The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-05-17

fan. which was held to her girdle by a jew
eled chain. That fashion with the large
feathers has returned in our day. Queen
Elizabeth dropped a silver-handled fan INTO
the moat at Arnstead hall, which occasioned
many madrigals. Sir Francis Drake pre-
sented 80 his royal mistress a fan OF feaSh-
ers, white and red, enameied with q half
moon OF mother of pearl. Poor Leicester
gave her as his New Years gift in 1874
a fan of white feathers set IN a
side with two very fair emeralds and
fully garnished with rubies and diamonds,
and on each side a white bear Chs coRnl-
zance) and two pearls hanging, a lion
romping and a white muzzled bear at MS
/ foot, Just before Christmas in 1895 Eliza
| beth went to Kew, dined at my lord keep
| er's house, and there was handed her a
| fine fan with handle garnished with dla-
| monds.
Fans in Shakespeare's time seem to have
been composed of ostrich feathers stuck In
handles.
Gentlemen carried fans in those deys, and
in one of the later figures of the german
they now carry fans. According to an old
MSS. in the Ashmolean museum, Sir Ed
ward Cole rode the circuit with a prodlglous
fan which had a long stick with which ne
corrected his daughters. Let US nope that
that will not be r~eintrcuucsd. .
The vellum fans painted by Vatican and
the lovely fans of Spain enriched with jew
els are rather too expensive for favors Tor
the german. But one very rich entertainer
gave away tortoise shell fans with jeWeled
sticks two years ago at elmonlc
Fans of silk, eGg-shaped, painted With
birds, were used Tor an Easter german.
Ribbons are, however, very much used IN
the german, being called lies rubans." Six
ribbons about a yard in length and of vari-
GUS colors are attached to one end of a stick
about twenty-four inches in length; also q
! l,-O;o,& n .~% ~ M, Of ossh cd IN pnnthar
stick must be in readiness. The first couple
perform a tour de valse and then separate.
The gentleman takes one set OF ribbons and
stops successfully in front of the
ladies whom he desires to Sc
lect to take part in the figures.
of the loose end of Il ribbon. The first lady
takes the other set of ribbons. bringing for.
ward six gentlemen in the same manner
Thu first couple conduct the ladies and
gentlemen toward each other and each
!. gentleman dances with the lady holding
the ribbon duplicate of his own. The first
> gentleman dances with his partner.
Ribbons were used for a c%otillon dinner
party with very good effect. From the
. chandelier in the center of the dinil G.
. room,' we read, depended twenty scarft
of gros grain ribbon, each three anC
wide, heavily fringed and richly
adorned at both ends with paintings Of
, flowers and foliage. These scarfs were sc
: range that an eud of each came down &c
.he place one of the ladies was to occupy a
the table, and care was taken in their selec
: ton to have colors harmOnizing with the
lady's dress and complexion"
These cotillon dinners have been a pretty
fashion for two or three winters to enabl,
!, four or five young hostesses to each give
j, dinner, the whole four to meet with thei
q guests at one house for IA small german
after the dinner, each hostess comparing
her list with that of her neighbo
so that there should be no confu
) sion. 1t is believed that thl
device was the invention of the incompar
3 able Mr.. McAllister, to whom society owe
, a great deal. The fashionable society, Iik,
the german, must have a leader: some on,
who will take trouble and think out thes
elaborate details.
Nowhere in Europe ia 80 much pain
taken about this sort OF adornment as here
q The menus of these cotillon dinners ar
often water color paintings worthy of pre-
3 6eryation. Sometimes a scene from one o
/ Shakespenre's plays, sometimes Il copy o
some famous French pictures. in eithe
f case giving something delightfully."- artistic
For a supper after n dance or during il
the dishes are placed on the table, and 1t j
9 served en- buffet; but for a sit down supper
served at little tables, or large ones. tn
service will be exactly like a dinner. excep
Il that there Is no soup or Iish. OYSTERS OF
If the half shell and bouillol
If in cups, represent these tw
le courses, sweetbreads and green peas. co
70 t~ellottes a la inanciere, and some sort q
lie game IN season, such as reed birds il
5. autumn, canvassback ducks, venison nm,
n Woodcock, salads of every description, ar