Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-05-26

which are NJ. Natalis Rondot's report on tn
Exhibition of 1851 and nj. 5. Blondei'
| Expansion thereof, an octave History o
Fans published in 1875, and the well
written catalogue Of the Lean Exhibitor
Of. fans at South Ksnsington.
ORIGIN OF THE FAN.
!, 90, .yurse, proceeded from the
s..., ss5l H.. .as. :. early date, though
fabellographers are not decided as to the
time and method of its invention. Whether
Lamsi, the fair Mandarin's daughter, being
heated at public festival, used her 1sask
as the first fan, or an observant native OF
Tamba, about the year 670, fashioned the
fan upon the model of the bats wings, or
the Emperor Wong wang invented it b, @.
ll34, is not important. The fan certainly
originated as an article of utility the leaf
of the palm, or lotus, or banana was en-
ployed to create q refreshing current OF
air then it was initiated in more pre-
cious and substantial material, and when it
became a thing Of personal use the folded
form was devised for the sake of conven.
ienoe. The Sancrit poet tells how the
kingly litter was adorned with . fan, . fly.
aapper and an umbreiia, and how <ae-ss.
cred fire fell in love with the beautiful and
pious daughter of King Mia, and would
not burn as brightly when she famed 1t ~
when she breathed on it. In one of the
five Hindoo paradises the highest honor
and pleasure reserved for the faithful il the
privilege of tanning the presiding deity,
Ixora.
In early times the fan in China served r
the generals flag or baten-was RAJ
sign, like the white plume of
Navarro. They were at first
bamboo leaves or of feathers tn
first white and afterwards EN-
Their original form was rectsngul
wards they took the shape Of a
or great water lily. NJ.
his "Voyage en- Chine"
list of the uses to which
The dandy is known by
of silken fan, as his bro
lands by his crutch-cane. W
misses flirt with their fan.telegrs
pertly as do the Spanish senoritas. Moth
ers fan their children to sleep, schoolmas.
ters correct negligent pupils with the ham
dies OF their learned fans
AS AN ALBUM.
The employment of the fan as an auto
graph album is an old Chinese idea, but the
Occident has not adopted the stiff fans OF
thin golden leaves, ivory or jade of the
East, nor yet the bronze or iron fan OF com.
mandment of the Japanese middle ages,
which was baton and battle-ax in one.
The fans of ancient Egypt decidedly were
not trihings. In its cosmogony the fan
was the emblem Of happiness and celestial
repose, and thus the fortunate triumphator
was surrounded with fans and Towering
branches. Mariette Bey unearthed stele
on which was represented Osiris with his
fam bearer behind him the mural paint.
ings of Peni- Haassan show women waving
square fans, and the frescoes Of the palace
of Medinet- Abou at Thebes depict Rameses
| Ill. in all his glory, with suite of fan.
bearers agitating elegant fans of semi. circu-
lar shape, brilliantly painted, though, after
all, not 30 splendid as those seen in the
earlier triumph Of Horus. when, it may be
added, the fan was an accessory OF exalted
rank or an emblem of high military COM
mand. Its use was as extensive among the
Medes, Persians, Assyrians, but it came
into still greater prominence among the
classical peoples. The two favored attend.
ants of the naughty Roman matron, when
ever she took her rides abroad, borne high
/ upon the necks of s,ayes, were those VI
bore her parasol anl -
AS A FASCINATION WEAPON.
\ Though the Ron an beauties did n
themselves, but lett that to their 81
their gallants. they were not unacq
with the code of the fan, as wNll
passage in 0vid's i" Art of Love, where
the use of the fan is prescribed as potent
weapon in the arsenal Of fascination. Like
the princess mentioned by the Ssnscrit
poet, the vestal virgins employed fans to
keep the sacred fire glowing. All the
yGreek writers, and especially the poets or
raconteurs of the erotic sort, SPEAK Of the
/ fan, and PAW describes the more elaborats
fans as being made OF feathers, arranged in.
lotus form round wooden handle. For
less stately occasions, however, bough OF
the myrtle or acacia, or the superb leaf OF
the plane.tree, would be in requisition, and
iit is even contended that the thyrsus itself
had at least secondary employment a. .
fan or sunshade. The tail OF the peacock
came into great vogue with the danes OF
Greece, especially in Phrygia, as fan or .
model for fan, and the plumes OF the
ostrich and the peacock were used alike for
the earliest and most elaborate Of Oriental
Il L
awakened sleeper, Abou Hassan, who fam
cies himself Commander OF the Faithful,
lis waited upon and famed by seven fair
maidens, to wit: Alabaster Neck, Coral
Mouth, Sunbeam, Moonface, Hearts De-
light, Pleasure-of- the-Eyes and Sugar.
Cane, with such fans. Heligobalus, whose
tastes were decidedly Oriental, employed
i'm lieu Of sceptre fan splendid with
golden leaves. jewels and painted feathers.
/ OTHER USES OF THE Fan.
\ The sacred fire Of the Persian kingr,
which was borne to war on chariot drawn
lby four white horses and escorted by 1855
youths clad all in yellow, was too sacred 10
be kindled into activity by the breath, and
SO use was made OF a fan. The fan Of pea
cocks feathers, such as Propertius de.
lscribes, was one Of the attributes Of the
..eonth of-Ausust personifed. as witness .
painting unearthed at tfurcuianeum, and q
similar fan hangs beside the tutelsry deity
(. of that month in some OF the old calendars.
The fan appears frequently on Etruscsn
antiquities, and in many and curious forms,
though the general idea is always the same
IA handle and Hat surface attached, a.
in modern fans. One Rell-known vase
shows courtesan placing wreath Of
flowers on the head of her soldier-lover,
while q fabellifera stands,behind her chair,
and girl playing on the doubie-fufe
! dances softly before them; aEd another
represents Roman beauty couched negli-
gently on her iectuLus while a naked slave.
girl anoints her with perfume, and another
: girl behind fans her gently with a tnbetLo,
/ one { tee small tablet fans such as Ovid
speaks of la the third book of his " Art
1 OF Love- The ,GhSisi c2Rf1G,.
pressed the fan intoN
/ ~ woRsIf4s9
4 According to st. jerome, it 49,
blem of confluence, and an old French
I book on religious customs and ceremonies
records that the Apostle James recon.
nended the use Of the sacred fan in his
liturgy. The great feather fans brought
from Asia to the Roman Court by the
Eastern Emperors survive in the fans borne
beside the Pope, as not the least character
istic of the insignia of his office. TIE
fiabellur was employed till the close Of the
thirteenth century to protect the priest Of
ficiating at mass from heat and insects.
More-i gays that in the abbey OF Tournus
and the Dominican monastery Of Prouisse.
4ans were used oy Vie de4cols 70 prevsnE
flies from falling into the chalice. The
former fan was exhibited in 1867 at the
Paris Exposition. 1t was not unlike our
modern fans in shape, but with wider
lspread and longer handle. On each side
was long Latin inscription, and it wss
.embellished with figures Of eaints, each
with the golden nimbus and the name
written in uncials Of the ninth century.
Esurrounded by Byzantine traceries and To-
Iliage. with animals and monsters, tie
whole forming design of unique beauty
and importance.
4 Out OF Tune.
4 When the tones Of a musical instrument
becomes harsh aud discordant, we say IL Is
out Of tune" The same may be said Of that
! far more wonderful and complicated piece Of
mechanism, the human structure, when It
becomes disordered. Not only actual dissase.
but those far more common causes, oyefwork,l
! mental anxiety and fast living. may impair