The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-04-25
HOW WOMEN SPOIL VISION.
Their veils Are Sight Traps. and Some
Are Worse Than Others.

Their veils Are Sight Traps, and Some
Are Worse Than others.
Women are divided in their opinions
upon the subject of the veil. but where
you will find one to maintain that such
an adornment fades the complexion
you will find ten to aver that no peual-
ties would prevent them from wearing
the adornment
Go and ask an oculist his opinion,
and what he has 10 say on the topic is
to plump condemnation upon every
veil that is worn. Yet he will admit
that. while some nets are extremely
dangerous and deleterious to tine eyes,
others are almost unlnjurlous.
There are fashions in nets and
gauzes, and many are the variations
with which the veil is worn. But in
England it always covers the eyes. and
it is here that the danger arises.
OF all the wells ever tried the ideal
one is yet TO be discovered. Some
women can trace step by step its evo-
luton throughout the century. They
have heard their grandmothers talk
about the white lace fan" that used
to be liked, and themselves can recol-
lect the thick green. blue gray white
and green gauze horrors worn to pro-
tect the complexion from tan. Those
wells We're followed by thinner silk
ones. which in their turn were deposed
in favor of those of thread lace. after
which came the many denominations
still exploited, to wit: mesh-nets dotted
and patterned IN various ways.
Just now women are beginning to
shorten nets and falls considerably.
Indeed. in Paris they are wearing most
curtailed ones again, and feeling has
also come in there for the utter bansh-
ment of the veil. y more uncomforta-
ble and lmbecile affair for afternoon
teas chan the mask the chin veil is can
rot be imagined.
1t is sign Of grace, perhaps, iha,
tie question which is being much de-
bated now among smart people is
whether the veil does not accomplish
so much harm to the visual organs as
to outweigh all other considerations in
its favor. They wonder If veil could
not be contrived that would leave the
eyes uncovered, while il beautified
and protected the rest of the face. As
Il pattern nothing could be better than
the Turkish woman's yashmak, which
is justly held to be the most modest
face covering in existence.
Now. as to good and bad patterns Of
wells. considered not from the point
of view of beauty, but OF visual expc-
diency.
The very best is a veil rs fine rs
gossamer which can he most becom-
ing too. 1t has no spots Mt all upon
it. and so does not worry the poor, tor
tured eyes that have to dodge spots or
vainly and unconsciously try to focus
them, one OF the worst possible eXer
cises to which weak or imperfect sight
can be put The retrogradc step is
taken by Russian net yelling, which
need not, however. be very trying If
the mesh be fine, for it is unspotted.
Then come the quite condemned
wells. which have chenille spots all
over thems they are bad in proportion
as their dots are close and large or
scanty and small. but they are less
sight-wearlng than Il veil that is pat
termed as well as dotted a veritable
agony TO sensitive sight, White wells
are often much more evil in their eff
fects than black for the material, be
it tulle or net, possesses faculty for
dazzling the vision and making every
thing seen through it wavering and ILL.,
lefned. Finally, has not the case been
proved that those who are conscious
Of strain, n lack of clarity of sight or
weariness after wearing veil. should
give up the task Of looking smart at
the expense of vision. Even the strong
argument in favor Of wells Of Il sensible
and clear mesh. which the oculists do
not attempt TO deny, namely, that such
nets do keep the eyes from the assaults
of grit especially during a drive or
while cycling and motoring. should
not appeal TO the weak-sighted.-Lon-
don Mail.