Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-11-26
UP-TO-DATE Wells
The Rage for Dotted Veilings
Menaces Feminine Visions.
HAVEDOTs ANDCIRCLES
SHADED AND GRADUATED PAT
TERMS IN CoLORS.
A Motor Face Covering Modified for
Windy Day Walk
dAVEDOTS ANDCIRCLES

Written for The Evening Star by katherine An
derson.
Unless all signs fail the latter part of the
winter should find oculists the country over
in the throes of business boom. Time
was that the woman who wore tiny vel
vet or chenille dot on her face veil was
considered daring in the extreme, and was
pointed out as a parsonage VINO underVal-
ued her eyesight. Today dots. plain and In
patterns in two three and four sizes and
as many tints are shown on a single veil.
Never before have dotted veilngs been in
such high favor.
AS an instance of the craze for dotted
wells, a recent importation of bordered net
shows regular pattern of very small en-
broidered dots set in triangles and squares,
overlaid with large velvet dots the size of
a dime. The border shows two parallel
lines of smaller velvet dots
Another dotted effect shows a very fine
net, sparsely dotted on the upper part, but
with a deep border of graduated dots.
starting the size of a large black pin head
and ending in dots the size of a nickel.
These come in both the velvet and chenille
dots and in all the fashionable colorings.
The most eccentric of the new wells are
those which show violent contrasts in very
large dots such as white on a black, navy
blue, dark green, dark red or brown net.
These chenille dots are laid in patterns SO
close that they simulate snowhakes and
completely hide the face.
The well-dresSed woman of conservative
taste clings to comparatively simple veil
ing in the most subdued tone OF her cos
tune. There are effective patterns in de-
slrable shades of blue. brown, red and
green, in a mesh so fine that the color
seems to tone into the fabric of the dress
and hat, and Is not at all conspicuous.
Eccentric Fancies.
On the other hand the woman of eccen-
trio tastes has ample opportunity to in
dulge her fancy. All the vivid millinery
tones of the season are reproduced in veil
ing-burnt orange, sapphire blue, mauve.
coral pink tobacco brown. reseda green.
American Beauty red, every possible shade
of yellow and salmon. AS rule the mesh
in these veilings is decidedly open, and
marked by chenille dots in self-tone or dots
in a darker or lighter shade.
The above described nets are used as
nose wells, or to fit snugly around the face
and hat, reaching to the chin. The alien
veloping veil which hangs loosely around
the brim of the hat, or is draped so as to
completely cover 1t, is generally of chiffon,
main or figured. Ribbon borders in self
tone are by all odds the most satisfactory
finish for veil that must see hard service
and for fall wear less of the dotted and en-
broidered effects are shown in borders than
Powered and figured veilings used in the
early fall also are giving place to palmer
weaves though the latter are in sufficiently
brilliant tone to lend dash of color to the
most somber get-up.
Period wells are on the market, but 1t
takes a brave woman to wear one of them,
and they must be used only to complete a
period costume. One of these is an all
lace veil, with q touch of embroidery, a
notable example being a long veil of real
Valenciennes lace of the finest pattern, set
off by chenille dots. The lace is. of course.
white, and the dots may be either white or
black.
For Motoring Wear.
Motoring, which is really responsible for
the tremendous vogue for wells this winter.
has given to the practical woman who may
not be fortunate enough to own or ride in
an automobile very practical fashion for
wearing her veil In windy weather. The
motoring veil is compllcaed affair, wired
and iraped snugly over the motor cap. In
q modified form 1t Is just the thing which a
woman who must face all sorts OF weather
should don when winter winds play havoc
with her millinery and her coifure. 1t fits
snugiy around the crown OF the hat, and Is
ahirred on q very narrow milliner's wire.
The ven need not be dropped over the face.
but may be folded 50 that 1t comes Just to
hide the brim Of the hat. Then It IL crossed