Ogden Daily Standard | 1908-10-30 | Page 4 | Real Origin of Umbrella

REAL ORIGIN OF UMBRELLA defoe credited with its introduction into england I 1 in a recent controversy in england regarding the origin of 0 the umbrella and deboes knowledge of that now universal article of wi wearing apparel a london writer says ys this knowledge may have been acquired in spain which he visited on business his line being spanish and portuguese goods long before he wrote robinson crusoe it Is noteworthy that john macdonald I 1 a footman mentions in his autobiography that he brought his own silk umbrella from spain and was denounced by the hackney coachmen of london as a frenchman when he took his walks abroad with it defoe makes crusoe explain that he has seen umbrellas made in the brazils where they are useful in the great heats which are there and adds as a new point that he found his umbrella as well for the rains as the heats beats I 1 proud papas observation its hard to make so some me people remember said tile the tiresome talker that they look a gift horse in the mouth yes interrupted but ill III bet its still harder baider to make our baby remember that ho he put a gift horse in his mouth