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 wedding and engagement ring. A jet chain is sometimes worn.

The correct mourning hat is small or medium in size. One ought to remember that there is no reason for it being unbecoming. Fancy trimmings are out of place on such a hat. Feathers are never used for mourning. Just a fold of the hat material or crepe is the most appropriate trimming for a first mourning hat. Even in this case, the hat may have the underbrim faced with white. Either white crepe or white georgette is used for this purpose.

If a widow chooses, she may wear a long veil. However, many women now feel they would rather dispense with it. When I say long veil, I do not mean extremely long. None of the veils are longer than two yards now. Such a veil is draped across the top of the crown of the hat. It is not worn over the face, except at the funeral. The veils are made of grenadine, crepe, georgette crepe, or net bordered with crepe. The borders are about three inches wide. It is a matter of taste whether or not a face veil is worn with the long veil. No one but a widow wears a a iong veil. The face veil for deep mourning is plain mesh and