Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-07-09
TO KEEP OFF THE RAIN.
THINK OF PAYING $500 FOR AN
UMBRELLA.

UMBRELLA.
Vet Some People Who Have Plenty
Of Money Are Just Foolish Enough
to Pay That Amount and Even
Moro.
You can buy an umbrella for fifty
cents or you may pay $50 or great
deal more for one If yeu wish to. In
one retail stock in New York the um-
brellas range In price from IS up to
hundreds of dollars apiece. Here for
IS may be bought silk umbrella with
natural wood handle. Umbrellas Of
this sort for men and women range In
price UP to $3.50. Above that prica
the value Of the umbrella depends up.
on the mountings, which are made of
many materials and in very great va
riety. Some Of them are comparative
ly inexpensive and some very costly.
or the more costly umbrellas, some
are made for mems use, the greater
number Of them for women's use.
There are, Of course, handles In many
forms Of gold and silver, and these at
all sorts Of prices-$15, 500, $25, and
$50, and on up. For instance, one
mounting with gold top might cost $24;
mountiDgs of gold or silver enamel
might cost $40. One gold mounting
with platinum ornamentation cost $40.
In fact. umbrellas with mountings Of
gold or silver may be bought In one
form and another at practically any
price. A mans umbrella with a han.
die Of stained ivory, carved, is valued
at $50. Another umbrella with q Ma
lacea handle and mounting of silver
and stained ivory costs $34.
A woman's umbrella, the handle Of
which is mounted with gold and enamel
and set with large garnet. costs $3.50.
The price Of one mounted with head
Of gold set with a large amethyst Is
$840. The amethyst In this handle is
set In q rim Of gold which Is hinged on
one side and held down by a spring on
the other. The ond Of the gold handle
is followed out, forming box of which
which might be carried bon.bons, or
whatever else might be desired.
Umbrella mountlngs are now made
in very considerable variety of gun
metal. and many Of these heads are
set with diamonds. a gun-metal um.
brella handle may be In the form of a
little ball, or globe, with belt formed
Of single line Of small diamonds run.
ming around 1t, this belt encircling the
globe In some cases In horizontal line,
and In others diagonally. Some Of these
metal heads are sprInkled over
with diamonds, more or less closely set,
these diamonds being sometimes Of
uniform size and sometimes of different
sizes. Sometimes the diamonds are
set In the metal In some sort Of design;
a. little horseshoe made of tiny dia-
monds, this being the handles only
ornament. Gun-metal mountings are
made In various other shapes, as well
as in the spherical form. 1t might
seem that diamond studded umbrella
handle would be very elaborate ap-
pearing affair, but as matter of fact,
many Of them are ct once simple and
beautiful. Umbrellas with gun-metal
niountings most Of them. II not all,
with rome sort Of diamond ornamental.
tion, sell from SI4.50 to $240 each.
There are umbrellas with handles of
rock crystal. cut in varions forms,
there are mountings Of jade; there are
mountinss In whole or 10 part Of va
fious fine minerals; there are mount
ings Of rhinoceros horn; and the com
Here. for example, is an umbrella
binations Of materials used are many.
moupting that presents a handle of
shark skin and gold, with a sapphire
In the end of 1t, this umbrella costing
$275; here Is an umbrella with a han
die Of jade, With diamond and anne
thyst ornamentation, price $1B5; and
here with Malacca stick, mounted
with stained ivory apd jade, with
band Of Russian enamel, for $02.
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 to
some one as present. The sale Of
these costly umbrellas is Of course,
comparatively limited, but they are in
demand, aud they may be found in
stock In mountings Of hundreds Of va.
rites, with new things all the time be-
ing added.
Letter Rack.