Evening star., 1911-08-29
The Bridal Veil.

Every girl dreams Of herself as a vision
Of beauty in a wedding veil; too often it
really makes her anything but beautiful
A veil should be the most becoming of
| headdresses, but it rarely is. This
comes from unskillful handling and
| wrong adjustment.
Never wait until the last few minutes
| before your marriage hour to put on
your veil. If you do you will run the
risk Of looking garbed in a nightcar
Of the frilly headgear of Red Riding
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spreading lines and stiff folds. Keep
| your veil narrow, though all your friends
| try to persuade you that wider effect
Is more stylish.
| fitted so it can be slipped on the head as
easily as a hat. Tulle is the material
| usually selected. and the fullness is held
into narrow compass, much as are 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.
These wells come fitted to tiaras or cor
i onets Of orange blossoms, or to two
rosettes Of chiffon, with sprays of orange
| blossoms between. If bride has a
favorite flower 1t can be copied in white
| for a wreath for the bridal veil, with q
| bit of orange blossom tucked in for SEN
/ timent's sake.
One girl who has a long string of an
cestral pearls has arranged to wear II
/ in two rows across the front OF her hair
| with bunch OF orange blossoms at each
side. and her grandmother's lace vel
| hanging in soft folds from the back.
| In adjusting such a veil at home the
/ lengths of tulle may be narrowed at the
top II tucking REQUIRES too much handling;
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| shirred to a milliner's wire frame to fit
/ the top of the head. To this the wired
| coronet OF flowers is also fastened.
When a face veil is worn it comes just
| to the waist line 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 most becoming.
/ When there Is a family veil of lace 1t
is more graceful and becoming when
worn over a tulle underveil. Both should
/ fall to the end of the wedding gown, but
| il the anoestress 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 souvenir
for the bride from her maid Of honor. II
| the veil is well cut 1t should fall natu-
rally into soft lines: II not. tack it here
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Have on hand in the brides dressing
| room a pair of long scissors. as the
best cut wells often need trimming at the
bottom so they do not extend beyond the
edge Of the train.
| Never attempt to put on your own veil,
| and make sure that the friend you select
understands her business. This presup-
poses veil that is not bought cut and
draped. A brides appearance may be
quite ruined by badly adjusted veil.
Every girl should wear a wedding veil.
however quiet her wedding. unless she
must for some reason be married in trav-
cling dress She will find 1t suitable even
with a simple lingerie frock. AS the train
Of such q 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 II 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 tulle, fine net, chiffon or all
/ over lace. Sometimes they are adjusted
/ to fillets of beaded net, again to wired
bows OF velvet ribbon to match the frocks,
or to wreaths Of overs corresponding
with bouquets carried.