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Show I GOATS SERVE MAN IN ENDLESS WAYS Airplanes and Indoor Golf Courses Use Fabric Made from. Angora Fleece. PKU1IAPS you liuve saiiiptmes wondered won-dered why all railway teals are upholstered in the same material, the familiar mohair velvet that In our 1 childhood days was Invariably a bright red or green and always of ope or two standard patterns. Today even train Interiors have become colotvcopsclous and soft greens and taupes and warm blues are seen but are still of the same mohair velvet to the extent, It has been estimated, of twelve million yards In the trains of the country. The reason for this la that no other fabric has been found that will stand all tbe bard wear and tear that 24-hour 24-hour service means. Made from the lleece of the angora goat, mohnlr velvet vel-vet or velmo, Is one of the most popular pop-ular and serviceable of fabric mate rials. One hundred million yards are In use on automobiles done and many more on motor busses and for the Interiors In-teriors of airplanes. In addition to this, velmo Is als used for upholstering furniture, for draperies and even for rugs and Is especially n favor lth' the lu.usi'wife because It is chemically luWll-pwfed In manufacture. It Is also used for theatre curtnlns hmJ ciur coverings becuiife of the sound absorption the deep pile fabric uffuHa. willed la 4H Important consideration in talking pic ture theatres. I.Ike everything else mohair velvet has "gone modern" and can be had lit an endless variety ol colors and patterns and weaves. Over live hundred shades of green alone are reported by one New Kuglund mill. But an upholstering fabric Is by no means the only service the mohulr Deecp renders. The finest Indoor golf course are made pf a rjcfj, deep pile anohalr velvet. Lap Fohes an4 slnHI pr rugs- (Ifellkp stuffed anmas. trim mlngs for house Sl'PPer? and even Wigs and transformations are made from this simwy fleece which more closely resembles human hair than any other known fibre. Knch fibre Is much stronger than ,wool and due to Its unique physical structure takes a fadeless dye. Because Be-cause of its sleek surface, It does not rendily retain dust and dirt and In fact, the pile surface acta as a brush and makes the traveler's clothing actually ac-tually cleaner at- the end of the trip than It was before! So great has the demand been for this fleece that within a comparative few years, the Industry of angora gou raiding has been transferred from Turkey Tur-key and South Africa to Ihe United States, which now lemls tbe wrld boll. In the production and manufui'ture "i mohulr fleece. , |