Umbrella

Several amusing facts, concerning such habitual bagatelle - a usual umbrella:

- the first person, tried to be rescued from a bad weather by means of a umbrella, in England has been mocked, but in America it was even worse. Horse reared, ladies were filled with horror at the sight of the monstrous devise and boys stoned "villain"

- already become fashionable umbrella widely prescribed in XVIII century by doctors as means for prevention of dizziness, epilepsy, eyes inflammations, fever and burns.

- in India the umbrella was a symbol of absolute authority. Umbrellas were put in tombs of princes, Chinese emperor had four-storied umbrella, Siam king’s - seven-storied, Japanese emperor had a red one, Dahomey king’s umbrella was decorated with 84 human jaws and one skull. Carving pharaohs, sculptors of Ancient Egypt necessarily made umbrella. Romans, Greeks and practically all East people used umbrellas (sun defensive!), but the design was bulky enough, and they were carried after women and dignitaries by special slaves.