, 1870-06-17
A FANCIFUL DISPLAY.
Grcax Exnlbltton Of Pms.

:. Grcnx Exhibition OF Pans,
There is Ut present, 1t South. Remington,
Lonaon, an international Exhibition of Fans,
IN which Quoan Victoria and the Enpr as Eu-
genie 4re among tho contributors. tAwritsr in
tAc London Daily ktus discourBes TINS pleas
snuy abcnl this unique shoH;
IN one OF hls haprnest papers IN tho S2ee-
Tue proper mage or tho ian WAS 10 bn taught,
who should be put through their 1ana after the
manner OF soldiers Il drill The. wot1s
Of command included Handle your
fans. :. Unfu5l your fans. Discharge |
your FANS. F!ntter your FANS Tho effect Of
The little nodish machine a. Mr.: Spectator
calls it, Vas wonderful when the ladies were
thoroughly hnished in the exercise, and their
achievements afterwards in the busincBs OF
coquetry were highly creditAble to their in
stluctoru. In the free'to.1sr, our pleasant
efsayist again turns The custom Of tho fan to
account as text for very neat piece Of
satire. The implement could be converted, he
surmises, into a-controve1siA1 or nolemicl
office 4 girl, for example, who detested Pope-
r, might carry Protestant fan with carica-
tuIe OF Roman Catholicism on it's mount: !
Guwd OF vorshippe5s, for instance, on ther
knees before holy tenpcnny nail, sd the
Ike. Mr. spec. further suggests that NAL
content should be pnnishce by = 1a'ly taking
care not to drop. her fan whnn sitting close TO
NAM LILO "lAtks ul Tue uAv. VINO EF63&eH
social matters with : dellcacy in some respects
that reads 70 US liko lost AT, constantly
srought tho ian into their specnlations Writ
TO the tAow now open at the South Keusiuston
Museum viii prove thnt the fan borrowed mnts
fft m them in return for their attention to it.
On hundreds Of the beautiful toys a-e the
oh pa stoI u scenes and creatures depicted
| that pcIvaded our iitarature duSiug the
teacup times, the times Of wigs and swords,
when women were Addressed as nymphs and.
f1as Il 1r& &t.-t~-
try wzs this Arcadia, full Of al sozts Of tender
aud agreeable impossibilitiea, most OF Which
J Ire set ont in The fans. Tue shepherd who
VI os tho maid Of summer NOON with hla
! atgeolet, the picturesque Chloe ha1se1f, witn
sheep Who .re diapoeed on ths sr.fa. aFe
farofite subjects with uie fan artists. Their
peasants are the peasants af tho opera, Of
!no melotitams, Of the seyrGs crockery; They
crop him dorm in the fields, irrespective OF
climate, and deGciously inBensible TO the fast
that he wears no clothes T1ne fans Fsopch
and Euglah, abound With Loves "-1ituo fat
boys who are chaiptng bellies and beaux in
flowers md 1na dragging them captiyes in I'll,
clouds, ind apparently blowing Kisses at each
other as they wsggle head oTer heela like 80
many tunbler pigeons. Such were the articles
uf fascination that our ancestresses f1ouIished
IN tho faces Of their admirers. Aa Pope tells
"1h Deuas hand this toy IL fatal found,
Nor could the fabled Dart more rarely wound
| Tho painted, powdered, deeoletss dtrts,
with tall wigs aud Ligh-heeled slocs, stuffed
: compliments, affecting nothing moro cnthusi-
aelieally than q tahte for rural pleasures and
1uEalliie. They updetstood nothing OF either
but what the poets told them (what great
deal Of practical aheep.far1ning honest Dryden
knew, who could turn you of pastoral from
acoree-house in an hour or Two, equipped
with plentiful Corydons and Phy1lisea!}; got
they stood for portrAitB under w1de-spre2dipg
l'cechea, and had their simpe1ng airs repealed
in song: in pictures, and on the fans which afe
If a London museum.
Tho Empress Of the French has, to Judge
from her contributions To the exhibition under
notice, a wonderful collection Of elegant tri-
ins; Many Of them arc real works Of AIT, col
cred and designed with a care thAt seems q
I waste Of industry when it is remembered how
- seldom the pictures are steai4iy &splAyed cd.
: Several OF the French fans deal Ill Bcfiptural
. Subjects. We are shown a tJudk,nent Of Sol
, onon,' the child being evidently borrowed fol
tint dispor on the mounts. OF q sim,lal
: kiId to this is au English production
; representing the Parable OF ht
sowcr.' Was it msde for fair Puritan who
Eined to have enc with pious savor about ii
!. Addiscn's notion Of political fan is carre4
out in spirited illustration Of = speech By
citizen from aIeSoluttqpay ttibuue-there ca
be no question as TO IT'D republican 1eanings o
tie Eirl who aou1ished the handsome baabl
on which the democratic scene il depicted
, We have sporting fans also-in one a youn
gentleman holds a gun IN his left hands, lea
8 hate in his right. lie il presenting the har
= to fat couple seated in an a1l'oE, who loo
I very much as il they wished him ont Of tn
nay. On another sporting fan Euglisl, eigll
teenth century, tho fowler retd1ns from Il
!. stutbles bearing back single bird by tho nee
d in triumph, but as pointer is amelTing sharpt
At Lis vide pockets, doubtless he llas naslo
3 better bag than would appear at first sight
J, vith somcwlat similar sce,,e drawn upon il
Is mandarin goes a-shooting with a bow aut
d a11ows. A hoek Of willow-pattern-plat duck
are flying before him, but his worship is gazinl
i'll the wrong direction. A really cloScr M
r contains series Of tableaux from Tie stor
= Of Pamela In its cra Mo should imAgin
tho invention would have been popular, bu
~slo reads Pamela now, and fcw, we Tea,
would have read 'C,A1issa,' but for 81
Dallae. The Louis XIV. fans arc cha,
,r seHes must have been cautiously weeicd
l. It must have bceu a. touching spccts
Is Gle to have seen lady OF ths wicke
e French Court hiding her bIushes with an en-,
= nah At tie bath, or Diana in the Same psclic,
- ment.
x THE French seem to have brought tho 4,
e Of fan-1nlking to perfection. We could nc
Is venture to give detailed account Of y qnartc
!. al tho subjects treated in these miniature pit
T. 70 :Ere francs. The ba1don of the thome, q
ctrrse, IL love, and such collateral topics MS th
e Judgment Of parit, Kuth and l,oaz, or 10 quot
e the words Of the catalogue, "A youth onsrin
: fower to young lady, With emhroider
a OF gold and sIiangles.' It is On euc.1 ground
. we believe The Inn nrtis.s arc most success
= = su). They do not hesitate, howeyer, 10 a
''c tempt even battle pieces-not rose leaf pei
It ing. conbats, but downright mortal struggles
o with smoke and blood and other resulatio
le terrors. The amo11ni Of Douches, innoccr
e tatlines gambolling with butterfly glce, b1
~ with certain puckish designs on tho peaco
~ maids and bachelors, Venus coming from tt
Ie Mecrrchaum, Cupid at the Fountain,' II
G Court Of Flora Ihs Toilet Of Madame
/, Marquibe do 3Iontcspan such arc appr,
:, Pirate designs Of tho little modish m1chine
]! Fl We muAt not forget to notice tho dsa1f fan
a a Many Of there are gems. On the whole Il
.xhihition affords a means Of passing mo
10 entertaining hour, and, eires IN opportuni
D. Ut ssulsing the efforts Of tho polite world
lc invest the trifles which are necessary to i
@ lifp with certain nlIegurica1 sicuifics1,cor