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Show To Dry the Umbrella. To preserve nn umbrella to that It wll last lone enough and not look shabby It nhoulil be carefully dried each time It Is carried In the rain. To do thla It should never be stood on the point,1 thus pernilttliiK the water to trickle down, spoiling the silk and making the wires rusty, says tho Gen-tlewoman. Gen-tlewoman. Neither should an umbrella um-brella bo opened to dry, for In this way th silk Is stretched, and later It becomes bnesy, and It Is Impossible to furl It smoothly. Theoorrect way to dry nn umbrella Is, to shake It well to pet as much water out as possible pos-sible and then stand It on Its handle to drain. |