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Show Rolling an Umbrella. (Xew Tork Herald.) j "Why is it," asked an inquisitive cus- j j tomer in a downtown umbrelia store. "that one can never roll up an urn- V brella as compactly and neatly as it i3 rolled when he buys it?" ., f "You can if you only knoiv how.' I said the salesman, "but if everybody r knew how it would mean less business t for us. The umbrellas would last long- j er and there would be a lot less work j for the repairers. ., I "Perhaps I ought not tell you how.' j I the clerk continued, "but it's so simp' t you should know, anyhow. If you ni noticed, nearly everybody who rolls up j an umbrellas rakes hold of it by the handle and keeps twisting the stipli . with one hand while he folds and rolls with the other hand. . "Now. that's just where th mistake comes in. Instead of twisting witn ! handle he should take hold of it J"?t above the points of the cover riW- ; These points naturally lie evenly around the stick. Keep hold of these. , pressing them tightly against the stick ; and then roll up the cover. Holdire j the ribs prevents them from gettin- . twisted out of place or bending out oi . shape. Then the silk is bound to foia evenly and roll smooth and tight. , "Roll your umbrella this way a"'1 until it is old enough to get rusty loos- ing it will look as if it had just come from the-shop." |