Show j I i 1 When and araci Where Did Old J j l the thie Umbrella Originate r ones when yon go so forth tarth on an a rainy dOF der comfortably protected by 1 your jour umbrellas does the question ever e C er occur to you Jou Who Invented the tho umbrella Now tho fact Is ts tho the Inventor of or the umbrella or Is la not known for tor I ouch auch an sunshades were wera used In China long IanI before the tho Christian era ern and anda a l may ny h have had hd II their origin n In n thOd the pagodas of ot that country for Cor In the tho Celestial Em tho umbrella or Is a for tor three or four tour story affair not Co unlike the pagoda It Jt IB lu possible Hint In tho the beginning the Idea hell of ot nn an wan suggested UJ to to the mind of at man by br the presence of or n a toad load under n mushroom whore where he might have been seen Been sitting well protected from traID a n shower or the tho hot rays of oC a n midsummer sue pun Man ever busy planning for tor his bes bodily comforts com torts would not be slow AloV to use the pattern offered orr by hI the tho toadstool ol olor 1 for or being n a creature susceptible to heat bent awl and OUr moisture ho would naturally adopt any allY plan by which ho he might be protected from ram such Ruch discomforts as rain and heat In Burmah the umbrella la is n a 1 badge bulle of at r superiority the Burmese princes always being attended by bearers am officials high In tho the royal retinue The Bur Burmese Burl l F mese mo se umbrella of or huge hul o estate Is of ot white r 1 silk having n a golden handle handlo ornamented with precious stones In former farmer times the umbrella In India wn was filS s a royalty and lind as an In China Chinn marked the rank of its Ita In tho the num number I her ber of oC Its tiers and nUll flounces It possessed sed The Imperial umbrella of ot China IB It of ot n nt brilliant canary J no f yellow and l ls III railed called the tho th t Q 1 s f Umbrella of The Middle AgeS A es I t 1 r 1 1 Chinese eh nese z Ecclesiastical cat I Umbrella f l r rf rt t Yellow lellow Dragon It bus hus hl three tiers tier or stories storie In Its construction Oo On most of oC the ancient sculpture of oC Persia Egypt nod and Assyria the umbrella Is often orten seen and It Is II pictured as 08 a n prominent Eory to the chariots of ot thu Ethiopian princesses princ ses I In the tho palmy days of aC tho Roman Em pire the tho umbrella was waR used only by b great men J nobles and find and ladles of ot rank The Tho first mention of ot tho umbrella In literature In loros Floros 1 Wonders Wonder and Is thus de der described scribed lOA A kind of oC round fan or shadow Ins Ing that lh t they ther use In summer lu Iu Itula u little shade |