Show Chamberlains Chamberlain's Umbrella The Tire Truth at Last We in this country who do not make a practice of carrying an umbrella on all occasions have been somewhat puzzled about Mr Chamberlains Chamberlain's famous rain There must be some sinister se se- secret secret secret cret behind it we feel To en en- enlighten enlighten enlighten lighten us a British correspondent reveals the following facts Mr Chamberlains Chamberlain's umbrella is actually a sword-stick sword that is to say the handle can be pulled out and a thin rapier withdrawn from the stem Mr Chamberlain is an expert fencer The ribs of the umbrella can be removed and expanded at a moments moment's notice into a wire en- en entanglement entanglement behind which Mr Chamberlain could take cover it if charged by cavalry The cover can quickly be converted into a sandbag and used either for a firing fir fir- firing firing ing rest for the elbow a pillow when sleeping on the veldt or as asa as' as asa asa a rifle rest Dangling from the umbrellas umbrella's middle is a black tassel in which messages may be hidden and dropped from an airplane when all other communications fail We Americans have a reputation reputation reputation tion for believing many things but we we doubt if we can swallow this one i |