Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-04-23

answer. Tho reason Is that the an
swer Is an umbrella. and there were
very few umbrellas in this country at
thai time.
In Guilds Early History of Brown
University" a passage Is quoted from
Howland's memories, which READS III
part AS follows
Governor Manton headed n pro-
cession with the president. The gov
errors wig, which had peen maze ~
I England. was of the size and pattern
of that of the speaker of the mouse
or commons and SO large that his
shallow crowned hat could not be
placed On his head without disturbing
me curle. He therefore placed II IN
der his left arm and held his UNI
! brella in his right hand. This was the
first umbrella ever seen carried Ds
a gentleman in Providence, though
they had been some time IN use py
ladies on a sunny day.
In carrying the umbrellas on sunny
DAYS the ladies-God bless them
( were using the umbrellas according TO
/ it's name. 1t is the AnElicized diminu-
tive of the Latin "umbra, meaning
shade, and the protection was org
lnallv used only for the purpose OF
keeping off the rays of the sun as q
| parasol is used today, says n row
dencc Journal.
umbrellas originated in the orient
and were used in that part OF the
world thousands of years ago. I'm
cravings on stones found in Egyptian
excavations have been discovered IN
which umbrellas were pictured. They
were ut that time and are today III
some eastern countries an emblem
of rank. In 1855 the king of Burmah
told the English who had come into
his kingdom that he was the mon
arch who reigned over the great UNI
brella-wearing chiefs of the eastern
Coutries.'
Jonas Hanway was the first Eng
lishman to carry an umbrella, and he
appeared with it ii London in 1885.
He was hooted and jeered at, but he
had picked up the habit in the far
FAST and stuck to II, living to see his
example followed, until now an Eng
llshman without his umbrella IS as
undressed as a man without a nat
Governor Wauton's umbrella was
an important one, as were all those
in Providence in the early part OF the
nineteeth century, for umbrellas were
not made in this country until lolz IN
any quantity sufficient to supply the
trade, which had grown to fairly large
proportions.
Providence was conservative then,
as new, and it was not until 1920 or
Whereabouts that a man h carried
an umbrella could escape the charge
Of cheminacy which Is made today
against n man who carries a parasol.
The umbrellas then were crude AFFAIRS
with long zone handles, s~tretchers OF
cane or w~halebone, roughly Jointed
and covered with oiled silk or cotton.
Later on bingham was substituted.
then alpaca, and now a really good
umbrella is covered with silk.
After the first few years the fashion
Of carrying umbrellas in providence
became common. and everybody tntt
was anyone had one, and instead oil
being used as ~sunshades they were
carried as a protection from the rain.
A.a,.,. IL they were, they were not Of
4AueCiaI value, but it was the fashion.
ana as fashions were as rigid as they
ar. new it was doubtless no uncom-
mon sight to see a bowling swell
r~romcrading the street with the rain
Gripung through the inttrstices of his
umbrella.
SILK, however, took the place of cot
ton, Bingham and alpaca. The o
dence papers of 1890 or Whereabouts
frequently advertised the importation
OF a ease of silk md bingham UNI
b%rellas" along with a list of other
things.
But with the introduction of the UNI
brella into the city Providence enter
ed upon a carnival of crime. theft be-
ing the nature of the crime. Minis
ters. deacons and respectable citizens
who would sooner commit suicide
than axe money lost all moral sense
when they caught sight Of an umorel-