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THE BEST BEE VEIL. 



This should be made of black tarlatan, sewed up like a bag, 

 a half yard long, without top or bottom, and with a diameter 

 of the rim of a common straw-hat. Gather the top with braid, 

 so that it will just slip over the crown of the hat — else, sew it 

 to the edge of the rim of some cheap, cool hat, in fact, I prefer 

 this style — and gather the bottom with rubber cord or rubber 

 tape, so that it may be drawn over the hat rim, and then over 

 the head, as we adjust the hat. 



Some prefer to dispense with the rubber cord at the bottom 

 (Fig. 97), and have the veil long so as to be gathered in by 

 lie coat or dress. If the black tarlatan troubles by coloring 



Fig. 97. 



the shirt or collar, the lower part may be made of white net- 

 ting. When in use, the rubber cord draws the lower part 

 close about the neck, or the lower part tucks within the coat 

 or vest (Fig. 97), and we are safe. This kind of a veil is cool, 

 does not impede vision at all, and can be made by any woman 

 at a cost of less than twenty cents. Common buck-skin or 

 sheep-skin gloves can be used, as it will scarcely pay to get 

 special gloves for the purpose, for the most timid person — I 

 speak from experience — will soon consider gloves an unneces- 

 sary nuisance. 



Special rubber gloves are sold by those who keep on hand 

 apiarian supplies. It is reported that heavily starched linen 



