THE DECORATIVE UMBRELLA

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 19846, 21 May 1927, Page 19 (Supplement)

THE DECORATIVE UMBRELLA

The umbrella has returned to the Victorian fashion, not of being a gamp, but of being rather decorative. Rather larger than the first attempts at the very short umbrella, it is seen • in discreetly becoming colourings, such as brown or dark blue, which go very well with the clothes at present worn. The handles and points of the umbrella arc again being made in ivory and its equivalent, and this gives a pleasing tone to the cover. Ivory handles, especially where they are a little yellow, are for the most part rather plain and look less like chess-men than did those of the Victorian umbrellas. They often have a little band of gold which also tones in with the cover. The attempt to introduce very bright colours into umbrellas has failed for the moment, probably because colour which has been rained upon many times easily

loses its attraction. The edges of the umbrella are bordered. Little edges of very brightly coloured checks are seen On some of them, and they must be deep enough to carry on the main tone of the umbrella. A very deep purple is sometimes used for the cover of the umbrella, and this may be edged with a close black and white cheek. Dark blue has another shade of blue, while brown is often edged with its own colour mixed with white. On the whole the brown umbrella is the . most satisfactory for present uses, as in rainy weather it manages to look rich and warm together. Worse Than Ever. He: “I mad n an awful mistake just now. I told a man that I thought the host must be a stingy old blighter, and it happened to be the host that I spoke to. ’ ’ •She: “Oh, you mean my husband!”