The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1901-06-29
HOW WOMEN SPOIL VISION.

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HOW WOMEN SPOIL VISION.
Their Wells 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 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 will 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
1t 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 fall" 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 were 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 Danish
ment of the veil. A more uncomforta-
BILE and imbecile affair for afternoon
teas than the mask the chin veil Is can
not be imagined.
1t is a sign of grace. perhaps. thai
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
to outweigh all other considerations In
its favor. They wonder If veil could
not be contrived that would leave the
eyes uncovered, while 1T beautified
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 al
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, OF
vainly and unconsciously try to focus
them, one of the worst possible exer
cises to which weak or imperfect sigh,
can be put. The retrograde step is
taken by Russian net yelling, which
need not, however. be very trying II
the mesh be fine, for it is unspotted.
Then come the quite condemned
wells, which have chenille spots al
over them; they are bad in proportion
as their dots are close and large OF
scanty and small, but they are less
sight-wearing than veil that Is pat
termed as we'll as dotted, a veritablt
agony to sensitive sight. White wells
are often much more evil In their ef
fects than black. for the material, Oh
It tulle or net, possesses a faculty To-
dazzling the vision and making every
thing seen through it wavering ana III
defined. Finally, has not the case beel
proved that those who are conscious
of strain, q lack of clarity OF sight. O
WEAKNESS after wearing veil, shoul'
give M the task of looking smart a
the expense of vision. Even the stron'
argument in favor of wells Of sensible
and clear mesh, which the oculists q,
not attempt to deny, namely. that sucl
nets do keep the eyes from the ASSAULT
of grit, especially during drive o
while cycling and motoring, shoui'
not appeal to the weaksighted.-Lon
don Mail.