The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1896-04-30
THE VEIL FACE.
consortion. of tbs 4 aso Women Under

Almost every pretty woman wears
veil on the street. Perhaps, as has
been long ago limited, there is some
concealed connection between the
veil and the beauty, but, at any
rate, wear them they do Nearly
every woman who wears veil be-
comes victim of the habit of par
tial dislocation of the Jaw about
seven times in ten minutes. The
best place to observe the phenome-
non is in street car. Without un-
dergoing the inconvenience of dis
Greet pursuit, it is there possible to
keep track of the performance. Sc
lect one woman-it is impossible for
any one to keep an eye on moro than
one woman at once-and keep fur
tive but continuous watch of her.
Perhaps she is gentle, dovelike lit
tie specimen, with lips made appar-
emily only for osculatory purposes,
and soft, pleading eyes. 1t does not
matter. 1t is we'll to pick out the
most attractive woman in the car
anyway. 1t is the natural thing to
do, and the more beautiful she is
the more closely she approaches all
preconceived ideals, the more re-
markable is the transformation
scene which follows. Keep a close
watch of her and do not miss one of
her motions.
Suddenly look of discontinue
spreads over her face. Certainly
something is wrong-nothing very
apparent, it is true, but she is obvi-
ously troubled over something. Then
the performance commences. Her
gaze is fixed on point just over the
bridge of her nose. This does not
have pleasing effect The result is
a soul rending, cross eyed appear
ance, which has probably killed more
budding affections than all the stern
parents on record, counting even
those in the novels, have ever de-
stroyed. The sight of ones divinity
exhibiting herself with her gaze tied
in knots is calculated to chill the
warmest passion.
But this is only the curtain raiser,
SO to speak. Finally, having ascer-
tanned through her optical gymnas-
tics that her suspicious were well
founded, and that something is
surely wrong, she proceeds to the
main part Of the performance. Her
face shuts up like a nut cracker, her
lips are pushed out to their greatest
extent, until they look like the big
end of funnel, and by some method
known only to women she catches
her veil under her lower lip and pulls
it into place, after which her face
returns to its former pleasing COM
posture, but all illusions have.been
knocked higher than Gilderoy's
kite.
This surprising oontortion is the
veil face. Apparently the veil cannot
be kept in place by hand. Why it
cannot mortal man does not know.
Perhaps mortal woman could tell
him. 1t is possible that the habit
first originated at those seasons of
the year when every woman has
both hands full of bundles. If so,
there was some reason for its begin
ming. But why it should be main
tanned when tho fair contortionist
has at least one hand lying empty in
her lap is question. All authorities
agree that n veil is an undoubted
necessity. They affirm that its
should vary inversely as
the clearness of complexion. But
veil which can be kept in place only
by a trained contortionist must be
of Improvement. Per-
haps it might be tackled to the chin
bone with brass headed nail. The
nail would not be unpleasant to look
at, and it might be set with precious
stones. The method would certainly
be moro attractive than the present
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