The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-04-25
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1t is a wise woman who gives careful atten-
tion to the details OF her toilet. No accessory IL
more important than the veil. \ coarse, unbe-
coming veil seems sometimes to transform a
really elegant woman into a-weil. n kitchen
maid: ut least that's what the women them
selves say. Two women got on a cable car up
town the other day and talked about wells all
the way down to the shopping district. \ man
wouldn't believe that so much could have been
said about wells, and all the women within hear
ing seemed very much Interested.
AS was saying" said the tall. self-contnined
woman. adjusting her rustlinr skirts, " | must
lay In a stock Of summer wells. Wells, you
know. count for go much. They can almost
make or mar a woman
yes. answered her companion. Just look
at that stout woman in the coruer-the pug.
nosed one I mean. The very tdcc Of her wearing
a ven with such hugc dots Or course. with that
nose she ouldn well arrange the veil 50 rs not
to get a dot on her nose, but then-
NO" interrupted the tall woman. II hope
those big dots will not be worn, for very few
noses are built to support them becouingiy.
They give most women a very common look.
And. DO you know. l hate wells with the dots so
close together. Now. look at that woman near
the door. She ought to wear a coarse meshed
veil with small dots far apart, because it would
MAKE ner look SO nuCn younger, ana on the
two ratified until they came TO their street.
what's the latest thing in wells r. said the
tall one as they seated themselves at the counter
in a store where imported wells and gloves are
a speciality.
The very SWEETEST women are wearing silk
mesh wells without any dots" answered the
manager. opening a big box. Here they are.
Some call them horsehair wells. but they are
woven Of pure silk in plaid, spider web, and
criss-cross effects. One OF the ~prettiest patterns
is this one He went on, holding one up to his
face. Three or four silk threads run diagonally
and one thread crosses them. making a very
dainty effect"
BEAUTIFUL exclaimed the tall woman.
And so becoming = calculated the other.
Yes continued the authority. g this yelling
Is especially desirable because it 10 becoming 70
light. haired or dark-hatred people. and pale
cheeks look a. well under it a. rosy ones. 1t Is
only 80 cents a yard.
why. how is that when dotted yelling is so
The chenille dots are what make yelling so
costly he explained. That is, fine yelling.
w ueEy are SitS b9 sSv n "a we e m5,Ia h. gone asS out vii, ana .n mo
a veil. Again. wells with very close dots are
used very little. The reason these two styles
became played put so soon Is that chenille dots
can be 40 well and so easily initiated in felt
nowadays that the big dots and the close dots
s around a pirsty, A mistress might turn rr0o out
in a veil in the morning for which she had paid
81 or IS 4 yard and that afternoon her maid
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TO all appearance which had taken out OF her
pockethook an even so cents. Yelling with pin
point tots Is the most expensive and therefore
the most fashionable. II cannot be initiated
with the felt dots and Is soft and becoming"
How about colOred wells to match the cos
tumesf' broke in one OF the women.
"COloret wells exclaimed the authority,
throwing up both hands at the thought.
"Colored wells or yelling with cOlored dots are
re!egatsd TO the kitchen They are terrible
form. In Paris coiored wells are a badge. There
only the women who wish 10 make themselves
conspicuous wear them. and here only the
woman who knows no better would don n
co.orct veil, The black and white wells.
very pretty and becoming. some have a black
ground with white dots. while others have a
white ground with black dots. They seem to
he.Ehten ones color and ara obtainable at from
30 cents to 20. White wells are going 10 be much
used this summer in real lace and in exquisite
limitations which are soon TO b. brought out.
White chiffon and white erru and yellow wash
wells Will he much in vogue FOR ont-of-town.'
Really. said the tall woman. selecting a
dozen pretty wells. I'm relieved 10 think that
| wont have to lose IA lot OF time trying not to
get dots over my eyes and nose. You might
give ne eight without lots. instead OF six"
Yes. IL Is a comfort. sighed her com anion.
but It's hard on the eye specialists. Anyway.
I'm glad that III be spared the sight OF women
with a few large dots per.hed on their noses and
seems 10 bother ME moro than IL does them"