The San Francisco call., 1896-06-28
WHIT THE
)OCTOR S9YS EBOUT THOSE
DOTTED WELLS
Hurt the Eyes and Bring Premature Wrinkles

which she at once began TO talk was full
of interest for me. But alas for my pow
ers of attention. Just before one eye, as
she gazed at me, appeared large ard
wholly irrelevant ball of chenille, like
sort of supernumerary pupil, from behind
which the actual one peeped, giving my
dignified friend such wayward appear
ance that fell to wondering the while she
discoursei upon the highest human
rights whether if 1 tipped a wink
at that dubious looking, black spot
ted eye its owner would not instantly
reply: Thanks; don't mind if do"
Entering a streetcar noted a staid, ell
derly matron, upon the tip of whose nose
appeared a particularly wicked little
sprawl of threads, outlining a shamrock
in the meshes of her veil. One did not
need TO be a memter of the A. P. A. to
feel that the design was hideously unbe-
coming and out of place. Beside her sat
pretty golden-haired girl, whose face was
dishgured by all arrangement in purple,
with white spots, and in the corner were
two middle-aged women wearing sailor
hats and wells, one white with huge black
spots the other black with big blobs Of
white spattered here and there over its
surface. The effect was such as to make
both ladies appear decidedly rakish.
In the course of the day l saw blue wells,
red ones, gray, green, pink and yellow,
with dots of all shapes and sizes, from the
big, fluffy balls, nearly the size of my
thumbs end, to the minute specks that
gave the wearer an appearance of being
dreadfully freckled. There were veiIs
with borders and wells without; wells COM
ing to the chin and wells making a wad
beneath it, but in nearly every instance
the wearer sported, as well as her veil, a
| troubled frown between her brows, and I
wondered if the doctor was rigat, after all,
in attributing feminine wrinkles to the
omnipresent veil.
But the veil, particularly in this eli
mate and when our summer winds do
blow, is an absolute essential to the street
toilet of a woman who does not wish to
look like the witch of Endor and scare the
school children when she takes her walks
abroad. Hair will blow and srraggle in
the merry breeze, and comfort and tidi-
ness alike demand the veil Moreover,
there are very few women to whom
veil is not becoming. Some of them
GNCH 1OOA well QSSplJC lAO uOlSs
Every one of them looks well wearing
one of the numerous sorts of plain
wells that are made for and worn by the
sensible few. PLAIN, soft, dainty tulle,
thin, delicate illusion make light, COM
Portable wells that shade the eyes, keep
the hair in order, do not interfere with
vision and impart pleasing softness to
every complexion. Tulle, in fact, plain,
inexpensive tulle, makes the most becom-
ing of all wells. 1t may be as fine as one
chooses, edged with lace and rendered a
thing of costliness ana fashion, but, un-
marred by the obnoxious, sight-destroying,
mirth-provoking dots that make 1t ugly.
But wrinkles, weak, red-rimmed eyes,
dizzy heads, impaired brains! These are
a terrible price to pay for the fashionable
folly of a summer season. What if the
doctors prediction should prove true, and
the neg woman, when the ballot is placed
in her hand, should find herself without
eyes to read it or brains to comprehend its
meaning? PENELOPE PowELsoN.