The record-union., 1895-08-17
SOMETHING ABOUT WELLS.
Two Women Express Their Opinions
of Style.
1t is In Paris That the Face ven
Reigns Triumphantly-Pre-
yafling ColOrs.

"I want to get a veil this morning.
What kind ought I to select?" asked the
Young woman of an elder one as they
atarted on their shopping expedition.
Ppm neither one thing nor the other as
regards complexion, and my hair Is
light"
.One of those white delicate meshes
with a black chenille dol would suit
YOU" was the answer, because you
haven't high color. Let woman Win
Yosy cheeks attempt one of those, now
ever. and the effect would be disastrous.
No matter how natural the color, or how
well it is put on, it will look startling be-
meath black dotted veil. Those wells
hIgbten the color and have the effect OF
whitening the complexion. One can't be
too particular in selecting veil. A black
Brussels net, for instance. one OF those
plain nets, often makes fresh. fair lace
look prettier than 1t would without It.,
but let q woman who has lost her bloom
or who for any reason is not feeling quite
up to the mark, attempt one OF those
Brussels velis, and her skin looks act
ually wrinkled under it.
'Some OF those crosS-barred meshes,
too, play queer tricks with even pretty
woman's faoe when seen in certain lig hts,
and q particular kind of closely woven
white veil has the same effect"
How do you like that?" the judge OF
wells was asked, as a passenger entered
the car bonneted, booted, gloVed and
gowned in the latest approved fashion.
an elaborately decorated veil fastened
over her face.
''She looks like guy" was the ver-
Il Il hnrc rcalf x Nn
q fright with those blotohes sprawling
over her face"
'Those wells are 81 and S. apiece. l
priced them just the other day." said her
companion.
~ es, and greater denominations I have
never seen. The call them Partisan
Yeils.' oh, Paris What crimes are
committed perpetually in thy name! a
French woman would consider it penal
offence to wear a thing like that. That
lace leaf over the left eye makes her look
as if she squlnted."
Her whole face has a sinister express
sion in this light"
And SO ran the tide of advance criti-
cism. The veil in question had a border
at least a finger and a half wide, the
roses and lilies of which struggled up
ward as if trying TO beautify the wearer' 8
features. The lace was delicate and beau
tiful, but as a veil it was failure.
I'VE Americans struggle with our
veils," continued the first speaker. "We
struggle with them and they conquer u.s.
The English women are even more awk-
ward than we are 1t Is in Paris that the
veil reigns triumphaut-the face veil, l
mean. OF course, properly speaking. the
veil as drapery belongs to Spain, but
Paris is the home Of the face veil. The
Parisienne recognizes all its pretty possi-
bilitleS, and makes the most Of them. A
French woman always has her veil on
right, and drawn in soft, becoming folds
about her throat, neither toe tight nor too
loose; and she arranges it easily, too,
without the least troubl
1t takes me quarter of an hour some
times to fix mine, and 1 don't get it to
suit me then"
''See Frenchwoman come into a res
taurant. No matter how tight her cor
sage is, she raises first one hand and then
the other, and by few deft touches her
vel; is OIL. When she wants it on again
she gets it back in place in the same
magical way. On the contrary, an Amer
lean or an English woman, under the
circumstances. has to drop all interest in
the conversation in order to wressle with
the veil, and perhaps even has to have
assistance before she accomplishea her
purpose.
''To wear a veil right is an art, but no
degree of art can render one Of those
bordered atrocities becoming; yet women
are something new."
'W hat about that veil ?' asked her
friend, as young girl entered the car
wearing black, Notwithstanding veil
with her sailor hat.
"a great mistake" decided the veil
critic after one glance. That kind OF
veil makes woman's face look blistered,
nr ole has tho Of ho.
worn TO hide blotches. A girl as young
as that ought not to wear a veil at all; or.
il she likes the feeling of privacy which
a veil gives-and / always feel kind OF
protection when l have my veil on-let
her select some soft, plain mesh, not net
all hourished over like that.
''l am fond of veils." added the speaker,
whose dark eyes sparkled through the
chenille-dotted meshes of her own face
covering. and get out of patience with
the way some women wear them. l have
often seen eyelashes sticking out of par
tlcularly open net; and, again, some wells
are drawn SO tight across the face that
actually the nose is t1attened. Then some
women tie their wells in the back and
leave the ends poking out like ducks
tails. An effort was made to revive that
style last season, when the corners of the
wells were brought out all fiuted; but il
failed to take, and deservedly so, for il
always had a careless, untidy look.
See that woman over there" she went
on. The most attractive part of her face
she has concealed with that white lisse
veil. and the ugliest part she leaves ex-
posed, even emphasized by the shiny
silk border drawn across just above her
chin.
IF most women paid attention to such
matters, l would be willing TO guess the
age that any woman thought she looked
by the kind of veil she selected" contin-
ued this shrewd observer, "but the ma.
jority of women choose their wells by
chance. Women who consult their mir
rors much are apt TO adopt means to keep
up the illusion Of youth, if not it's sui
stance. A veil with dots far apart indi.
Gates that the wearer thinks herself look.
ing quite young, and when she wears
thlckly dotted veil one may be sure she
is doubtful of her appearance as regards
years. n French woman knows all these
little points. She has a varied assortment
OF wells, and knows perfectly we'll that
the mesh that will suit her one day will
not the next On the morning that she
feels particularly we'll and has a gooc
color, she wears a thin, delicate veil
whose black dots. set far apart, only en-
hance her beauty instead of concealins
it. on morning when she feels dull
perhaps has been up late the prsviou
night, or for any other reason looks sal
low and out of sorts, she draws he
Ihickly dotted veil over her face and 10
she is ready to face the keenest criticism
regarding her looks."-New York Trib
une.