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Show UMBRELLA A 8IQN OP DIONITY In Slom a magnato'o dignity and powor aro reckoned according to tho nnmber ot umbrellas ho possesses. Ono of these magnates is proud to begin his titles with, "Lord ot Thirty-seven Umbrellas." Um-brellas." Among cortoln African tribes the grandour of tho Individual increases increas-es with tho sir o, not with tho number of umbrellas ho possesses. An African :htof determining to surpass all his rivals In this rospoct, mado up hln mind to procure tho largest umbrella In tho world, and got the artlole mado to order In London. Its ribs woro forty for-ty feot long, and other parts in proportion. propor-tion. Whon distended Us effect wob sublime, sub-lime, tho machlno rceombllng a green gingham circus-tent. In China tho (our highest ranks ot mandarin aro on-titled on-titled to a red silk umbrella with threo aounces tho smaller nobility botng allowed al-lowed two. Gentleman-commoners of tbo two hlghost ranks havo a red state umbrella surmounted by a gourd-Bhap-cd knob of block-tin. .Tho'twoloext degrees Jiava tho knob of wood only, though painted red. Thon comes the Dfth rank, with umbrellas um-brellas of bluo cloth, with red-painted wooden knobs nt tho top, nnd only two flounces. Tho governor-general of n Chincso province is heralded by two great red silk umbrellas. In Turkey no ono is supposed to uso an umbrella except tho sultan, whllo In Morocco only membors of tbo royal family claim this peculiar honor as tholr own. |