THE PARASOL

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 569, 23 January 1929, Page 7

THE PARASOL

The small type of parasol now in vogue Is only a revival. When parasols first came into favour in France in the sixteenth century they were constructed on a grand scale, and were capable or sheltering four or five persons. Size and weight—they were often or velvet fringed with gold lace —continued to characterise the Parisian parasol until the end of the eighteenth century, but when introduced Into Britain they speedily underwent a change. During the Regency, men carried parasols which folded into the size and shape of a threecornered hat, and could thus be carried elegantly under the arm, while ladies' parasols, also on a diminutive scale, were hinged to fold and slip into bags or pockets. THE VELD Shadow and sun on the far veld-line. And the sun-swept veld between. And never a break where the eye may pause In the whole wide sweep of the scene And never the stir of a thing that moves. Save the shadow that files the sun. And the sun that follows the flying shade To the edge of the world and on. HOMER BROWN Clergyman (after christening): “Homer is an unusual name for a child. I suppose you have studied the classics?*’ Mr. William Brown: ‘Oil, no, but I’m keen on pigeons.'*