Salt Lake Tribune | 1904-07-17 | Page 15 | Language of the Umbrella

language of tlio Umbrella. Theru hi a languago of umbrellas as of floY.'ers, writes a witty nowspaper num. Place your umbrella hi a rack and this will Indicate that it will change owner. An umbrella carried over a Avoman. the man getting nothing but the drlpplngfl of tho rain, slgnlflcn court9hlp. When thu man hna tho umbrella and the Avoman tho dtipplngfi. it Indicates marriage. To swing your umbrolla over your head sig- nlfloa, "I am making a nulsanco of my- H eelf." To carry it at right angles undfr your arm signifies that an eye la to be loot by tho man who follows you. Open-Ing Open-Ing an umbrolla quickly, it Is said, will frighten a mad bull. To put a cotton urn- brclla by the sldo of a Bilk one signifies jH "Exchange is no robbery." To purchase IH an umbrella means "T. am not smart, but IH honest," To lend an umbrolla Indicates "I lH am a fool." To return an umbrella means jH well, novor mind Avhat it moane; nobody IH over does that. To carry an umbrella Juet H high enough to tear out men's c.vck and knock off men's hats signifies "I am a H woman." To pre tut an umbrella on your jH friondij, saying, "Oh, do take it; I had IH much rather you Avould than not," Hlgnl- H fieH lying. To carry It from home in the H morning means "Tho rain will clear off.'' H