New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-07-21
THE VEIL.

TWO WOMEN CHANT ITS PRAISES.
81 want to get veil this morning. What KIND
ought to select?" asked the young woman OF an
elder one as they started their shopping expedi-
ton. I'm neither one thing nor the other as re-
CARDS complexion. and ny hair is light
zone Of those white delicate meshes with black
chenille dot would suit you," the answer, DO
cause you haven't a high color. Let a woman with
rosy cheeks attempt one OF those. however. and the
effect would be disastrous. No matter how natural
the color. how well 1t is put on. 1t will LOOK
startling beneath a black dotted white veil. Those
wells heighen the color and have the effect Of whit.
ening the complexion. One can't be too particular
In selecting a veil. A black Brussels net. for in
stance, one Of those plain nets often makes .
fresh fair face look prettier than II would without
It, but let a woman who has lost her bloom or who
for any reason not feeling quite UP to the mark.
attempt OF those Brussels wells, and her SKIN
looks actually wrinkled under IT.
Some Of those cross-barred meshes too. play
queer tricks with a pretty woman's face when
seen certain lights and particular kind OF close
ly woven white Vel 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 deliberately decorated veil fastened over
her face.
'She looks a guy the verdict delivered.
Venus herself would be fright with those blotchss
sprawing over her face.
Those wells 81 and IS apiece priced them
Just the other day." said her companion.
Eyes. and greater denominations have never seen.
They call them Partisan wells Oh. Paris! What
crimes are committed perpetually in thy name! A
French woman would consider II penal offence To
wear thing like that That lace leaf over the left
eye makes her look as II she squnted"
Her whole face has sinister expression in this
light"
And so ran the tide Of adverse criticism. The ven
I'm had A border least finger and halS
wide the roses and lilies OF which struggled up
ward II trying beautify the wearers features.
The lace was dei,at and beautiful but veil 10
a failure.
I'VE Americans struggle with ves." con.
tinued the first speaker. we struggle with them
and they conquer The English women even
more awkward than II is in Paris that the
veil reigns triumphant-the face veil. mean. OF
course. properly speaking the veil as drapery be.
longs to SPAIN but Paris is the home OF the face
veil The Parsienne recognizes all its pretty poss-
blites. and makes the most OF them French
woman always has her veil right, and drawn
in soft. becoming folds about her throat neither
too tight loose and she arranges it easily.
too, without the least trouble"
1T takes me a quarter OF an hour sometimes 70
fix mine. and don't get II TO suit then,
See q French woman come into restaurant. No
matter how tight her u.s. she raises first one
hand and then the other. and by few deft touches
her veil is OF. When she wants It again she
gets 1t back in place in the same magical way. On
the contrary, an American an English woman
under the circumstances has TO drop all interest In
the conversation in order 10 wrese with the veil.
and perhaps has TO have assistance before she
accomplishes her purpose
ITO a veil right is an art. but no degree os
art can render of those bordered atrocities b.
coming; yet women will continue to buy them b.
cause they something new"
What about that veil?" asked her friend as =
,ho arip lork mr.
looking veil with her sailor hat.
"A great mistake" decided the veil critic after one
glance. THAT kind OF veil makes a womans TACO
look blistered else II has the appearance OF be-
ing worn to hide blotches. A girl young as that
ought not TO wear a veil all, or II she likes the
feeling Of privacy which a veil gives. and always
feel kind of protection when have my veil on.
let her select soft plain mesh, not a net all
fourished over like that.
Il 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.
have often seen eyelashes sticking out OF par
ticulary open net and again some wells are drawn
fattened. Then women tie their wells IN the
back and leave the ends pokng out ike ducks tais
when the corners of the wells were brought out ~
See that woman over there" she went on lib" The
WS a white Ut d's the ass
leaves exposed even emphasized by she shiny six
III most women paid attention TO such matters
would be willing 10 guess the age that any woman
thought she looked by the kind OF veil she selected
OF women choose their wells BY chance. Women
means to keep up the illusion Of youth II not its
substance. A veil with dots far apart indicates that
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that she is doubtful OF her appearance az re-
CARDS years. A French woman knows all these little
points She has varied assortment OF wells, ana
knows perfectly well that the mesh that VIII SUIT
her one day will not the next. On the morning that
she feels particularly well and has good color.
she wears a thin delicate veil, whose black dots.
set far apart, only enhance her beauty instead OF
concealing IT, on a morning when she feels dull.
perhaps has been up late the previous night. or for
any other reason looks saow and out of sorts. she
draws her thckly dotted veil over her face and lo!
she Is ready to face the keenest criticism regarding
her looks"