Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 129, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 June 1919 — Origin of the Veil. [ARTICLE]

Origin of the Veil.

The custom of wearing veils came from the East. The newly married Roman woman wore a red veil. Vestal virgins wore white veils. Early in (Christianity priests gave veils to ows. There lies the'origin of the “widow’s weeds.” .In the Catholic church the white veil is given to novices and the black, to nuns.