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Show AND Ab WELL TO COWFIHE THE 5TRAY LOCKS I. MICIUC are iiiuu v tilings that wel do riiitoiisciously. but niifortu-1 natulj' our ignorance or indiffcr-'ence indiffcr-'ence in the matter does not hare iiiueli effect upon the rc5lt. That devotee of fashioi. who to sdentiouslv adopts its everv fa (Ms prcttv .ipt to lay up trouble for herself that will .Mature Ions after rlic fad has lived out its xitenrc and-js forgotten alike by. friend 1nd foe. Now comes along the figured veil, and the bigger the dots or the longer the loshes or the freakier the design the-more stylish it seems to he. , But the girl who affeetr. ope in tliej brave attempt to add to her, appearance fho( cliie finish winch. slic is under the impression that it affords knows not ha.t she docs. From fin artistic standpoint alone it iij variably fails of its effect, for what pos-jsiblc pos-jsiblc boa uly run the casual observer discover dis-cover in a face that is striped like a zebra. ,spotlpd like n leopard ftr grotesquely patterned pat-terned with vines and flowers? If she would by chance glance, at the dignified-dofiuiiion of veil it is jiven in the dictionary she iniplit be surprised to discover that she va following to tljo letter i lie litvnil moaning of the word. It sayy that a veil is a fabric hung up or spread out to intercept the view and ic hide an object neither of which purposes it is to be supposed she ready had in view. For if there is anything that is the avowed intention of I lie veil as it should be. it is to be alluring, and ,it must' he confessed that is the last thin',' that "the freakish veil is. There still is another and a greater reason rea-son than more beauty for nroidiu; such ia type and that is because it works inevitable in-evitable harm to tho ayes. No matter how sironu the latter may be. constant dodsins and eluding f spots. Inrze and small, lo see what one noces- , sa:';.,- must, evolves an eye straiuthnt is stive to tk'll aud to result snonor or later in impaired visiou orjn severe headaches. Yet this article is hy no means iutended ns a wholesale condemnation of the veil. Far from it. for there are veils and veils and it would be manifestly uufair to judze I hem all by a few. The fine mesh face veil is universally becoming. iion-jujuriotiSi to the eyes, servos as a sfight protection against wind and dust and confines the stray locks in '.their proper places. |