Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-05-12
The Injury That Dotted Wells Do to
Ladies' Ewes.

AHSo SSSA ASA oS IN
cigaret-smoking young man, the girl
who stops up the pores of the skin With
bando]ine 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 eye
specialists have been discussing the
evils which are wrought by the dotted
veil, and they are, with but few ex-
captions, right in their opinion that
their use is very detrimental to the
vision.
The dangerous ''beauti1ier." This
kind Of yelling is made in a number of
styles, but in a majority Of cases The
wells are made and worn to beautify the
features and complexion of the person
who peers through them, and the name
of ''beautifier' has come to be the ac-
cepted term by which this fabric is des-
ignated. 1t is manufactured in all
grades and at all prices, and so uni
versally is it worn that a reporter
counted seventy ladies out of every
hundred who wore wells with this fabric
on.
When spoken to upon the subject a
prominent optician said that the damage
that is done to the eyes by the use Of
this style of veil a hardly be mag
ined. ''You would be surprised" said
he, "if 1 should tell you that a large
part of my practice is owing to the use
of these wells. A lady with perfectly
healthy eyes and strong optical nerves
a stand the strain of them for a lonp
period--in fact, for years. She could
endure them for a lifetime probably if
the styles did not change. To-day, how
ever, we have the cl~osely-dotted veil.
Tomorrow a veil will be displayed in
the store windows with the dots sparse
ly studded over the fabric; and that is
the way the fashion varies. Seven la
dies OFT of every ten are troubled in
some way with their eyes. Some have
weak nerves of the eyelid; others have
weak optical nerves, all the diseases
to which the eye is heir are shown to a
greater or less degree in these seven la
dies. The cause Of this trouble is the
beams and shadows that are continual
ly flashed into the eye and the coun-
tenance, and a spasmodic twitching of
the eyeball when the person desires to
see 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 irritate the nerve to any de.
greer" inquired the reporter.
Yes, indeed; it makes q material
difference" was the reply. "The COL
ors are very trying upon the delicate
nerves of the eye, and such a veil is far
more prejudicial to the vision than the
ordinary dotted veil of solid color"
"Wha is your opinion of the zigzas
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 a lady is in mourn
ing she usually wears one veil, and
thereby becomes accustomed to it's use:
but a lady that wears a dotted veil for a
beautitier usually has a great variety,
and she is continually changing them.
The dotted yelling can be purchased as
low as twenty-five cents a ward, and an
eighth Of a yard will be sufficient for a
veil, according to the present style, as
they are only worn over the ppe por-
ton of the face"
Il don't suppose you object to their
use?n queried the reporter.
"Well, no." laughingly replied the
optician, mot in a pecuniary point of
view, but in a general sense l do. 1 see
so many cases Of optical affections which
are handed down to the children of these
people that in my opinion, if the present
ruinous fashion prevails for any length
OF time, it will have a marked effect on
the rising generation"
Another eminent eye specialist was
consulted, and he agreed with the former
oeptician in many particulars, yet he diff
fered with him in respect to the manner
in which the eye was affected by the
yelling. "The principal trouble is the
nervousness which is caused by the OBJ
structed vision. A person becomes
nervous by looking at the dots, and the
nerves Of the eye are so irritated that the
vision is seriously affected - CHICAGO
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