The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-05
NEW YORK NOTES.
The Women Are Swarhed in Ves and the Automobile is D-
 rcctly Responsible for Present Styles
BY ANNIE KEN0RIck WALKER

All New York is veiled-that is the
 women whom you see on Broadway and
 Fifth avenue The Twenty-third street
 shops are showing veils every day mak-
 ing a special feature of them until every
 woman feels that she must possess one
 to match her several gowns. These veils
 are yards and yards in length, and they | are wound about your hat, crossed in the
 back and then it depends entirely upon the age and artistic ability of the wearer as to what becomes of the long ends that | are brought around in the front, or some- | times left dangling in the back.
 1 The handsomest hats are trimmed solely in silk veils, the softest and most ex- ! quste materials, like crepe de chine. They make large graceful bows of them and sometimes the longest end is left hang ing, while on some of the Frenchiest hats, one end Is brought around to the front where it is held in place by a single rose. This sounds affected, but it is a charming style for graceful women, and veil season is really a boon to the average woman It means, of course, that wells should be fresh for in that lies the chief attraction, and for this reason veils are the most expensive things in wo- mans wardrobe. The long. dressy veils of chiffon and crepe de cline are any where from four dollars up and the new shaded wells are even more expensive. They are exquisite things, shading from white to pale pink, or in the lavender shades, and they are the smartest &C., cessories to the seasons toilettes.
 This veil craze may be traced directly to the automobile. Women who motor have been wearing long wells for sev- eral seasons, and now everything and everybody is entirely subservient to the automobiles: whatever is demanded by it is considered good form. No matter whether you have ever been in motor car or not, you must look as if you owned one; wear automobile looking things, long veils, and-I had almost said gog ges
 The real automobile hat is the most wonderful thing I have ever seen. It has veil of chiffon and velvet and isin- glass This sounds as if I had made a mistake, but 1t is an accurate descrip- llOI Ol SOIlle Ol lilt dutOliioDhc bdto u pc seen on Fifth avenue. These veils are more like hoods, the back being of vel vet, and the front of chiffon, while there is an opening for the eyes which is filled in with tiny mask of isin-glass as a protection
 All the shops are displaying either hoods or gloves or gorgeous fur-lined things for long motor trips, and the au- tomobile craze is at such height that even the stage is now catering to the motor enthusiast, and in one of the most noted plays of the season, a magnificent motor car is brought on the stage, the chauffeur one of the most interesting characters, and a run being made to Grenada.
 At some of the smartest hotels in New York, exhibitions of automobile clothes are being held and the most stunning things are shown, running well ries. importers everywhere. are featuring things suitable only for motoring, and the proper automobile wardrobe is now one of the many complications developed by our civilization. Men and women, en- thusastic over motoring, depending upon it for their greatest excitement, have given the modern shops cause for adding a wholly new department, and with the increasing popularity of motor cars has come a corresponding demand for com fortable and suitable clothing, that will withstand the wear and tear of long tours. And this automobile craze has to spread itself in every direction, that even if you do not own a car. you are really forced into buying automobile things and you must submit gracefully