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Show MOST COSTLY OF FABRICS. Material That Commands Price of $200 a Yard. Tho fabric sparkled like spun glass. Whlto, it yet emitted rainbow scintillations scintil-lations red, yellow, green and blue. It was softer than gossamer to the touch. "It is," said tho dressmaker, ''the costliest fabric In tho world. Pole's hair Is its name. It comc3 from Hn-wait Hn-wait and I have Imported It to mako a gown for n millionaire grnftcr's wife. "Us cost is $200 a yard. There is enough liuro for ono gown. Tho pleco is worth $2,000. "Polo's hair is a fabric woven by uaturo herself In a factory Incredibly lomantic. Tho factory Is tho crater of tho volcano Mauna Loa. In the crater surges a lnko of ilro and tho drops of lava on tho lake's edge nro spun by tho wind into this dclicnto Huff, which resembles somowlint tho strange, dry, firm foam Hint tho wind churns up nnd tosses on tho bead, in great storms. "This is teal, genuine Polo's hair. There Is n f ':o kind, much cheaper, that an Anio.lcau makes In Hawaii by lirojectlntr n steam Jot nttnlnst a thin cuircnt of melted sing. The fako kind Is beautiful, but It does not glvo off these JowclllUo scintillations." |