The Ancient Umbrella

On coius iu the rock carvings of the incieats the uinbrella often shows its familiar forra. This goes to prove that Jonas Hanway did not invent the umbrella, but he saw the value of the eastrn snnshade and soon it became the fashion to carry this nsefnl article. There must bo a great difference beween the umbrella of the eighteenth century and thd modern steel ribbed, ilk covered, slender article which it is egarded as a inisfortune to epfi wet