Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-19
The Bridal Veil.

Every girl dreams of herself as a
vision of beauty in a wedding veil: too
often reality makes her anything but
beautiful A veil should he the most be
coming OF headdresses. but it rarely is.
This comes from unsk.llful handling and
wrong adjustment.
Never wait until the last few minutes
before your marrige hour to put on your
veil Ii you do you run the risk of look
ing CARRIED in night cap or the frilly
headgear of Red Riding Hood wolf.
Avoid bunchiness in a veil, also wide
spreading lines and stiff folds. Keep
your veil narrow though all your friends
try to persuade you that a wider effect is
more stylish.
1t is possible now to buy a veil cut and
fitted so 1t can be slipped the head
as easily as a hat. Tulle Is the material
usually selected and the fullness is held
into narrow compass. much the
wells worn in English court costume.
This is managed by hand run tucks at
the top, the veil spread to full width
at the bottom, but held between the ears
at the top.
onets of orange blossoms or TO two ro-
settles of chiffon with sprays Of orange
blossoms between. If bride has a
favorite flower, it can be copied in white
for wreath for the bridal veil, with a
bit of orange blossom tucked in for senti-
ment's sake.
One girl who has a long string of an
cestral pearls has arranged to wear it in
two rows across the front of her hair,
with bunch of orange blossoms at each
size, ana her grandmother's lace veil
hanging in scant folds from the back.
In adjusting such veil at home. the
lengths Of tulle may be narrowed at the
top If tucking requires too much hand
ling. The top is turned over for an inch
and shirred to a milliners wire frame
to fit top of head To this the wired
coronet of flowers is also fastened.
When a face veil Is worn it comes just
to the waistline in front and is caught
with hairpins to the flowers, so 1t can
easily be pulled off by the maid of honor
when the ceremony is finished. Many
brides wear just the black VEIL though
tulle over the face is more becoming.
When there Is family veil of lace it
Is more graceful and becoming when
worn over tule underveil. Both should
fall to the end of the wedding gown, but
II the ancestress was short and her de-
scendant tall, the tulle can extend from
beneath the lace
When a veil is adjusted becomingly see
that 1t is securely pinned into place. Jew
eled or silvered hairpins are sold for
this purpose and make an attractive SOU
venir for the bride from her maid of
honor. II the veil is we'll cut it should
fall naturally into soft lines: If not, tack
it here and there to the frock.
Have on hand in the brides dressing
room a pair OF long scissors. as the best
cut wells often need trimming at the bot
tom so they do not extend beyond edge of
train.
Never attempt to put on your own veil.
and make sure that the friend you select
understands her business. This presup-
poses a veil that is not bought cut and
draped. A brides appearance may be
quite ruined by badly adjusted veil.
Every girl should wear wedding veil
however quiet her wedding unless she
must for some reason be married in
| travelling dress. She will find it suitable
even with a simple lingerie frock. AS
the train of such gown is short, less
tulle need be bought
Widows wear hat to their second nup-
tials, and women who marry late in life
Will do well to follow this example, or to
go bareheaded if married at home, as a
Veil may emphasize their years.
Where bridesmaids wear wells rather
than hats they never reach below the
waist. are also kept narrow and are made
UP in tule. fine net. chiffon or all-over
lace. Sometimes they are adjusted to fill
lets of beaded net, again to wired bows
of velvet ribbon to match the frockS, or
to wreaths of flowers corresponding with
bouquets carried.