Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1901-08-29
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TO TELL DISPOSITIONS.
The Carrying Of Ulnbreilas Means OF
Character Reading.

Tho Carrying of Umbrellas = Means OF
Character Reading.
The man who sat nearest the win
dow said he didn't mind the hot wea-
ther.
It gives me a chance to see how
people carry their umbrellas" he said.
Il have such firm faith in my umbrella
deductions that wouldn't be afraid
to choose a wife with them for
guide
The woman on his left smiled.
sI'm glad I'm not out there in the
street" she said. You'd be picking
out all the kinks in my disposition
along with the rest Of them. =
SAID the man. = sized YOU
up q long time ago. You carry your
umbrella when it's furled, just like
that woman across the street. You
grab it in the middle and go forging
ahead with the end of the handle dig
ging into the unfortunate pedestrians
who go before and follow after
And what does that signify?" asked
the woman on the left
inconsiderateness.'
"Um-m-m," said the woman.
'But just look at the third woman
in the procession said the man. 81
pity the men folks about her house.
I'll warrant they have to get their own
breakfasts about six mornings out Of
seven. I never yet saw woman who
dragged her umbrella along SO that
you could track her by the trail of
the tip who wasn't dilatory and care
less. She never sews on button, or
darns, or mends, and her breakfast
dishes are seldom washed before 2
o'clock.
That other woman who is hustling
along holding to the top of the UNI
brella handle like grim death and
pointing the tip down and forward in
kind of south-by- -southwesterly di-
rection, is altogether different. She
would set the world on fire if it wasn't
water-logged. I am not sure that I'd
| want to be married to her, either.
She'd push everything before her and
| when she took a notion to clean things
! up mere man would have nowhere to
lay his head. What she is good for is
| serving on committees.
'sThat woman in the gray skirt is a
| yea-and-nay sort of person. She wants
to agree with everybody and follows
| wherever led. Women who carry their
umbrellas with the point backward
| and downward are always unasser-
! tive
'But just look at that girl who spins
along spinning her umbrella around
in circle as if it were a magic wand.
like her. She's jolly and good-na-
tured and gets more pleasure out of
life than 10 ordinary people. There's
| woman carrying her umbrella swung
across her shoulder like a shotgun.
She's true soldier of fortune. and
was never known to say die. I can't
think of anything that would feaze
her.
| The man paused.
"And what would you say" asekd
the woman, "about that girl who car
ries her umbrella horizontally across
the small of her back and catches
| either end into the crook of her ell
bow"
"Well,' admitted the man, "she is
a new one on me. I never saw her
before, but I wouldn't be afraid to
| wager that she is conscientious to a
degree and has heart as big as all
outdoors. But here" he added, comes
the most eventempered woman of the
lot. She cuddles her umbrella pro-
tectingly under her arm, as if she
doesn't want even it to get hurt in the
| crowd. That woman is gentle and
thoughtful and kind. New York Sun.