National Republican., 1883-04-07
Wells AND EYES.
The Injury That Dotted Wells Do TO La
dies Eyes.

The Injury That Dotted Wells DO 10 La
dies Eyes.
A crusade has been made against the cigar
cite smoking young man, the girl who stops
up the pores of the 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 over
looked. For some time past opticians and
eye specialists have been discussing tho evils
W hich are wrought by the dotted veil, and
they are, with but few exceptions, right in
their opinion that their use is very detrimen-
tai to their vision.
The dangerous beautifier." This kind of
yelling is made in number of styles, but in
a majority Of cases the wells are made an
worn to beautify the features and complexion
Of the person who peers through them, an
the name of "beautifer" has come to be tn
accepted term by which this fabric is desig-
mated. 1t 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 prom
inent optician said that the damage that is
done to the eyes by the use of this style of
veil can hardly be imagined. "You would
be surprised" ;" said he, :" If / should tell you
the use of these wells. A lady with perfectly
healthy eyes and strong optical nerves can
stand the strain of them for II long period
in fact for years. She could endure them
for lifetime probably if the styles did not
change. To-day, however, we have the
closely dotted veil Tomorrow veil
will be displayed in the store windows with
tho dots sparsely studded over the fabric; and
that is the way the 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 opti-
cal nerves, and all the diseases to which tho
eye is heir are shown to greater or less de-
gree in these seven ladies. The cause of
this trouble is the beams and shadows that
are continually flashed into the eye and the
Countenance, and spasmodic twitching Of
the cyeball whom the person desires TO SEQ
some object which is hidden by the dot in the
veil"
Some wells have dots of different colors
from the thread of the fabric; does this irri-
tate the nerve to any degreeT inquired the
reporter,
"Yes indeed; II makes a material differ
ence," was the reply. "The colOrs are very
trying upon the delicate nerves of the eye,
and such veil is far more prejudicial to the
vision than the ordinary dotted veil of one
solid coloT.p
what Is your opinion Of the zigzag cords
in the mourning veil Z"
"That is very injurious; indeed, IL 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
a lady is in mourning she usually wears one
veil, and thereby becomes accustomed TO its
use; but lady who wears dotted veil for
beautifer usually has great variety, and she
is continually changing them. The dotted
yelling can be purchased as low as twenty-five
cents a yard, and an eighth Of yard will be
sufficient for veil, according 20 the present
style, as they are only worn over the upper
portion Of the face"
81 don't suppose you object to their use %
queried the reporter.
"Well, no, laughingly replied the optioian,
not in pecuniary point Of view, but in
general sense | do. l sec so many cases of
optical affections which are handed down 10
the children of these people that in my opin-
ion, If the present Tuinous fashion prevails