The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1896-05-28

fan from the Orient. Despite oul
progress, we have never yet equaled
the artisans and artistsiof the far East
in making these little articles of COM
fort and of relief. We have not even
learned more than the rudiments OF
the fan. In those old civilizations
there is light and strong fan for the
child, another for the STRIPPING, one
for the youth and one for the adult.
There are fans for men and women,
fans to suit every purse, from that OF
the pauper to that of the prince. A
residence in either Japan, China or
Korea is liberal education in fan
craft.
There are great fans which require
A strong man or an able-bodied woman
to WELD them, and still larger, is the
giant fan known as the punka, which
is suspended from the ceiling over
the table or the bed, and pulled like
a great swing by a cord in the hands
of muscular servant. The East has
an etiquette of the fan which recog-
nizes attitude, angles, movements and
poses. There is a way of handling ii
in the presence of friends, another
way before official superiors, third
in the street, fourth in the theatre
and a fifth in church.
was amused to learn in Japan that
o young man could express his love
with q few beats of his fan, and a
Young woman could return or reject
it in the same manner. Even the chill
dren are adopts in fan science. Japan
ese children use fans to keep paper
butterflies suspended in the air, and
Chinese boys use them as battledores
upon dainty little shuttlecocks.
Americans are only beginning to ap'
p 5sGet way .e Ja fgsPPeI5iG0stEa st ssfe
IT cit, policemen dom our large
ties. = HattIesburg Gazette. /.
In a private letter from the Hoo. b
7. NJ. Denny, Congressman of the
xth district of Mississippi, to one
{ his con stituents, he states that
great many of his friends have /
dvised him to come home and re- t
in the work of his canyass, az his
are active; but be thinks
NY demands his remaining III /
V Washington at least until the nv"
RS and harbors bills are fually dis {:
,osed of. MI. Denny considers
he building Of the Gulf and Ship I
sland Railroad and the opening on
Ship Island harbor of greater im-a
,ortance to The State of Mississippi
han any other measure, and for1
his reason be has made this matter
4 special study. The bills now.
pending provide for thorough surf
veys. on which he will ask. .anEd :. mn
water colors, cover it with applique
work, and even draw out threads here
and there and make it into a dainty
and flmy piece OF lace.
More extraordinary are the military
and royal fans worn up to 1860 II
Japan, and also in Korea. These were
made Of metal, in order to be appro-
pirate to the military character Of the
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brass, bronze, steel, silver and even
gold. One type used by the great
warriors had points on the end, which
could be used for about the same pur.
poses as a dagger. The body OF the
, fan itself was so strong that if needs
were it could be used as buckler.
There is still another type of ex.
quisite beauty, the tortoise shell far
Of Nagasaki and Kyoto. In this the
genius of the East almost reaches per
lection. Out OF the crude material
the artisan produces finished shell
of marvellous beauty and resplendency,
He models and shapes it to suit hi:
!: taste. Usually the ribs are finished
: in half-open work, which is almost a:
delicate as lace, while the outside
sticks are decorated with dragons,
) flowers, faces, or anything which the
wearer may desire. New York Mail
and Express.