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Show 1 I Uhe WccKly Tanorama. j .woo. J 1 ' t. X-oraf Kitchtntr't "Demand. It Is evident that the IMtlsh War f r .e Is c infronted with a disconcert- lug problem. The om. tal announce- ',' . Tuent has be.-n made that Ixinl Kitch- r i-ner h is n ke.l for 2.i 0 M more a- v aoned and mounted men to crush the ' j liners and the illsiffecteil c.ipa Dutch. The commnuder-:n-ctilif nlno demands r' the plenary power to hang rebels. t traitors and murderers with nit refer- I ence to tho home, government Ac- i cotdlng to his rec nt proclinn itlou all t lloers found with aims nfter R.-pt. 16 j may ba In. hide I under this category. The Idea of allowing Lord Kitchener F to hang prisoners nf war Is repugnant I to tha llrltlxh pe..pl . as It la to the rest of tha civilized world, yet It la be- j . Ileved that his demanda are In tha na- t" re of an ultimatum to the War of- I flee. Goaded by the humiliation of re- I cent deteata he threatens to resign un- less he Is allowed to crush tha Dnera I by hla own methods. I j Folding Vmbrtlla. Elma Etta Morrison, a Florida girl, haa been granted a patent on a folding , umbrella. Intended principally for cyclers' cyc-lers' use. When an ordinary umbrella Is attached to th head of a wheel It Is either too far forward to afford much protection or else lies In a slanting position. In th new umbrella um-brella thla fault la overcome by th double angle funned In th handle, the elbows being straightened by Jointed braces to support the from as rigidly a a straight stick. Tha lower portion of the handle Is In three tolencoplng sections, and nt the lower j ' end Is a steel clumping hand by which tne umbrella Is attached to tbe handle bor of the bicycle. The rib of the umbrella top, as shown In th Illustration, fold In th middle, and them Is an Ingenious nr- ' rnngement wheiehy tho rider, by pull- i Ing a cord, ji lowor the umhrelln. It ; can b folded into A small cumpaas ' , and bung on tho bicycle frame, I jmtrtcan Citln Only. London. Glasgow, Manchester and many other Itrlllsh cities regulate transparencies, elei trlr-flash signs, sky signs and the size nf left T poniils. lble In potters. Dover, ICnglnnd, re- quire a license for all street signs not contain, d wlihln a window. Franco and D.'lglum tax nt.ect signs. It Is only Amerlcm cities that permit themselves to be blotched all ovor with J huge signs and cut up with Immense fences' to accommndattt them. &L Louis Globe-Democrat. |