Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1894-07-18

on her aff the queer c61ors That no saie mortal will buy Once in a while, quite by accident, the result is charming and a new vogue in veils is started.
 There is little that is new just now. Dotted net, tulle, spangled gauge and lace were probably worn by Cleopatra and the queen of Sheba, and they are still worn to-day. Meshes change, tints of color rise and fall in favor. Spangles, bugles and beads are wax one season. gum arabic the next, crys- tai the third, and perhaps metal the fourth year. Chenille dots vary in size and position, but it is always plain and dotted net every year, and will be so long as women live and love good looks.
 Brussels net is the staple and most expensive article in the trade. It is made of silk spun to cobweb-li1e fine ness and possesses extraordinary quail ities of wear. A good Brussels net face veil will last an oId-fashioned woman q lifetime. The tUlle used for bridal veifs is the acme of Brussels net. Wash blond and bobinet are limitations of that net Imitation tulles worn by the brides of the great ten thousand are often so beautifully reproduced that only an expert can tell their real value.
 Like dotted net illusion and maline never go out of favor The illusion is used for street, bridal. baptism and confirmation dresses and for the marble face of death. 1t comes in black and white in various weights and is sus7 eeptible of effective dressing and drap- ing. Nadine is used in millinery work and also for evening veils
 In the dotted goods the Tuxedo mesh is perhaps the favorite. The net is open and comes in a variety of fancy weavings, hiding blemishes and false eomplexions, without interfering with comfort or sight.
 Sprinkling few dots of the self same or contrasting color is bit of artifce to which every beauty resorts sooner or later In the cheap goods these dots are woven in the net; they are hand applied to the best materials. Sometimes they are big; just now the style is a medium size stitch of chenille.
 Black, white, navy bl6e and brown are the staple eo1ors, the de, mand being in the order men toned. Other colors, while worn. are generally sold at loss and are sell dom brought out in the fine goods. What are known as gas-light or com plexion veils are the very fruit of the loom They are worn in the evening at the theater, at matinees, and with carriage toilets by women who make up. Some of these complexion veils are barely visible. Her highness the princess of Wales is never seen in day light without one.
 But after all it is not so much the veil as the adjustment thereof that shows woman's s knowledge of herself. Sometimes she drags it over her feat ures so that they look distorted. Again she trains it up over her hat so that it sinks in under the brim in distressing fashion. It would pay most of the sis7 terhood to practice the art of settling this caioler in tulle and chiffon, saving silk and gauge. Nothing more difficult remains to be learned, unless it is the proper caper in pinning on long stemmed rose.
 Take big hat, for instances the veil that floats about can be made ravish- ingly effective if the wearer only un- derstands how it is to be done. But if she doesn't it still remains the most un- accommodatingly unbecoming thing she can wear
 In buying veil the other day the salesgirl gave bit of information so very useful that I feel it is my duty to impart it. was going to put it on without any preliminary arrange ments, but the girl very kindly offered to assist me She took the veil, stretched fl out full length, and tied a knot i'll each end and then one in the center of one side to fit over the hat brim The knots in the end keep the veil in place, and so make the veil last l longer and look better. Besides it is very much easier to arrange veil. It is strange how manywell-dressed wom- en are careless of their veils. 1t is not an unusual sight to see the edge frayed or little breaks or tears. Sometimes you see it has given away on the very edge of the nose. Now it looks just as bad Oh. yes, much worse than it would to see an unsightly scar on the face. The scar cannot be helped, but for careless slovenliness there is not a shred of an excuse.
 With big hat the veil fabric must be particularly sheer. It must swing lightly about the brim, the filmy ends crossed at the back and allowed to drape over the front of the bodice. A puff of wind. a graceful movement of the hands will set the fascinating, fut- tering stuff in motion, and then--oh, well. then it remains with the owner to handle the misty face covering so gracefully that not single good point is Chicago Times.
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