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VEILS 
countries, and is slowly working its way 
into this country, particularly in the South. 
It is made of palm-leaf, and it is supported 
above the head in the manner shown below. 
Hopatkong veil and hat. 
As light breezes can circulate above and 
around the head, it is perhaps the coolest 
sunshade of any herein illustrated and de¬ 
scribed. If one cannot secure one of these, 
and would like to get the ventilating fea¬ 
ture, he can take an ordinary palm-leaf hat 
several sizes too large. On the inside of 
the hat-band sew four or five %-inch corks 
that have been cut in halves lengthwise. 
These, if spaced at regular distances, will 
keep the hat from the head, and permit 
ventilation. 
As has already been said, one objection 
to bee-veils is the obstruction to the eye¬ 
sight. To overcome this, John C. Capehart 
of St. Albans, West Virginia, glued a piece 
of glass in front of the veil. The difficulty 
with this was, that the glass would hardly 
ever be in range with the eyes, on account 
of its weight, and then it would be covered 
with moisture from the breath; and, worse 
than all, it would get broken. The brussels 
net or wire cloth is open to none of these 
objections, and is almost as transparent as 
glass. 
Walter S. Pouder made an improve¬ 
ment on the glass by substituting celhdo’d 
film such as is used for photographic film 
negatives. While this overcomes the objec¬ 
tion of weight it does not prevent the 
moisture of the breath from accumulating 
on it. Moreover, it is very inflammable— 
so much so that if a hot spark from a 
smoker should alight upon it, the face 
might be seriously burned. So far nothing 
has been found better than nor as good as 
silk tulle, or fine black wire cloth. 
The Holmes veil is simply a straw hat 
with a broad rim, the veil being made of 
mosquito-bar, and the facing of brussels 
net. A strip of cloth lines the lower edge 
of the veil, and is made just large enough 
Mrs. R. H. Holmes’ bee-hat. 
to fit snugly around the shoulders. A 
couple of cloth straps 
hitched to buttons pass 
under the arm-pits, and 
button on in front. 
HOW TO GET ALONG 
WITHOUT A VEIL. 
0 c c a s i o nally one 
meets a person who 
says he does not need 
any bee-veil aild never 
uses any in his bee 
work. Such a person is 
to be pitied for his 
sortsightedness rather 
than admired for his 
temerity. He will at 
times spend enough time smashing bees 
that sting him in the face to make up 
many times over for the slight incon¬ 
venience of the veil. It is foolhardy and 
totally unnecessary to run the risk of a bad 
sting around the eyes, nose, mouth, or ears, 
and a good beekeeper is wise enough to 
wear a veil of some sort or have one on his 
hat ready to pull down. 
Occasionally there will be times when one 
will have to do some work with the bees 
without a veil. Perhaps it has been for¬ 
gotten, or perhaps a visitor more suscepti¬ 
ble to stings has to have it. In such cases 
as these, one should make sure that his 
smoker is in excellent working order, with 
plenty of fuel. The smoker should be held 
