Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-05-30
TEAR OFF THE VEIIS
The Unhcalthiness OF Dotted Wells.

A crusade has been made against the cigarette
smoking young man. the girl who stops up the
pores of her skin with bandoine 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 excep-
lions, right in their opinion that their use is
very detrimental to their vision.
The dangerous 'beautifier" This kind of
yelling Is made In a number Of styles. out 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 "beautt1er has come to be the accepted
term BY which this fabric Is designated. 1t is
manufactured In all grades and at all prices.
and so universally Ia 1t 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
he Imagined.
You would be surprised" said he. eff /
should tell you that large part of my practice
Is owing TO the use of those wells. A lady with
perfectly healthy eyes and strong optical nerves
can stand the strain of them for long period
In TACT. for years. She could endure them for a
lifetime, probably, # the styles did not change
HOWeScT, we nave the closely dotted
veil. Tomorrow q veil will be displayed 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 greater or
less degree i'm these seven ladies. The cause of
this trouble is the beams and shadows that are
continually flashed into the eye and the cOun-
teDance and the spasmOdic twitching of the
eyeball when the person desires to see some OBJ
Ject 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
nerves to any degree'" inquired the reporter.
Yes, indeed; 1T makes a material difference
was the reply. 1.-THE colOrs are very trying
upon the delicate nerves of the eve and such o
veil is far more preiudiaial to the vision than
the ordinary 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 attributa-
bic to the merits of the veil. When lady is in
mourning she usually wears one veil. and there
by becomes accustomed to it's use; but lady
who wears dotted veil for beautifier usually
has great variety. and she Is continually
changing them. The dotted yelling can be pur-
chased as low as 25 cents yard. and an eighth
OF a yard will be sufficient for veil. according
TO 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." laughinglv replied the opticIan
not In peeuniary point of view, but in gen.
erai sense do. / see many cases of optical
affection which are handed down to the children
OF those people that in my opinion if the pres
ent ruinOus fashion prevails for any length of
time, 1t will have marked effect on the rising
generation"