The suburban citizen., 1901-04-27
HOW WOMEN SPOIL VISION.
Their Wells Are Sight Traps, and Some
Are Worse Than Others.


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 penal
ties would prevent them from wearing
the adornment
Go and ask an oculist his opinion,
and what he has to say on the topic is
to plump condemnation upon every
veil that is worn. Yet he win admit
that, while some nets are extremely
dangerous and deleterious to the eyes,
others are almost uninjuriOus.
There are fashions in nets and
gauzes and many are the variations
with which the veil is worn. But in
England 1t 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 eyo-
luton throughout the century. They
have heard their grandmothers talk
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 were followed by thinner silk
ones, which in their turn were deposed
in favor Of those Of thread lace, after
which came the many abominatio
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
curtalled ones again, and a feeling has
also come in there for the utter Danish
ment Of the veil. A more uncomforta-
BILE and imbecile affair for afternoon
teas than the mask the chin veil is can
Dot be imagined.
1t is a sign Of grace, perhaps, that
the 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
60 outweigh all other considerations in
it's favor. They wonder IL a veil could
not be contriyed that would leave the
eyes uncovered, while it beautitied
and protected the rest of the face AS
a 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 expe-
diency.
The very best is a veil as fine as
gossamer, which can be most becom-
ing, too. 1t has no spots at 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 retrograde 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 them; they are bad in proportion
as their dots are close and large or
scanty and small, but they are less
sight-wcaring than a 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 a faculty for
dazzling the vision and making every
thing seen through It waverlng and ILL
defined. Finally, has not the case been
proved that those who are conscious
Of strain, lack Of clarity Of sight, or
WEAKNESS after wearing a veil should
give up the task Of looking smart at
| the expense Of vision. Even the strong
argument in favor Of wells Of a 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 OIL
while cycling and motoring, should
not appeal to the eak-sighted.--Lon-
don Mail.
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