The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-08-21
Now Styloa IL, Fans.

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Who that has attealed the circns
listening to the stnle gags and jokes OF
the painted clown, willie the band
blares and toots out "My Mary Ann, -
but has heard the melodious voices of
of the boys that sell fruit, candies and
peanuts Oh the seats as he yells out,
"Wave-coolers, only Il nickel apiece
the palm-leaf fan. Buy one p" Fans
are common now, yet there are many
uncommon fans. The styles have
greatly changed for the better since the
days when the huge peacock feather fan
and palmleaf were known at every
colonial settlement and camp mcetinr
Dropping into one of the largest dry
goods stores in Chicago, while the mcr-
curry was steadily climbing from the
middle of the box clear up higher than
the price of butter, and the counter
where the collection Of fans were sprpa,
out was thronged by fair buyers, when
lull in business permitted the neat
looking lady salcswoman to talk to u
reporter, she remarked: eyes, the hot
weather is making sales lively. Ne
began to feel discouraged when ,he
weather was 50 cold, and there were
few sales except party fans or we'd
ding downs
''There arc few new styles in fans.
but think they arc mostly very home
~. a new thing is Il Japanese fan.
only to tell you the truth, it is made in
this country. 1t is Il long handle, has
black silk center, with hlpolls and
painted Jap scenes, and with small
bangles all around the edge. Some or
the old fans used to be ones with hand
painted portrait of Garfield and mourn
ing fringes.
"llere is a Grape mourning fan, ana
here a white point lace and down
fan Tor weddings. This one is worth
Sl5. Here is the highest priced fan in
the store. 1t is mother-oi-pearl sticks
and point lace body, with pearl-dust on
The lace. 1T is imported from Paris.
But we had one fan here for Wabash
avenue lady that was specially ordered
for her from Paris, and cost $l25. II
was OF point lace, with antique designs.
and WAS a beauty.
Now here are some nice little fans
that will be all the rage among young
girls for street and theater use. They
are long handles, fully eighteen inches
long, with an oval body of black silk,
some having hand-painted flowers and
ferns i'll the center; others little birds of
genuine feather. Some miniature pea
cocks, others gold-plated monogranis in
the center, while black lace fringes en-
circle most of them. Now, you would
think that these fans would be very
costly, but they amt. 1t is surprising
how cheap these fans are manufactured.
1T only takes about so or Is cents to
possess these fans.
"There are some cheap fans here in
this lot, ranging from IL cents to 25
cents. Here is one, a nice little con-
ceit in straw. Ii is braided finely, ;;n;,
then turns and folds up Here is il cheap
fan, regular Chinese make, with odd
figures on the rice paper, and little bells.
Here is fan of swans down, for some
fair belle, that will cost her parent
something like $50. 1t has diamond
dust StreWn over 1t.
"llcre are the palm leafs that are
almost given away. They come in ship
loads, packed in crates, to New York,
and are then sont over the land. An
Old idea at the seashore last year was to
have your sweetheart's portrait painted
on silk of light tints, with odd collpets
at the bottom. Oh, | could tell You of
many funny points in fans, but must
attend to these ladies'" and the far
saleslady moved away, Willie the re-
porter swan out,