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BOOK III.
CHAPTER Iv.-continued.


Once seated at table. and immedi-
ately he was given an illustration of
the general fickleness of feminine ma
ture. Smilingly. half-timidly. Della,
the name by which the Girl had ask
ed Tom to address her. came forward.
and Tom sprang to his feet. brushing
aside Hewitt, who was holding a
chair for her. and performing the Of
flee himself
Il was waiting for you," she told
him brightly.
Instantly Tom scared from the
depths OF his gloom up to another alb
surdly vain pinnacle of Joy.
Were you?" he cried ecstatically.
Now | call that bully! Where are
'the other ladies?"
This question, owing to the queer
ness OF everything connected with
willard and his secret enterprise, he
doubted the propriety OF asking; but
II might be that they were unfamiliar
with customs on shipboard. and here
was an opportunity to make them fee
at ease. The girl, however, did not
seem to think it maIapert; as she
replied promptly, II reservedly:
They are indisposed. We are tc
Aunch tete-a-tete-et Qu'eE dites vous 2
The only way can understand
-Erench." said he. lis when 1t is OF
paper, and not then without a lexi
con. You're not French."
She laughed at his bluntness.
NO. but I've lived most of my If
in Paris. meant. II you object Il
the arrangement you might call Il
MIR. Mercer"
Nix That's near-German. and
means that at this hour Mr.. Mercer
place is on deck Paris-h'm-n
Cousin of chum OF mine has spen
a good deal OF time there. Quite
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OF prominence who attended the
cathedral ceremonies. Cardinal Far
ley, who was in charge OF the cele-
bration. gave one of these pieces to
Capt. o. p Townsend. who command
ed the guard Of honor for the body.
and Captain Townsend gave the relic
to Mr., Robinson to add to his already
interesting collection.
From cons and cons farther back
in the history Of this continent comes
another relic which Mr.. Robinson
treasures, a block Of sandstone bear
ing the clear imprint OF the human
foot. 1t was taken from THE Rocks"
short distance from Shawneetown.
but over the border line in Kentucky.
1t is believed In the neighborhood
that the imprint is that of prehistoric
man.
A third era OF the continents nis-
tory, that which brings the collection
down to the modern world, is repre-
sented by an old silk Revolutionary
, aag New York Herald.
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SYNOPSIS.

Ralph Van Vechten. a young man OF
leisure. n aronished to see man enter
10. 1873. n house across the street from
che powhRtan club. long unOccupied ana
spoken Of as the House 81 Mystery. sey-
erRi persons at regular intervals enter
No. 1913 Van VeChien expresses concern
60 his friend Tom phinney. regarding the
whereabouts OF his cousin and fancee;
Paige Carew A man is forcibly e)ected
from the house. Van Vechten and Tom
follow the man and ind him dead In the
etr~et Van Vechten is attracted by the
face Of girl IN the crowd or oniooEers
surrounding the body. Detective RIM
calls on Van Vechten 20 get his version
or the tragedy. Tom Phinney goes alone
on yachting trip. He recognizes among
eomc persons In a passing motor boat tWo
men whom he had seen enter the House
Cailis, on shore later and follows nm.
Tom ts seized blindfolded and taken 70
house A swcct-volced girl later protests
against the roughness or his captors
Van Vechien calls on his uncle. Theodore
Van Nechten. big man IN Wall street.
and known ~ the Man or Iron. IN
eearch Of information regardlns ,,,ie tne
whereabouts of Paige Carew Detectiye
F1lnt shows Van VcChten "A gold mesh
purse found In the House OF Mystery
Van recognizes It as belonging 70 Psigs
Csrew The sweet-volced girl helps Tom
Phinncy escape. a message from Lon
don reports that two ladies resembling
Miss Carew and her companion. Mrs
Devereaux sailed for New YORK some
time previously II develops that the
lsdies visited the English home OF Tenn
pIe Bonner. owner Of the House OF Mys-
terry. II Is recalled that Temple Bonner
was IN love with n daughter Of Compton
Schuyler who married Max willard The
other daughter married q man named
DevereauN Bonner and Willard were In
innate friends. A search Is started for
willard. Van Vechten enters the House
Of Mystery by the back door IN time TO
hear John Calls threaten n girl He In
terferes md helps the girl escape. but is
rendered unconscious In the struggle
With Calls Tom Phinney gets ioh
as master NJ Brownlow's yacht Kohinur,
which has been chartered Tor some mys-
terious mission. The chartercr Max VII
Iard. and his friends board the yacht at
night and Tom hears the voice Of the un-
known girl willard assures Tom that
his mission is honorable. and iutlmates
that a great wrong Is about 10 be righted.
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BROTHERS. Eh2

A certain curate was OF painfully
nervous temperament, and In conse-
quence was constantly making awk-
ward remarks intended as compliments
to the bishop and others.
Having distinguished himself in an
unusual degree during a gathering Of
clergy at an afternoon tea short
while ago in the bishops palace, he
was taken 20 task for his failings by
a senior curate, who was one of his
companions on the way home.
Look here" said Slmms. the senior,
decidedly, you're a donkey. Why
can't you keep quiet instead of max
ing your asinine remarks? l am speak
ing to you as a brother"
Loud laughter interrupted him at
this point, and for the moment he did
not see the joke.
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RELIC OF PONCE DE LEON
Illinois Man Has Recently Added Il
TO His Already Extremely Val
liable Collection.

A collection OF relics, not related
in any way, but each object OF which
is particularly interesting in itself, is
that OF Mr.. Michael Robinson OF
Shawneetown, H., to whose treasures
was recently added piece Of the
coffin In which Ponce de Leon was
buried in the old cathedral at San
Juan. Porto Rico.
When the leaden casket OF the ex-
plorer was examined before It was
transferred from the old cathedral to
the new one II was found to be In a
very poor condition. So insecure did
It appear that IT was decided a new
casket should be provided. The old
one was then discarded and cut into
pieces. which were sTssn to persons
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Annual inhlction,

An east Cleveland young man. &C.
companied by his fiancee, lately called
at the home Of a mutual friend, where
there had been a recent addition to
the family. They were greeted at
the door by the young wife and moth
er. who happened to be suffering from
a severe cold. After an exchange Of
conventional commonplaces the young
man inquired after the welfare Of the
baby. And the young matron under
stood him to be asking about her
cold Hence the following startling
reply. We'll, have one every year
about this time, but this is the mean
est one I've ever had."-Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
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Odd and Even.

Andrew Carnegie, at one Of his
peace dinners in his superb red brick
mansion In Fifth avenue, said Of the
Mexican policy Of the government:
1T is a wise and Christian policy. 1t
will establish q precedent that the
world will hereafter observe.
ITO have peace Mr.. Carnegie add
ed, I'VE must bear and forbear Ha.
treds and vengeances destroy all hope
OF peace.
"If you try to get even. in word.
you remain at odds"
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-05-07

In breeding goldfish. an industry
which has fourished in China from
time immemorial, the eggs are re-
moved from the reach of the adult
male fish and hatched by the sun in
shallow dishes.
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-05-07
A Fact.

Mine enemy has stolen my new In
> cubator!"
What fowl revenge,"
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Whenever You Need a General Tonic
Take Groves
7he OLD Standard
Groves TaSfekeSS
chill Tonic

Equally Valuable Gensral Strengthening Tonic, Because Acts on the
Liver, Drives Out Malaria Eches the Blood and Builds Up the Whole System
You know what taking when take Groves Tastess chill Tonic
the formula printed LABEL showing that contains the wen"
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Fever Weakness General Debility and Lo Appetite Gives life and v
Nursing Mothers and Pale Siy Children True Tonic and Sure Appe
For people and children Guaranteed Druggist We mean It, ~
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Putnam Fadeless Dyes guarantee
satisfaction. Adv.
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II you have lived long. you have
lived wisely.
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-05-07
Laughter Aids Digestion.

Laughter is a most healthful exer
ton; IL is one of the greatest helps tc
digestion with which am acquainted;
and the custom prevalent among oui
forefatbers. OF exciting 1t at table BY
testers and buffoons, was founded OF
true medical rinciples.-Hufeland.
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-05-07

Lots Of things and men seem easy
until one tries TO do them.
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SPECIAL TO WOMEN

The most economical, cleansing and
+. germicidal Of all antiseptics is
Evening star., 1914-11-17

dered and with hair getting gray,
rushed to the t. and enviously saw
Mr.. Marshall swing down the avenue
in glistening new roadster.
so Mrs Cary said it again to Mrs
wilson, across the street. who said in
reply: sure We're shiftless-and poor.
l told Mr.. Wilson fifteen years ago to
buy some lots by the river and now
he could have been rich. Bu- will a
man ever take a woman's advice? No,
my dear Did you see their dining
room wall paper? 1t cost So roll If it
cost cent. 1 just cried last night.
But. goodness. what's the use of pa
pering our dining room when the paint
has all peeled off outside of the house,
and goodness knows when we'd ever
buy the paint, let alone getting it on.
Which TRADE somehow comforted both
Mrs. Wilson and Mrs. Cary.
The Marshalls were not purse proud
nor stand-offish. They were friendly,
sociable. almost wistfully sociable it
seemed. Atherwise Rosemont could
have solaced itself by ignoring them.
But Mrs. Marshall joined the Ladies'
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, gain sale prices-and sometimes had
silk. mostly mercerized. But no single
house in Rosemont ever Haunted the
two at once. The Marshalls had other
| things which Rosemont seldom saw
except in the department store win
dows or on the stage. And the stage
was mostly the "movies'-decanters
statuary, lovely upholstered wicker
furniture for the porches. bed ham
mock, oil paintings that Rosemont
looked at bit sullenly-they were so
very big and the frames were so very
goldly and wide. And all the pther
articles that you'd like to buy If you
had the money.
! Resonant looked and was cast down
In week it knew that it was shabby
and poor and shiftless.
Just shiftless, that's the only word,
said Mrs. Cary, bitterly. first to Jennie
Cary, who retorted: Mamma. l got to
have new hair ribbons I'm sick. l
was so ashamed yesterday. Alice Mar
shall has got 'em twelve inches wide.
and she wears different ones every day
And Mr.. Cary retorted: Il know it. But
I don't see how l can do any different
With the high cost of living--and
there's always twenty bookkeepers to
take fellows place if he asks for a
raise And then Mr.. Cary, stoop shoul-
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devil at close range and see what he is
| like"
| At high school Alice and Robert
| finally had come to be let alone. Not
| that there was any tangible reason,
| but the other young people felt uncom-
| Portable with two who did not know
what 1t was to be poor or without car
| fare or ice cream money:
came to be let alone. They didn't
mix, somehow. OF course, they didn't
| care, Rosemont observed. With all that
| money they doubtless had plenty of
wondered why they had selected so
unimportant a place as Rosemont to
| live in.
Then Mr. Cary hustled home one
| night with important news fairly r;l-
dating from him. He rushed from
! the Il" station. He stopped Baker
on the corner. Together they sought
| their wives and told
| Rosemont the next day went around
| grinning sheepishly And it patted Mr..
Marshall on the back, and the women
ran over informally to see Mrs. Mar
! shall. And at high school Alice and
| Robert We're generously allowed to
| treat the entire four classes.
| You could have knocked me down
| with 4 feather said Mr.. Cary to his
| wife that night. "Old Marshall walked
in rather uneasylike, and said he'd
i like to go to lunch with me II l dldn
|
| that affected humbleness of his always
got my goat. 1t didn't go with his ir-
ritable eyes. But l said All right;
where will we go?' And he said he
didn't know places. 1 laughed sarcasti-
| cally at that. And I said l guess you
| know plenty of places. And he said,
oh, yes. cheap ones But he'd like to
go to a tony place. Well, l know where
| they are, though I've never been IN
any" Mr.. Cary laughed. 1t was
| genial laugh. unhampered by the harsh
note of envy. And then he up and
| confessed he used to be Janitor till
| an uncle in Germany died and left him
| all this money. And he'd heard Rose
| mont was pleasant place with pleas
/ ant people, so he thought they'd slip in
and be part of us. And they lit in and
bought all the stuff they thought peo-
| pie like us had"
'"They looked aristocratic." walled
| Mrs Cary.
Sure, they did. Any one with their
| background would. But they were only
| scared. That was what give 'em that
| naughty air But, anyway, they're nice
| people," Mr.. Cary laughed. And DO
| you know. like the old gent now. l
| know he is no better that the rest OF
| u.s.
Mrs Cary laughed guiltily and push
| ed basket of fabrics under the dress
| er. But. under her husbands glance
| she confessed. THAT is some plush l
got to fix the parlor furniture. But
| don't care now. So I'm going to ex-
change 1t for fruit jars. So signiti-
! cantly. 'is Mrs, Baker. And 4" vo''
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as comfortably as he or she could. and
talked about what a pretty place Rose
mont would be when they all got to-
gether and fixed up.
Then the Marshalls moved out there.
The family consisted of Mrs. Marshall.
a pale, tired, elegant woman: Mr.. Mar
shall. a sailow. petulant. stately man;
Alice Marshall. aged sixteen, slim,
pale girl, whose underclotheS were
hand embroidered and whose shoes
'. made to order: Robert Marshall.
slim, silent boy of fourteen. whose
expensive wardrobe awed Rosemont,
where patched pants and resoled shoes
were the correct costume for young
men of his age.
Before three days elapsed Rosemont
was flushing with shame and feeling
the stings of poverty as it had never
felt them in all its laboring but un-
sensitive past. The Marshalls had
bought the old Lane place. a shabby.
shaggy half an acre. with shabby.
large house. In it they moved
two carloads of mahogany furniture.
oriental rugs of every beautiful, dull
shade; "cut glass; tall, expensive
vases, imported lace curtains and i'm
ported silk curtains. Rosemont gasped.
Rosemont sometimes had lace-at bar
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WHAT SAMMY JAY WAS LAUGH
! ING AT AS HE FLEW AWAY.
| forth, back and forth, gathering brown
| nuts and filling his storehouse, Peter
grew strangely thoughtful. He didn't
| know of any one who loved to play
more, or who was merrier, than Striped
Chipmunk. and yet here was Striped
Chipmunk working if he thought
it the finest thing in the world.
Peter watched. and as he watched he
grew thoughtful. The longer he
watched the more thoughtful he grew.
Finally he went home, still thinking.
1t would be very nice, very nice, in
deed, to have fine storehouse full of
good things to eat when the weather
grew cold and the snow was SO deep
that getting about was hard work.
But Peter knew that he never could
store up food that way. Still, the more
he thought of the way Striped Chip
munk was working the more he felt a
longing to work, too, and then an idea
came to him-he would cut a lot of
paths through that bramble- -tangle on
the edge of the Green Forest, and then
he would not have to run for his life
to the dear Old Brier Patch every time
Reddy Fox or Old Man Coyote chased
him.
Right away Peter started for the
bramble -tangle on the edge of the
Green Forest. When he got there he
began to cut the brambles and vines
off close to the ground where he want
ed to make a path. Some he pulled out
of the way, and others he cut again
higher up. For little while he worked
with great enthusiasm. 1t was fun to
feel that he was doing as others were,
working for the future. So he cut and
he cut, and he pulled and he pulled,
until he had an opening in the bramble-
tangle big enough to get into. Then he
stopped to rest. Work was SO dread
| fully tiresome. Presently he cut few
! more, and then stopped again for
little longer rest.
"It will be 4 splendid thing to have
these paths cut all through here by
the time winter comes" thought Peter
and sat still to think about it. You
see, it was easier to think about 1t
when he was perfectly still, and so.
| because it was such pleasant thing
| to think about, he sat still for a very
| long time. Sammy Jay saw him sit
| ting there with his eyes closed.
Hi, Peter Rabbit, what are you
asleep for at this time of day?
I'm not asleep"' exclaimed Peter. in
dignantly. I'm working! I'd have you
to know that 1 am making ready for
winter, Sammy Jay"
And then, he once more settled
down to think of all that he was going
to do instead of going right to work
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CHAPTER Presents Sacred Cantata,

Ruth the Cleaner" a sacred cantata
by S F. Compton, was presented last
night at the Whitney Avenue Christian
Church, Park road between Warder
street and Geargia avenue, by member
of Temple Chapter, o. L. S. and the
church choir.
The cast included Miss Eta Austin,
Mrs. Florence Huss, Mrs. Edith White.
Mrs. Arabella Addison, James Rowen.
Charles BridweIl, Raymond Fillius.
Calf Bowen and c. W. Ruhl. \ large
chorus augmented the production.
Music was furnished by the Bible
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THEN HE UP AND CONFESSED.
years in advance. Mr.. Marshall was
generous with seat room in his road
ster. and Baker, Cary and others saved
Il fare once or twice a week. Alice
she was in a class apart from the other
high school girls Robert Marshall
alone kept to himself and evidently
didn't like to spoil his expensive
clothes by playing with the other boys.
! Yet for all the Marshalls condescen-
sion they never quite bridged the dis
| tance between themselves and the
others. A gap remained And 1T was
a gap lined with envy. walled with
| mean feeling and fioored with discon-
| tent. The folks of Rosemont had, of
course, always known that the world
held rich, satisfied people, but they had
never been brought in such close con-
| tact before. And the envy, which had
| been abstract, with luxury long way
off, became specifically ranking with
| heavy luxury stuck under Rosemont's 8
nose
| Rosemont at first tried to improve 1T
self, but very soon sat down idly. 1t
simply didn't have the money. 1t was
all Rosemont could do to buy shoes
and school books and milk tickets. For
most of Rosemont was young and new
ly married when those homes were
| bought. And why should you buy a
|
it? Most of Rosemonts homes were
well filled. The Bakers had six. The
Carys had four.
| And Mrs Baker and Mrs. Cary and
| Mr.. Baker and Mr.. Cary and their re-
| spective children and most of the other
| parents and children of Rosemont be-
| gan to have a dreary. forlorn feeling
| that life was poor business and liv-
ing hardly worth while. Why, pray,
should Mrs. Marshall have that quiet
air of habitual elegance? Mrs. Cary
asked herself and looked fiercely at her
faded house dress. Mrs. Marshall had
crepe de chine negliges.
1T isn't fair said Mr.. Baker sullen-
ly to Mr.. Cary. Look at that old
chap spinning along in his ease. 1
don't suppose he ever did a days work
in his life-ever knew what it was to
get up on a cold winter morning and
build fire."
What l can't CO. said Mr.. Cary,
hotly, "is his aristocratic air. He Of
fers you a ride. by George, but he does
it in such a condescending way. AS
though he wanted to inspect a poor
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Asks Court to Dismiss Suit.

The state of New Jersey has asked
the Supreme Court of the United States
to dismiss the suit of the state of New
York to enjoin New Jersey from per-
mitting sewage to be emptied into New
York harbor. The suit was filed in
1908. and the state of New Jersey
claims the state of New York is not
prosecuting the case with sufficient
diligence.
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four tables arranged in the big room
were donated by friends of the nur-
sery, so that all money received from
the sale went directly to the cause.
The Day Nursery and Dispensary pro-
vides a place where mothers who are
forced to work for a living may leave
their little ones during the day.
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Luncheon Benefit for Nursery.

From 1880 until o'clock today a
luncheon was served in the Old Ma
sonic Temple, 9Th and F streets north
west. to raise funds for the benefit of
the Day Nursery and Dispensary. All
of the good things served at twenty
Evening star., 1914-11-17
THE EVENING STORY.
THE MARSHALLS.
Copyright. 1914. by W. Werner,

NOpyrl2nt, 1914 ny W" "erueTt
Rosemont is n pleasant little suburb
but its residents are not overburden-
ed with cash. They bought their homes
many years ago via the monthly pay
ment plan. An artistic real estate man
laid Rosemont out and then sold it for
considerable profit, so that he now is
able to live on Long Island himself.
BY the time that most of them got
through paying they were bit ex-
hausted and didn't care much that
front yards needed lawn seed and back
yards needed fences and parlors need
ed curtains and houses needed paint.
Everybody shambled along and lived
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know, Mrs Marshall seems different,
too. I really don't care because they
have better things. 1t seems sort of
accidental on the part of fate and not
so mean toward US who are still poor"
(THE END)
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to do it, Peter couldn't understand
what Sammy Jay was laughing at as
he flew away.
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school orchestra. the pianist being Mrs.
Don johnson.
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Sore Throat or Mouth.

You must keep the throat and mouth clean
and healthy Any disease that attacks the
canal through which must pass the food We
eat. the beverages we drink and the very
air We breathe Is serious matter. WHY
neclcc, Sore Throat or Mouth when
TONSILINE makes II SO easy for you 10
get relief?
:..,,, :,':,.,. for that po,D.,s- II
TONSILINE does its full duty q
you can depend upon 1t. Keep hot ta
tie in the house-where you can get il 10,
oulck when needed a5c and soc. Hos ti
pital Size. 81 90. All Druggists. ""
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Peter Tries a Little Work,
Work. says Striped Chipmunk.
Gives a zest to play.
Work a little. play little.
For a happy day',

A good example is like the measles
some one is sure to catch it, This time
Peter Rabbit had caught it, He had
caught 1t from busy Striped Chipmunk.
And of all the little people of the Green
Forest and the Green Meadows Peter
Rabbit is the very last one that you
would have expected to catch any
thing like that. Not that Peter doesn't
like to follow good example when
he sees one. Oh, my, no. Nothing like
that. Peter is just as ready to follow
a good example as any one. 1t is the
kind of example that Peter had caught.
He was actually filed with desire to
work,
Now, you know Peter is happy-go-
lucky He was born that way. He
doesn't like work-any kind of work
He prefers to spend all his time eat
ing, sleeping and playing. He never
could understand how Johnny Chuck
could work so hard digging a house
he would use an old deserted house. He
never could see why Chatterer the Red
Squirrel wanted to nearly run his legs
off just to store up a lot of nuts for
the winter; he would eat what he
could find each day and take what
came. But after he had watched
Striped Chipmunk scurry back and
Evening star., 1914-11-17

This is the high-class box-loom
quality. that unites durability with
beautiful finish. A silk bargain to
bring the greatest opening sale
crowds. OF all colors of wis
taria, Copenhagen, \ m e r j C
Beauty, pink, light blue, Russian
green, brown, nile, white, ivory
and black.
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% dozen charming new models. in
corduroy. lambs wool. plush, silk
and chinchilla. In white, navy, gray.
red, brown, blue and black