Show men shun gewgaws gew gaws there la Is one thing that no real man will stand tor for said the tall girl he ile positively will not carr an un uri brella all 11 trimmed up with knots of ribbon several times I 1 have been obliged to lend an umbrella to men I 1 who got caught in the rain fach ol 01 those umbrellas was ornamented with tufts of ribbon when the man left the house when he brought it back the ribbon was mas gone he ile had bad been ashamed to be seen walking along the street carrying an umbrella whose handle was trimmed with ribbon rosettes and bad had taken them off as soon as he left the house and had bad forgot to put them on again lowa now a days in order to save trouble for both of us I 1 take the ribbon off myself before offering a man an in I 1 rella |