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Show The First Umbrellas. Those who suppose that the nro- 1 brclla Is a modern contrivance will bo 1 H surprised to learn that umbrellas may 1 bo found sculptured on somo of the H Egyptian monuments and' on the Nine- vnh ruins. That umbrellas hearing H close resomblance to those of to-day H were In use long before tho Christian era Is shown by their representation M In the designs on ancient Greek vnses. H The umbrella made Its first appear- H mice in Ixmdon about the middle ot i the eighteenth century, when one H Jonas llnuway, It Is said, thus pro- tected himself fiom tho weather ut tho cost of much ridicule. Harper'- i Weekly. 1 |