Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-03-05
I. !. FOX & son
cash HOUSE,"
40 North Main Street.
MOVE. LTIES IN FANS.
The New est Fashions in Fair
Woman 8 Dainty Weapon.
Exquisite and d eIicate Articles That Cost
Five Hundred or a Thousand DOL
Iars-A Fan 10 Mat ch Every Co.'S
tune tho Props II Caper.

Most ladies'in society h, I'VE fan to match
each cos tune, and fans, Ia re dresses, have a
peculiar form for each 90 casion of service,
saws the New York Sam AS an accom-
panienent to the dainty ne glige dresses is
an equally dainty toy Of ps lnted surah and
ivory While for The afterno IN tea, with its
elaborate gown, Is beau tiful gauze and
lace affair described below. At dinner eX-
ouisitely pa uted fans of ellum, gauze or
silk with embe 4 or tortoise st icks accompany
the elegance of the dinner IA 1ilet, while for
evening wear are; spar .gled gauze fans and
those of long waving os trich feathers. The
fairy-like lace fan is sa.red brides.
Probably the most 'hxpen sive fans ever
used in the city are tive poln' t-lace fans sold
at big iewelry store. on which the pattern
is picked out in little diamonds and whose
bar is set with the S. Nne precious stones,
and cost from $500 to 81, 600 and even more.
These fans are not ket IN stock, but the
plain lace fans are frequ, snl4y SOLD, costing
from $50 to $780, and the an bars IN stock
range in price from $40 to soo. sometimes
ladies bring their fans % nave them
ornamented with the diam mds at an ex-
pense of 500 to $500. Beau uful fans are
displayed, too, painted by Hong eton, Lafhtte,
Lasellay, Grivay, Cheunevielle and Albert
irTSuCtl pulIlitIS lOl u 49, 4@A- w
coration) varying in price from : 70 to $500
The material used in these elegant Ntrifies is
fine gauze, surah, satin and vel lum, the
most correct and popular of which al present
is gauze. The sticks are carven pearl in
laid with gold, motherof-pearl, amber, tor
tose shell, sandal-wood, violet wood, gold
and silver. The decoration is usu ally
figure or group of figures, with encircling
flowers: but flowers are rarely used alone
Il the decoration of expensive fans. One
beautiful fan, evidently designed for decora-
tive purposes rather than general use, was
of plain black gauze painted by Albert with
two nude reclining woman, eXquIsitely
tinted and carefully executed.
Among the curos in a Broadway store is
a case of extremely ancient fans painted by
La Baur on vellum, with carved mother-of-
pearl sucks ornamented with bas-relief of
nymphs set around with inlaid gold. These
fans, though somewhat dilapidated and too
frail for any service, bring price Of $50.
The summer novelties in fans display a
rare delicacy of material, an exquisite and
artistic beauty of decoration, and an extern
! sive and unique variety Of design The
most popular style for summer use is an
arrangement of gossamer and gilt, edged
with lace, and painted in delicate hues, with
| Vi VI hOWci Oi dCC-
| full figures in Vatican designs and colorlng.
! Some of the more elaborate of these have
ivory sticks nicked out in gold or silver and
/ eXouisitely carved.
One noticeable variety Of the type is a pale
! pink gauze fan with pearl sticks carved and
! inlaid with gold, with the figure of dove
with widespread wings painted in soft
shades at the top; another, edged with
/ border of roses, is cut out IN the shape of
the flowers at the top; while still another,
/ of soft gray gauze edged with lace applique,
J is decorated with a small landscape, whose
strong effects of light are brought out by
/ bits of mother-of- pearl. A fan of cardinal
! Grape lisse with slender sticks scarcely
quarter of all inch in width, carved and en-
/ ameled, extending to the border of the fan
outside the gauze, has bands Of ribbon mar
! rowing to point between each stick and is
| ornamented with dainty decoration ID gilt.
! Yet more expensive fans of this kind have
| an applique of lace transferred upon them,
leaving portions of the gauze in the center
for the decoration of delicate painting.
These fans sometimes come as high as $50,
but may be bought for SIS and $50. Next in
expense comes the feather fans, so much
used with evening dress, and very popular,
with plain mother-of- pearl sticks, and made
up in many unique designs, one Of the most
beautiful being composed OF three long
ostrich feathers and soft-curled bunch of
tips surmounted on an ivory handle.
Fans are also made entirely of flowers to
match different costumes. A fan of yiolets
with violet wood sticks which emit the fra
GRANGE of the flowers, is beautiful arrange
ment. Still more costly and rare are the
point-lace fans kept in stock IN some OF the
large stores in the city. but rarely sold ex-
cept as bridal presents. These come as high
as S65. The range OF prices, where choice
collection of imported gauze fans is dis
played, run from three to sixty dollars,
while the fair average price paid by ladies
is from ten to fifteen dollars.
The fan counters exhibit the widest range
in price extending from % cents to nearly
500, and an endless variety of style from
the glded paper japanese fan TO the costly
ba2ble of round point and painted gauze,
| with carved pearl sticks inlaid with gold, in
exquisite design, costing Sl15.
The latest novelty in fans is the ribbon
fan, composed of gsuze with rows of mar
, row ribbons of pale rainbow colors caught
: loosely froua one stick 10 the next across the
f fan. The sticks are OF mother-of- pearl
shaped like the ribbons. and at the bar is a
= knot Of the many-hued ribbon containin 2
: sometimes seven or eight colors in a single
b fan. but so dehcately tinted and carefully
= combined as to produce harmonious COM
/ bination.
The gauze fans vary in price from 81 to
81, arc medium in size, and have delicately
o carved sticks Of enameled wood or inlaid
p ivory extending from the bar TO the edge of
I the ian outside the gauze, and forming part
: OF its decoration. They are ornamented
- with embroidery. painting, and spangles,
and delicate lace applique.
i a peculiar design in feather fans is q
blue coke feather water lily with mother
of-pearl stem arranged in the form of fan,
while stlu another Is . cluster OF scarlet