Spaw: did you have the long watch chain too?

I think the scarf thing may be a marketing gimmic probably by some obscure scarf manufacturing company in Rhode Island. The market for scarfs hasn't probably been very good lately, so some marketing director thought up the idea of promoting peace to the marchers by selling them a white scarf. Or, it's possible that the company had tons of these things leftover from aviators in World Wars I and II and the marketing director is trying to get rid of inventory.

Check out "White Scarfs" on the Internet and see if it leads to a little scarf manufacturing company somewhere in Rhode Island. If you find it, you can thank me! It's possible, perhaps, that a price war could erupt in the scarf manufacturing industry. Wouldn't that be something? If one waits for awhile it might be possible to buy one and get one free!

DougR