The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-06-29
THE WOMAN OF FASHION.
A Dangerous Weapon in the Hands Of
Lovely Women.
The Fan as 1t Was and Is-What a
Pretty One Costs-The, Popular
Styles-The Parasol a Thing of
Beauty-Styles in Handles.

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New York, June 4.-"The fan of a
beauty is the sceptre of the world"
So sang Marechal; and we women are
not in position to contradict the dear
little weapon has dealt the hearts of men
many a telling blow In the old books on
woman's fashions, we find the fan always
associated with the parasol and the
handkerchief. But we have chaned
all that. A fan and a pair of
beautiful, brilliant eyes are all the
armor that is needed for these latter
days. A parasol may be made to do very
effective work, it is tue, and is to be by
no means despised. But parasols
field of usefulness is necessarily limited,
as one may bring it forth only in the day
time. Whereas the fan and the eyes are
never idle, and are most effective under
the soft shades of evening, or in the
quiet corner of the brilliant ballroom.
Therefore, when the woman goes forth
to conquer, she selects her fan with great
care. Special attention must be paid to
its shade; for it must needs above all,
harmonic with the hue of the cheek it
will often lie so lazily against; and 1T
should be in striking contrast to the eye
that will so often peep over it; and 1T
must melt into the lap of the gown that
will so often receive it.
The value of the fan was fully re-
cognized by the damsels of the good old
DAYS; for chronicler of the 18th century
tells us that the very cOmmonest of all
were made of scented wood, while the
finest were of tortoise shell and ivory, in
crusted with ivory and precious stones,
and painted by artists of great talent.
These fans, we are also told, were never
used for tanning. So we see that the
proper sphere of the fan was recognized
even then.
Now we are less extravagant Even
the fashion in these small things is but
fieeting, and we therefore content our
selves. as a rule, with pretty dainty bit
of gauze and ribbon, and dainty sticks,
that cost from five to fifty dollars.
SOME OF THESE BEAUTIES 1 MUST TELL YOU
OF.
At Newport's first gathering, fan
something like this will futter and fall,
in bewildering fashion: Grenadine,
maize-colored, bordered with a coqullle
of gauze dotted with tufts of forget-me-
nOts. A windmill bow is at each end,
shot with maize and pale blue. The
sticks of the pale corn, also, are touched
here and there with gold. A maiden
daintily perched upon painted spray,
stretches across the middle.
Another daily thing is of mauve grena-
dine, so sheer that one sees easily through
it: the fan is closely painted with pom
padOur sprays in many colors, ana across
the sticks are hung scallop after scallop
of small beads, matching the shades OF
the flowers. A loop falls from the end
of each row. These sticks are of mauve
Iacouared wood The edge of the fan is
a fine ruching Of point.
A celestial blue of fine gauze with
dainty sticks to match, cut out with gold,
is known as the fin de steele fan. Its lap
ming sticks are gold-spangled and edged
with satin ribbon The ribbon is slightly
gathered in, drawing the gauze into a
scallop at the top.
But these were not enough, and went
to the shops and found that remarkably
pretty fan could be bought for eight
dollars. The fan was all painted IN
clouds and laughing demons OF subdued
fame shades, and the wings OF the
demons are set with brilliants.
But [ wasn't quite satisfied, and asked
for something little nicer. Fifteen
dollars would purchase a beauty all in
white. worked closely in fine spangles and
gold threads.
Rnt nv ambition rose higher For
t,ventv-fye dollars / could have one OF
those tiny, old-fashioned ones, with thelr
gauze surface almost covered by the
deem blue groundwork of the paintings
that spread over them The figures were
in the vatican draperies, and the dainty
flowers that sprung up about them were
after the fine fashion of Louis XIV.
But the big ones, for fifty dollars on
creamy, sheer gauze, were just rlgh1-