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other, and this is also true in some that show no breccia, for in 
these the colors are in blotches which may not blend to any 
great extent. One of the most richly shaded of all the varieties 
is what has been called “ Ethan Allen.” In this the clear red 
shades are in wavy bands, dark and light closely intermingled 
and constantly varying. Across these bands or waves are fine 
lines of clear white. This variety is finest when in large slabs, 
and as it receives a very brilliant polish it is very elegant. Some 
of the chocolate varieties are also very fine, and are admirably 
suited for wainscoting, mantels or other uses in rooms finished 
with dark woods. Of the lighter varieties of marble there are 
many. One of these is called “ Florentine.” In this the darker 
shades are mostly wanting, but the surface is covered with irreg- 
ular blotches, usually not of large size, which are of a delicate 
pink or flesh color; with these are blotches of light tan and laven- 
der, the whole mingled with white. Running across and through 
the blotches are lines of dark green. The effect of this combina- 
tion of colors when a slab is polished is exceedingly beautiful. 
The “ Bonfanti ” is somewhat similar. The darker shades of red 
appear only as lines or small spots. The prevailing tints are 
pink, flesh color and salmon exquisitely mingled and blended 
with white and with each other. “Princess” is even more deli- 
cate and beautiful with its dainty blotches of lavender and ashes 
of roses, which give to the whole their peculiarly pleasing tints, 
while mingled with these are pink, salmon and rose shades and 
white. 
A peculiar variety is “ Opal. ” In this the red tints are largely 
absent, their place being taken by drabs and white. All of these 
pretty marbles receive without great difficulty a splendid polish, 
_ far more brilliant and durable than that of most of the white or 
_ clouded marbles. They are not easily scratched, do not grow 
dingy and are not stained readily. Ink and many other liquids, 
so injurious to the more completely calcareous marbles, does not 
affect these Wakefield varieties in the least. These advantages, 
aside from their great beauty, amply compensate for the greater 
cost of the harder marble. While, as has been shown, variety 
rather than uniformity is the rule among slabs of Wakefield mar- 
ble, so that out of the hundreds of slabs which may be seen at 
any time in the store house of the company, no two can be found 
which are precisely alike (unless they were facing each other in 
