"Such lovely dark stripes and then light ones; and there are thirteen stripes on her tail-first a dark and then a light, and so on; and her eyes are the shiniest things-most as bright as lights, only they are a kind of green; and she has a purr you can hear all across the room.
"Peggy in Her Blue Frock"
Eliza Orne White
The feathers shall be the shiniest and the loveliest that I can find!"
"Stories of Birds"
Lenore Elizabeth Mulets
Polly was in and out a dozen times, and Peter and Perdita came together to present a beautiful photograph of themselves in their newest garments and shiniest shoes.
"The Wide Awake Girls in Winsted"
Katharine Ellis Barrett