Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-05-27
FACTS FOR FEMALES.
Current Matters of Interest to the
6entler Sex. .
UNHEALTHlNEss OF DOTTED Wells.
Demise Of the BustIe-A Young Girls Bed
Room-Beauty's Satellites-An
Artists Delicacy-
Caramels.
TEAR OFF THE VEN.

A crusade has been made against the
cigarette smoking young man, the girl
who stops up the pores of her skin with
bandoline and cosmetics, the women
or men who wear tight shoes or colored
stockings, yet the use of dotted yelling
by ladies Is entirely overlooked. For
some time past opticians and specialists
have been discussing the evils which
are wrought by the dotted veil, and
they are, with but few exceptions, right,
their use is very detrimental TO their
vision.
The dangerous "beautifier." This
kind of yelling is made in q num-
Der Of styles, but in majority of cases
the wells are made and worn to beauti-
fy the features and complexion of the
person who peers through them, and
the name of "beautifier," has come to
be the accepted term by which this
fabric is designated. II Is manufactured
in all grades and at all prices, and so
universally is it worn that reporter
counted seventy ladies out Of every
hundred who wore wells with this fabric
on.
When spoken to upon the subject,
prominent Optician said that the
damage that is done to the eye by the
use of this style of veil can hardly be
imagined.
''Gou would be surprised" said he,
elf should tell you large part Of my
practice is owing TO tho use OF those
wells. A lady with perfectly healthy
eyes and strong optical nerves can
stand the strain of them for long per-
iod-in fact, for years. She could en-.
dure them for lifetime, probably, If
the STYLES did not change To-day,
however, We have the closely dotted
veil. Tomorrow a veil will be display
ed in the store windows with the dots
sparsely studded over the fabric; and
that is the way fashion varies. Seven
ladies out of every ten are troubled in
some way with their eyes. Some have
weak nerves of the eyelid; Others have
weak optical nerves, and all the diseases
to which the eye is heir are shown TO a
greater or less degree in these seven
ladies. The cause of this trouble is
the beams and shadows that are con-
tinually flashed into the eye and the
cOuntenance, and the spasmOdic twitch-
ing of the eyeball when the person de-
sireS to see some object which Is hlcden
by the dot in the vel ~
NSllS nave uOlo Va
cOlOrs from the thread of the fabric;
does this irritate the nerves to any de-
gree" inquired the reporter.
ayes, indeed; it makes material
difference" was the reply. "The colors
are very trying upon the delicate nerves
of the eye, and such a veil is far more
prejudicial to the vision than the ordi-
nary dotted veil of one solid color"
"What is your opinion of the zigzag
cords in the mourning veil:'
THAT is very injurious; indeed it is
far more injurious than the dotted veil;
yet there is one advantage that it has,
and that is not attributable to the
merits of the veil. When lady is in
mourning she usually wears one veil
and thereby becomes accustomed to its
use; but lady who wears dotted veil
for a beautilier usually has a great
variety, and she is continually chang
ing them. The dotted Yelling can be
purchased as low as - cents yard, land
an eighth of yard will be sufficient
for u vel, according to the pl resent style,
as they are only worn over the upper
portion of the face"
II don't suppose you object to their
use?" queried the reporter.
"Well, no." laughing replied the
optician, mot in a pecuniary point of
view, but in a general sense | do. see
so many cases of optical affection
which are handed down TO the children
of those people that in my opinion, II
the present ruinous fashion prevails for
any length of time, it will have a mark
ed effect on the rising generation. -
Chicago Herald.