Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-12-19
HUN DU IUU CAkk1
YOUR UMBRELLA?
a Few Pointers on the Prone
Use of This Necessary
Article.

Curious about how some people carry
kmbrclias," said Mr.. Stormelton. Wa
think the ostrich is a stupid bird because
with it's head buried in the eand il think.
its whole body is hidden from everybody:
but plenty of men are quite as stupid a,
tina in their manner of carrying an un,-
brella.
They carry 1t in such a way as to pro.
tcct the front of their body and appear 10
think they have themselves wholly pro
tected while all the time the water il
gayly dripping down their back. Tho
fact is that not many men know how to
carry an umbrella when 1t rains.
1T it rains and blows then instinctively
they hold the umbrella toward the wind.
to keep the umbrella from being CLOWN
inside out as we'll as to protcc. themselves
from the rain. This is proper. But when
the rain is coming down straight they
carry their umbrellas in all sorts of ways.
in which they reveal more or less OF their
personal characteristics.
Here for instance, Is a mar who carries
his umbrella held in his right hand with
the hand straight In front of and in line
with his elbow and upper ARM. this being
the easiest way to carry it. Held In this
manner the umbrella really shelters COM
pletely only his head and the right side
of his body: the rain drips from it on his
left shoulder and down his left side. He
Is either lazy or thoughtless; he is prob
ably both.
Again, we may meet a man carrying
an umbrella at the cost Of considerable
effort. around in front of the center line
of his body. which is correct az to that
position, but carrying it there too far for
ward. with the result that while he keeps
perfectly dry on his face side yet moro or
less water drips down his back: a man
finicky and particular about the front ne
presents, about appearance, but not SO
mindful OF the substance.
"And then we meet the man who carries
his umbrella with forearm straight in line
with his elbow. for the greater ease OF
that position of the arm. but with the
hand slightly turned so as to make the
umbrella more completely cover him.. or
Will that end IN view. which end. how
ever, 1t does not accomplish, for, with the
umbrella top tilted it does not cover so
large an area as 1t does when carried in a
horizontal plane. This a man who is lazy,
but trying. by that twist of the hand. to
get something for nothing, or without
much effort.
And then we may occasionally meet .
man who is carrying his umbrella in the
best possible position for the purposes of
the best possible protection to be gained
from it. this being square in front OF him,
with the umbrella handle all but touching
the center of the front edge of the rim
or his hat. carried so to protect him. az
far as may be, both back and front, while
he carries the umbrella as low down az
can be without touching his hat on top,
thus giving himself, also. protection as far
as possible down around toward his feet
And here we find a man who knows. in
diligently, what can be lone with the
means at his command, and who IL wtlline
to put forth the effort required to brinS
those means to their utmost efficiency"