Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1897-07-29

but the last mentioned, If brought TO
tho right consistency and carefully
handled, will be found the mOst salts.
factory. This IL because it is not pos
siblo that all of the crosts and mono
grams which one collects shall be on
uniform thickness of paper or on
very thin paper, ami tho hest quality
of glue is the only adhesive known
which will enable one TO do neat and
thorough work whom paper of more
than ordinary thickness must be affixed
to the cloth surface of the fan.
To decorate fau with these paper
emblemB is ono thing; to do it taste
fully, prettily AMI with some sort of
system is quite another. l was shown
Il black cloth fan, completely covered
with cre5te of many shapes, designs
| and colors, and To the eye the work of
tho decorator was mora than ordinarily
attractive, the arrangement Of the many
pieces WIS rather striking, and the
grouping uf shapes and blending of
colors were well done, hut examination
showed the ludiCrouH side of the fair
collectors work. The crests OF colleges,
hotels, patent medicine companies,
| bicycle manufacturers, yacht clubs and
public institutions were grouped TO.
gether without rhyme or reason" A
beautiful crest of a royal German house
was placed by the side OF a monogram
Of Il New York "quick lunch" place,
and motto in Ait Dautsch, and full
of meaning, came into close contact
with ono which eStolled the quality of
our surprising coffee. CresJs OF
| Florida hotels were grouped with .hosD
Of leading American univerHitieH, and
a monogram Of a Concern which manu-.
features dress shields was Handwiuhed
between British crest, with its motto
of "Iinni SOFT qui NAL y penso. - and
ono OF m American bicycle factory.
which showed an ungle holding in his
hsals the inscription, Nothing Cheap
Except Their Price. 2
Perhaps the most noteworthy col
lection of monogram faus"--for that
10 what they are cRlled--yet made in
Now York ia possessed by young lady
Of the upper west side, who recently
went abroad, intending TO spend year
or moro in adding 10 her already fine
collection.
This young lady has six of these
fans, each beautifully decorated, each
Il study, euch a gem. They are Hrtisti-
cally covered with crests and mono
grams, some of which we're purchased
from dealers, but by far tho larger part
of which were gathered Ivy the young
lady herself in the Coutss Of her travels
at home anu abroad, or procured for
her by friends and admirers, who had
be1n mindful Of her wants.
OF these fans. ore. of black satin,
having unusually troad panels, or folds,
and covers made OF wood stained blaul,
and highly polished, 10 covered entirely
with senls creEts and coats of arms oil
American States and CitieH Each Ui
the States in tho Union il represented
ON the body of tho fan, Some by mere
impreeHi0nH OF the State seal, some by
engraved Representations of the State 4
crest of arms, and others still Ivy beauti
full Impressions in raised work. gorgeous
in gliding or coloring. The front cover
OF the fan In Ornamented by an eahOrate
fac simile Of the arms of the United
States Of America. SO neatly have all
} these decorations been allixeu to the
fan that ut first glance the aharpest eve
would not discover that they had been
stuck on with glue. They seem to be
{ part OF the fabric Of which tho fac il
! made Soma handsome scroll work in
} gold and color, gathered at random, cut
, from uosiers, circulars and book plates,
has been so skiifully dispoaed of as tc
} add greatly TO the artistic appearance
, OF the fan.
Another of tho fans in this collection
! ia decorated wholly with the crusts oil
J American hotels. Hundreds OF these
, are represented. from Tampa to Duluth,
, from Ian Francisco to reiit Monan.
l This fad Ia gorgeous ono. There are
! few American hotels Of any sort OF pre-
} tension that do not support a crest. 4,
have one ON the hotel stationery il
quite tho thing, besides being "auitt
English" Some Of these are exceed