But whalebone stays aren't bone, they're hair.
Baleen, that is.
So stays don't stave off rays,
They let the sun shine in.
(Grow it, flow it ... )
                    Phil
Madison, WI

>  > I'm full of daze
>  > Shock and amaze
>  > For nowadays
>  > I hear they'll gaze
>  > Through cloak and gown and even stays
>  > Those naughty, naughty Roentgen rays!"
>  >
>  > {I assume y'all know what "stays" are.}
>
>  If they're made out of whalebone, won't the
>  stays stave off the rays?
>                                John Kiernan
>___________________________    London, Canada.