handles only orha,
various other shapes as we'll as In the spherL
cal form. II might seem that q diamond
studded umbrella handle would be a very
elaborate-appearing affair, but as "A matter
of fact MANY of them are at once simple and
beautiful. Umbrellas with gun-metal mount
ings, most OF them, If not all with some sort
OF diamond characterization. sell from si4.50
to $40 each.
There are umbrellas with handles OF rock
crystal, cut in various forms; there are mount
ing- of Jade: there are mountings IN whole
or in part OF various fine minerals: there are
mountings of rhinoCeros horn; and the com
binationI Of materials used are many. Here,
for example. is an umbrella mounting that
presents n handle ~ shark skin and gold. with
n sapphire in the end Of i, this umbrella cost
ing s275, here is an umbrella with a handle
Of Jade. with diamond and amethyst orna-
nentation. price sl85, ard here with a Nal.
acca stick. mounted with stained, ivory and
Jade with n band Of Russian enamel for so2.
Whatever their means may be, not very many
people pay more than $40 for an umbrella for
ordinary use by far the greater number OF
those sold at higher prices are bought To give
away. The sale of those costly umbrellas
IA Of course comparatively limited. but they
i'm mountlncs Of hundreds Of varieties, with
new things all the time being added.