Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-11-30

heart Of each flower, and something over
S4OO worth Of gems is used in its decOra-
tiou. The political economist, who is al
ways eleyating his troublesome eyebrows,
would find more justification, for this, 10
bin, extravaganza within Of luxuriOss
women If fashions in fans did not change
With every season, and il a msid could use
one long enough for her gallant to know
the minuttst trscerY o, it's pattern, as in
the good old days when sll the ladies at sn
evening party threw down their fans on
table and all the gentlemen chose partners
BY picking up each the fan Of the fair dame
be loved best, recognising the pretty tGitie
that hid her bushes IS he would have done
her eyes or the tips Of her white fingeIs.
Unhappy would be the knight or esquire
nowadays if put to such a test of his ohiv-
slry.
10 wss a fan that saw seasons enough TO
be famous Of which il waa written:
Loves in q riot of light
Roses and vapOrOus blue,
Hark 70 the dainty frOu trou
Picture above IL you can,
Ives that could melt rs the dew
This was the P0mpad0ur's FAM
Yes. aud il had lace mount that cost
$50. 600. E4cn of its sections was nine
wears in the making and the medallious
that adorned il we're masterpieces OF
miniature painting. II is not recorded that
any New York bella has spent such sum
on a fan, but msny Of those which are now
being ordered for Christmas gifts are al
most rich and elaborate enough TO btcome
like the Pompadonr's, historical.
OF these none could be more havoc
making and bewildering in effect than g
pale blue gauzs fan covered with yellow
chrysanthemums tipped with reddish gold
which the one young lady who wore full
evening dress on the first night OF Aunt
Jackv welded with c0mp0sure rs she sat
in a btx and thought, perhaps, that she
was the only properly dressed woman IN
the thester. Evening dress Is not common
even among the society portion OF hfst
neigh!ers and this dark eyed blonde
beauty attracted much attention. The
chrysanthemums on her fan matched 3
bunch at her bosom, and when she
lifted the amber sticks it could be seen
that the gold and rcd were copied from the
lights 10 her hair. Bat the most fetching
thing about the chryssnthsmum fan was
the fsct that the pretty and fragile gauze
mount was arranged rs a mask, after the
clever ideas evolved by Mrs. Kendall, and
~ hen il was lifted to the h0wer-hke face
its owner might be p0wderiDg-psrish tue
thought-Or nibbling swsetmeats-this,
too, is uusentimentsl-or surveying good
looking Bobby y three or four lows away
how be felt the blood rush to his face
and his f1ger tips as the possibility-iIom
among toe posies and through the psep-
holes.
This new fashion Of the mask fan is
worthy Of the days of good Qaeeu Anne,
10 whose reign society was more frank IN
its speech than delicate, and the maiden
who WAS too innocent or too discreet to
listen found her fan a screen behind which
it was often coug snient to retire.
THE modest fan was used no more.
aud virgins smiled az what they blushed Do
f0T0
SAYS Pope, in talking Of what seemed to
him degenerate days.
Another novel fan Of the season which IS
certain to do execution if it falls into
skillful hands Is of delicate blush gauz
set in 9 frame of curling goose or swaD Z
plumes The gauza ia fine and tIanspar-
ent aad is painted with witch hszsl twigs
starred with small yellow flowers. Ths
painting, which is wonderfully cOne on
the airy material, runs of on the feathers
which are mounted on half dozen Of the
sticks on either side, their smooth stiff
surface sh',rding an equally good back
ground for brush and colors All about
the top is get WaTy edge Of tbs blue