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Show Cliuinlicrlain'd UmLrella 77i 7Vuii at .nsi? We in this country who do not make a practice of carrying an umbrella on all occasions have lii-en Konii-what puzzled about Mr. Chamberlain's famous rain-stick. There must be some sinister secret se-cret behind it, we feel. To en-Iichten en-Iichten us, a British correspondent reveals the following facts: "Mr. Chamberlain's umbrella is actually a sword-stick, that is to say, the handle can be pulled out and a thin rapier withdrawn from the stem.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 bo removed and expanded at a moment's notice into a wire entanglement, en-tanglement, behind which Mr. Chamberlain could take cover if charged by cavalry. The cover can quickly bo converted into a sandbag and used either for a firing fir-ing rest for the elbow, a pillow when sleeping on the veldt, or as a ride rest. "Dangling from the umbrella's middle is a black tassel in which messages may be hidden and dropped from an airplane when all otlier communications fail." We Americans have a reputation reputa-tion for believing many things, but we doubt if we can swallow this one I |