Show Chamberlains Chamberlain's Umbrella The 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 secret secret secret se se- cret behind it we e feel feet To enlighten enlighten enlighten en en- lighten us a British correspondent reveals the following facts 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Chamberlain's umbrella is actually a sword-stick sword that is to say the handle can be pulled out and a thin rapier withdrawn wn from the stem Mr Chamberlain is an expert fencer The ribs of the umbrella can be removed and expanded at a moments moment's notice into a wire entanglement entanglement entanglement en en- behind which Mr Chamberlain could take cover if charged by cavalry The cover can quickly be converted into a sandbag and md used either for a firing firing firing fir fir- ing rest for the elbow a pillow when sleeping on the veldt or as asa asa asa a rifle rest Dangling from the umbrellas umbrella's middle is s a black tassel in which messages may be hidden and dropped from an airplane when all other communications fail We Ve Americans have a reputation reputation reputation tion for believing many things but we we doubt if we can swallow this one |