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with a number OF adventures Ian
Cling at her belt, Miss Mildred Dickert
of No. 4 West one Hundred and Fifth
street arrived to-day with her mother on
the Kronprinz Wilhelm after a six
weeks trip about Europe.
During their journeyings they went
TO Monte Carlo and. Of course, Miss
Dickert was very keen to try her luck
at the Casino. Roulette was what APP
pealed TO her, and as she IL eighteen
years old the number eighteen war the
lure. Now. Miss Dlckert had two
American dollars with which to tempt
Fate at the wheel, but her feminine
caution advised her not TO lay both OF
them upon the eighteen. Something
told her to divide not only the sum she
wished to wager. but also the number.
so SHE put one dollar on the one and
the other on the eight. Now comes the
pause, while the little ivory ball is
click Observation-Disclosures wins And
bang went the saxpence.
"And that cured me OF gambling"
was Miss Dickert's to-day.
An adventure with IA royal flavor hap
pened to Miss Dlckert In Berlin on Jan.
"A. II was during the two hundredth
anniversary celebration OF the BIRTH OF
Frederick the Great. Miss Dickert and
her mother started TO pass through the
police lines and suddenly they found
themselves In the street. directly In
front of the Kaiser's coach OF state.
| This did not daunt Miss Dickert for
one moment She had "A small Ameri-
can flag In her hand and this she raised
and waved to the Kaiser. Evidently
the Kaiser was not daunted either. be-
cause he arose and made Miss Dicker,
n low bow and the procession went on
its way.
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GOT BACK WATCH AND PIN.
Woman Who Found Them Looket
Daily in the World md Saw "Ad."

Arthur ]. Carleton. a lawyer OF No.
&c william street. thanked The World
yesterday for the return OF a fine gold
watch and pin set with five diamonds.
lost by a member of his family Jan. q.
The watch and pin were dropped ~
West One Hundred and Twenty nth
street. in front of a big department
store. When Mr.. Carleton went home
from business he was Informed OF the
loss and reported to the police. Then he
engaged detectives and later advertised
In several newspapers.
"By some oversight the agency
omitted The World from the list the
first day. said Mr.. Carleton. but It
was added to the list the next day ana
I had hardly reached my office before
I got results.
"A woman called who said she had
found the watch anc pin IN the side
walk where 1t was dropped. and had
looked In The World every day for the
advertisement"
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MACFARlAND| IS
SENTENCED TO DIE
IN ELECTRIC CHAIR
Convicted Wife POiSOner Will
Pay Penalty for Crime at
Trenton.

Allison Ma~cIrarland. convicted Last week
OF numbering his wife by poisoning. was
sentenced to death In tho Court Of Oyer
and Terminer In Newark, ". j.. to-day
by Justice uummore. mcfarland ID
to die In The electric chair ~ Trenton.
Maci'ariand received the imposition of
the sentence without u trcmor and whon
led out OF the courtroom ssSfncd wholly
mistaken. lie faced The Chdef Justice
calmly while sentence was imposed and
se~'ne not In the leas, disturbed.
when asked II he had anything to say
why sentence Of death hOuld not be
pronounced upon him. in accordance
with tho verdict OF the jury. Macfar
land asked the Court, What sm 1 per
mlticd 10 say7"
Tho Chief Justice replied: "Yo,
may ssy anything you see nt a. to WI,
sentence should not be pronounced
upon you at this time
would anything I might say hav,
any effect on the possibility OF q re
view or my case" he asked the court
Justice Gumniere replied. Not "a
this time
mcfarland h~csitated ana replied
There are many things l think coui
have been used Ut the trial that woul
have thrown a different light on IN
case If they had been presented. but
was IN the hands % another man an
wuS guided BY his counsel. undc
superior force | yield to the passing q
sentence. but I protest"
The Chief Justice then Imposed '
tn. penalty OF the law death aud nN.
the date.
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LINER "a HOURS LATE.

Rough weather and n delay at Cher
bpurg brought the Kronprinz Wilhelm
or tho North German Lloyd line into
port to-day about t~wenty-four hours
late.
Mime, Narla Toscanini. wife OF the
conductor at the Metropolitan Oper,
House. caused the delay in Cherboui X.
soon after the ship left Bremen Capt
Nletich received a wlrVlcss message
that Nine Toscauini had missed the
train from Paris and that the ship must
De held at Chrrhourg until she arrived
Tho sNtp was hcli three hours and uief
tAc captain folded 10 the demands IT,
Other pas tl.ers that he leave Nine
Tas'eu'ai ueaiu1
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at those times. anu SAID That ! ought 10
have an operation. I would not listen 70
that. and when a friend Of my husbands
told him about Lydin Il. Pinkhsm Veg.
ctablc Compound and what it had done
for his wife. I was willing to take it.
Now I look the picture Of health and feel
like il, too. can do all my own house.
work. work in the garden and entertain
company and enjoy them. and can walk
rs far as any ordinary woman, any day
in the week. wish | could talk to every
! suffering woman and girl, and tell them
what Lydia r.. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound has done for me."-Mrs.
Dema Bcthunc. Sikcston, Mo.
Remember. the remedy which did this
was Lydia +. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound.
II has helped thousands Of women who
have been troubled with displscements,
Inflammation, liberation. tumors, irregu-
l%aritics. periodic pains, backachc, that
bearing down feeling. indigestion. and
nervous prostration, after all other
means have failed. Why don't you
| try il?
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M ne vourAr vNiey tArk) Herald
DID you ever feel that contcn;ment
enst o0nss from association with the III
unite 6oessf Hare IN he deep. airy
w1dsraas, end on the sunlt hills,
genius and hope IRE born. the heart
warned and the soui upliftsd. Here
amons ,hs hias q sweet peace carries
~ away from forms ana esr ~sanonies.
rom trtv.sliua. ana causes you 10 seek
your image In the deep blue sky. Here
~ tbs running streams. mid the music
Of ths birds. o fsei that you could be
gO0A forever ana live always.
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BIG Cement CO.. FAILS.
Aussiea. Has o. ,s1s ,OtO Assets ma
owes sD25 900.

PHILADELPHIA. Feb. 7-on petition
of two stockholders OF the American
cament Company. Federal Judge Me-
Pher son haa appointed a. receivers
Robert W. Lesley. President OF the com.
ANY. sidney w. Keith and John Scot, ,r.
The assets. Si.sts.ooo. consi,, largely
An holdings OF stocks Of subsidiary con-
Germs. The disabilities. ss2b 900. includ,
a bond i,sue Of $4,000
TIE company was organized IN 1899
under the laws Of New Jersey. II has
pIants IN Egypt and Coplay. Ia. .Ipr.
dan, n. Y, and NJ Norfolk. Va. lns
combined capacity OF all the plants A,
5000, 900 barrels q year. Tho conpan,
has $1,000. 900 capital stock o~utstandinr
and bonds and stockh VI It's own and
subsidiary companies toiaiiing e2.OsG, 16o
Business depression. competition anc
svsrproduction are Etven as causes 10,
ths r~ecefvnshtp.
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WAslilNHTpN, Feb. I-George n.
Corteiyou former postmastc-Gencra,
has hon su. 'o'a1"i TO appear before
the House Committee IN Expenditure
In the Post once department ON Frids,
10 tevtfy In tie inv, stigauou into tho
issue Of fraud orders against H.. q.
Lewis Of -. Louis, Mo, IN The People q
case.
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riuy Die In snOwstorm

lS!fiNl, siberia. Feb, "A party Of
nay persons persisted in a snowstorn
wnile travelling along tho c al In the
vicinity Of this city. They we're caught
ms drift from which fcrty-sour ccrpses
have been dug OUT
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TAFT NAMES HERRlCK
AMBASSADOR TO FRANCE;
NOMINATION WITH SENATE.
Effort Will BE Made TO Hurry
Confirmation Of Successor to
Bacon, Who Resigned.

WASHINGTON. Feb. The nomina-
ton Of former GOV. Myron Il. Herrick
Of Ohio TO bo Ambassador 90 France
WAS sent by President Taft to the sem
ate to-day. lie will succeed Robsrt
Bacon. resigned to become n Fellow Of
Harvard University.
An effort will he made TO secure his
immediate confirmation.
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SEVEN YEARS
OF MISERY
How Mrs. Bethune Was Re-
stored to Health by Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound.
Sikcston, Mo.-"For seven years
suffered everything. was in bed for

or five days at
u time every month.
and so weak | could
hardly walk. had
cramps, backache
and headache. and
was so and
weak that dreaded
to see IN one OF
have any n move
in the room. The
doctors gave me
medicine TO casc me
ia
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sWhas You
Thinkin' About
Crnmpa7"

TO he allie now TO have feet that never ache.
nevs. get tired. blis,ered. swollen or eha'cd. o.
have ,orns, callouses or bunions. is . glorious
,s,ompense for all the other aches and psias one
suffer, in tho winter OF life. TIL makes the fee,
.lsl young. and youn: feet make you feel young
all over.
I've tried many things for my poor old tired
feet. FOR these bunions Of 70 years. and for those
com, that have added wrinkles 20 my face. I've
led plastors, powders ard salves and nothing has
ever given the relief that tn has, MY fee, se
now strong aud vigorous. they never SET tired or
swollen. have no corns, cslog@s or huniou,
m, mole they are Toy. fee, on an Old maj"
TII gives Instant rl.ei aud cures al. foo:
troubles. /, opehtC, M a new principle. draw.
on, all the lnisonou, sAudations hat cause !oyt
missTio.
Don't ACCEPT . substitute. An elderly man
,-sciLly has = mind Il his own. ere that YOU
set TlZ.
TIZ. rs cents . bog. sold everywhere. o. en-
direct on reapt OF price by Walter Luth~ Dodss
4 o.. Chicago, III. kecUmmtndsd BY all pruS
StsssA dSsItUut and gspSgal su0sA .~s..
u KA-
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Cardinal Farley was able to be up to-
day after a few days spent In bed due
to a cold. Since his arrival from Rome
the Cardinal had attended such a round
of functions that It was ut
bis residence that His Eminence will
rest for the remainder OF the week.
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C.ru,o,s Policeman Retired.

Caruso's Policeman Retired.
Police Commissioner Waldo retired on
an annual pension of 500 yesterday
Patrolman James J. Cain, who
achieved publicity several years ago
when he arrested Enr.co Caruso. the
tenor. in the menaser!e In Central Park.
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was recently offered the POST q ~
ister To Argentina, which he deenneds
sailed to-day on board the Cunard l'nsa
Olympic for New York.
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Cloth bound edition i9i, World
Almanac now on sale, price sos; mailed
for 6oc. ry the New York World. New
iolk City.
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ACTIVE SECURITIES.

Omitted stats s,ee. M. 700 shavs; Reading,
o. 1900 .AaNs: Union Psafle. s<.l0o shsr,,
I~aaSh v.iiss' 100 sh.'vsi cp2.s. 1889 snare
sss gssTli ~ Es45 pry ,
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LONDON. Feb. John Ridge,y Chr
ter. formerly United States Minister to
Servia. Roumania and Bulgaria, who
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Reminds Me of
My Barefoot Days!"
"My Feet Never Get Sore, Tired o.
Chafed Now, Because | Use TlZ."

"TiZ MAKES me feel Like q boy again. Nothing
would hurt my feet in those days. even when
Id rn around barsfoo,ei with Rover. owes rock'
and pebbles aud sticks.
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WASH DRESS GOODS. I'm Both Stores.

$1,000 yards of White French Dress
L.inen,-pure flax, soft finish. As inches
wide. 45c per yard
value Csc
White Lingerie Batiste. a. inches
wide. 22c per yard
value 3sc
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CONVICT LABOR.
|N.STEEL PLANTS,
CONGRESS HEARS
Stanley Committee Tells Ser
vitude Methods and Flog-
gings Given the Men.

wASH1NGTON, Feb. I-Convict labor
Ia the operation OF subsidiary COM
psnles OF the United states Steel Cor
poratIon. particularly IN Alabama. were
taken up by the Stanley Investigating
Committee when II resumed It's hear
ings to-day.
shelby II. Harrison OF New York tes-
,ificd that lie mad made an Investigation
~ the conditions. lie told OF the large
number ot State and county convicts
n the ramp, In Alabama and Of the
minor orensss for which some OF the
men had been convicted and put at
Work In the mines. Men who walked
IN the right OF way OF n railroad, he
.aid. had been arrested for misdemeanor
and ordered into convict labor.
Tie committee inquired infinitely into
the n In which the Tennessee Coal,
Iron and Railroad Company procured
convictions. Mr.. Harrison said the com
pany agreed to take the convicts. "old
or young black or white" and work
them IN the camps.
Attorney Reed for the Steel Corpo-
ration reiterated that no state con-
victs were now being worked In Ala
hama by the company. Chairman Stan
ley replied that the company officials
would be called to testify to that.
Mr.. Harrison said that the warden
who hogs convicts in labor camps Is
employed by the Steel company. lie
said that he had seen a prisoner
foggcd with a three-ply leather strap
and had seen black n blue marks on
ono convict's back. Failure TO do the
required tasks was punishable by fog
ging. solitary connnc ment and by other
methods. he aid
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with Rev. and Mrs. ]. H. Fazei, 20
! Taylor street.
Mr. and Mrs. t. c. Busby, of Kellan
avenue, have returned from RossVillt
where they attended an Old Soldiers
! birthday party. They report that the
Rossville people are royal entertain
ers.
Mrs. H. NJ. Gilmore has returned tf
| her home in Council Grove after e
few days visit with her daughter Mrs
F. Philips of Wabash avenue.
Charles Banks, of Kellam avenue
expects to leave within a few days foi
Colorado and wyoming where he will
visit his sons.
Mr.. c. ]. Hooper left Tuesday fol-
Florida on a short business trip.
Mrs. John Hester, who has been seri-
ously i'll at her home on Kellam ave
nue., is much improved.
Mr. and Mrs. A. Lamb are now al
home to their friends at 1858 Oakland
avenue.
Mrs. Frank Reffelt, of Winfield ave-
nue., has returned from Kansas City
where she spent week with her par
ents.
Mrs. J. N Graft is attending the
statewide institute at Emporia for ten
days.
Mr.. Leo Curry of Winfield avenue is
ness trip.
Miss Gladys Ammo of Granville is
the guest for a few days of Miss Ruth
Sund.
Miss Louise Clark, Miss Florence
Clark of Adell, Iowa, Mrs. Morgan
] Washington and daughter Virginia,
/ Miss Ethel Mcfarland, Miss Lena
Helms and Miss Elsie Case are the
| guests today at the D. H. Peak home
on Forest avenue.
The mixed chorus CT the Oakland
NJ E. church had their regular prac-
| tice Friday evening at the church. The
oh Txril1 n ma ri Of T17JICi0
at the evening service Sunday.
Miss Mary Griffin Of 372 Chester
avenue, who has been spending the
past three weeks with relatives and
| friends in Missouri, is expected home
| the first of next week.
Mrs. ]. ]. Cole of ST. Louis, who has
| been visiting at the L. Biscoe home
and other friends. left yesterday for
| Kansas City for a short visit before
returning home.
| Rev Sheppard will conduct the
morning service at the Oakland Chris
! tian church and r. v. Lesson the even
i ing service.
| The Oakland Forestry club will
have their annual picnic next Friday
| afternoon and evening at Garfield
park. All members are urged to at
tend and a picnic supper will be served
| at o'clock.
| Mrs. John Lingo and son Willie have
returned from Cherokee, Kan, after
a weeks visit with Mrs. Lingos sister
Mrs. w. S. Pate. and family
| Mr.. Paul F. Ensign of WEIGH, Okla
| is making an extended visit with his
parents, DR.. and Mrs. G. H. Ensign OF
| Forest avenue.
A very pleasant surprise was given
Mr.. and Mrs. T. ]. Nichols Wednesday
evening, July IT, at their home, 332
AFTER avenue, in honor of their fortieth
wedding anniversary. The evening
was spent in a social way and Mr.. and
Mrs. Nichols were well remembered
| by their many friends. The following
were present: Mrs. c. NJ. Geiger OF
BrooksviIle, Kan, Mr. and Mrs. j. S
| Ray and daughter Naomi, Mr. and
Mrs. Arn1ine Willsey. Mr.. and Mrs. J.
| A. Staples and daughter Dorothy
Maude. Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Nichols
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oAkLaNp NOTES.

Items for this column may be phcncd
to 2253 Blue or State Journal office.
office.
Mr.. and Mrs. Floyd Wettling and
two children We're dinner guests Friday
evening at the George Rake home on
AFTER avenue. Friday was Mr. Rake's
sixty-fifth birthday. Mr.. Rake and Mr..
Holmes will celebrate their birthdays
after the summer months.
Mr.. L. u. Heller. of Chicago, IL
spending few days with his parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. L. Heller, of Oakland
avenue, and other relatives.
The Oakland w. C. T. U. will give the
annual picnic for the Oakland L. T. L.
Eext Tuesday afternoon on the J.. ].
Cation lawn, 202 Belmont. The follow
ing program has been arranged: Piano
duette, Virginia Biscoe and Florence
Draut; vocal solo, Florence Ludington;
vocal duette, Naomi Brake, Helen Ca
rothers; song, little Miss Helen Rey-
i.oIds and Master Clarence Reynolds.
Story telling contest for all l.. L. l..
members, for the best of which prize
will be given. A cordial invitation *
extended to all L. T. L. members.
The Woman's Mission Study class
of the Oakland Presbyterian church
will meet next Wednesday afternoo
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ton of lace insertion which hides
seams and Jennings. This is rather an
elaborate little frock but has sacri-
feed none of it's youthfulness. Val.
lace has been used for the insertions
and the whole is worn over a simple
silk slip of white.
Mr.. w. T. Clark, who has been the
to st. Paul and Chicago, and his wife
will remain with Mrs. Walter Bates
until his return to Seattle.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Pierce, jr.,
and Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Whelan went
to Lakeview this morning for over
Sunday
Mrs Eugene Hagan is spending sew
eral weeks in Kansas City.
Mrs. Robert T. Herrick and daugh-
tiers, Genevieve and Sarella, of Kan
sas City, Mo-, are guests of the J. p.
Davis family.
Miss Ava Hardcastle, who has been
the guest Of Miss Dorothy Porter,
returned to her home in Emporia on
Friday.
Miss Helen Brigham leaves today
for visit in Nortonville.
Miss Gertrude Kltchell is spend
ing the summer in Boulder, Colo.
Miss Helen Sheppard of New York
City is the guest of Miss Marie
Shearer.
Miss Edna Simpson spent a few
days of this week with her sister,
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| Mrs. N. J. Petro. Miss Simpson was
on her way from New York to Seattle.
Miss Nellie Patterson of Woodstock,
Ontario, is visiting Mr.. and Mrs. E.
Burnett.
Mrs. c. D. Nichols will return to-
morrow from the Ozark mountains,
where she has been visiting her sis
| ter, Mrs. Charlie McMann, for the past
two months.
Mr.. Dave August is spending two
weeks at the Thousand Islands.
Mr.. Ray Locke is spending today
in Kansas City.
DR.. and Mrs. Frank L. Loveland
and Miss Hazelle Loveland leave the
first of August for Ludington, Mich,
where they will remain until fall.
Miss Jean Parkhurst is spending
| the weekend in Kansas City.
Miss Marian Dana, who is recuper-
ating from an operation for appendi-
citis, is improving, although she is
still at Christ's hospital.
Mrs. c. M. Miller and son, Merwin,
of Dallas, Tex, are the guests of
Mrs A. w. Clark.
Mr.. and Mrs. Levi Hawkins have
returned from a months visit in Den
yer, Colo.
Miss clyde Bonebrake, who is at a
house party in A1lenhurst, N. J., goes
soon to New York, and will not re-
turn to Topeka, until later in the
summer.
Mr.. Horace Hall and Mr.. Louis
Hall are spending the summer in
California.
Mrs John Richie is spending the
summer in Colorado.
Mr. E. w. Rowles of Abilene is
spending the weekend with his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. j. W. Rowles.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. w. Page are spend
| ing a month in Stoughan, Wis.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Samuel, Mr.. Lee
Samuel and Mr.. Harry Samuel leave
Sunday morning for an eastern auto
mobile trip. They will stop at Kan
sas City, st. Louis, Evansville, Ind,
West Baden and French Lick Springs.
Mrs. H. T. Phillips of Cincinnati is
| the guest of her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. F. K. Gross. Mr.. Phillips will
come to Topeka the last of August.
Judge T. w. Haley, who has been
the guest of the Thomas Page fam
lily, left yesterday for Colorado, where
he will join a fishing party.
Mr.. ]. A. Tanner of Wichita spent
this week in Topeka.
Mr.. H. G. West of Junction City
spent the 18th in Topeka.
Mr.. George Godfrey Moore is in
Wichita and st. John and will return
on Monday.
Mrs. L. w. Hit has returned from
six weeks visit in Los Angeles.
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Love comes. as dreams do, without
a single silver trumpet or gold
fringed herald. Humbly, as a kindly
woolly pup to your. back door. One
night you may slip. into your white
bed with your hearth all to yourself;
you may awake to find little pink
Cupid toasting his toes at it's family
red ashes like cold Kobold (Which
thing. a Kobold, is shy and simple
souled elf with liking for the warmth
of a hearth or a heart.
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but, while you push your pie into
the oven and chatter to the plain little
child the path where he came in turns
to fine gold, a glitter grows about himj
he fills your little house, the beating
of his wings breaks into flame the
sunken glow witAin fyour heart-the
plain little child was an "angel una
ware!" So simply does Love come!
Treasure comes to the wrecker's hands
in casing of slime and rust.
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And sure he's come to stay. And
after that your heart will be livelier,
jollier place, and if he should ever go,
lonelier, colder one.
You may turn a corner, where you
have turned for years, and one little
minute look into the stranger eyes of
a girl you never knew, and straight
way gold threads begin to weave into
the fabric of your life; the pattern
changes. and the tapestry of dull
dark brown turns red and blue and