How to Roll an Umbrella.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXIX, Issue XX, 15 November 1902, Page 1277

How to Roll an Umbrella.

“Why is it,” asked an inquisitive customer in an umbrella shop. "«hat one can never roll up an umbrella as compactly and neatly as it is when he buys it?” “You can if you only know how.” said the salesman, “but if everybody knew how it would mean less business for us. The umbrellas would last longer, and there would be a hit less work for the repairers. “Perhaps I ought not to tell you how.” he continued, “but it's so simple vou shoul* know. If you have noticed. nearly everybody who rolls up an umbrella takes hold of it by the handle, and keeps twisting the stick with one hand wh : !e he folds and rolls with the other hand. “Now. that's just where the mistake comes in. Instead of twisting with the handle, he should take nold of it just above the points of the cover ribs. These points naturally lie evenly around the stick. Keep hold of these, pressing them tight!v against the stick, and then roll up the cover. Holding the ribs prevents them from getting twisted out of place or bending out of sha;>e. Then the silk is bound to fold evenly and roll smooth and tight. “Roll your umbrella fway. rnl until it is old enough to get rusty looking it will look as if it had just come from the shop.*”