Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-02-07
Howard Gould's Gift to Miss CIemmons the
Work Of Eight Famous Artists
Work of Geronle, Breton Henner, lie Loir Peraut
BSson Chaplin and Bougueneau.
.OsT EXPENSIVE TOY EVER CARRIE

Howard Gould is determined to
eclipse by one mighty effort the pre-
vious expenditures of young million
aires. He desires TO stand upon a pin
nacle Of extravaganza not reached by
any that have gone before him, waving
thousand dollar bills. The dinner
given in Paris by Rodney Wanamaker
costing $4,000, the horses bought as
playthings at Harvard by young Ho-
bart, of California; the houses built by
Rosebery in the flowery days after he
married Hannah Rothschild-all will
fall behind in the race for spending dol
lars Howard Gould has succeeded in
laying out more money and having less
to show for it than any Of these.
AN EMPIRE FAN.
His effort took the form of fan for
his fiancee, Miss Katharine Clemmons,
known in private life as Viola Dayan.
Her mother lives at Palo Alto, Cali
fornia. Miss Clemmons resides most
of the year in very elegant little
apartment in New York, fitted out with
gifts brought for her from all quarters
of the earth by young Howard Goulc.
The fan which has attracted so much
attention was executed mostly in Paris,
where the best artists worked upon it.
1t is a copy of the Empire fans now so
much carried by those who can afford
them. The Empire fans have sticks Of
ivory. They are small, often being
tiny enough to slip into a lady's sleeve,
and they are slender enough to lie in
Qtrf
that has nothing to do with the cost.
One painted by Bouguereau weighed
only two ounces and was only six
inches long When folded it was two
inches wide at its broadcast part and no
thicker than three silver dollars, yet it
cost $4,000.
This fan ordered by Howard Gould
for his finance is the work of eight Of
the most famous artists of the day.
The actual painting of one Of the art
lists could not for various reasons be OBJ
tanned, but an artist just as famous was
employed to copy the painting OF the
desired one.
The work is all done upon the ivory
sticks of the fan. There are nine OF
these sticks, each six and a half inches
in length. The livery is of the most
delicate cream color, without cloud
in it. The tint is the same in all the
sticks. so that the ivory is an exact
match throughout. This is one of the
most difficult things to obtain, per-
feet match in ivory. The ivory makers
of Paris, London and New York, TAX
ing advantage of this fad for ivory
fans, are holding the smooth, even-tint-
ed strips of ivory for large prices. Five
hundred dollars a stick is not above
the price asked by them for nine per-
fectly matched sticks Of the precious
material.
Each of the sticks is eXquisitely cary
ed at the lower end. The upper end
is rounding. Upon the outside sticks
there is a deep carving, with diamonds
and turquoise set in. The loop fasten-
ing the sticks together is heavy gold,
set with diamonds.
In order to have the pictures as beau
tiful as possible and as interesting,
there have been selections made from
famous paintings instead OF whole
copies Of the same, as the painting
must be clear, though small.
PRICELESS NAMES.
The first stick has Geromes dancer
from The Sword Dance" The second
one is Breton's Fisher Girl" and the
third Henners "Magdalen." These are
executed in the most brilliant colors.
The bright dress of the sword dancer
and the saucy fumes of her cigarette
contrast well with the simplicity Of
the fisher maiden with the basket up
on her shoulder. Magdalen's sorrow
full face comes next side by side with
lie SOir's illustration for "Manon Les
caut." This is the centre of the fan
and a demure figure the woman makes
with her shawl and reticule.
A charming variety comes in the
child of Perraults Innocence, which
is side by side with Bisson's Loves
Captive" Chaplins Soap Bubbles
is next to the last stick, and Bouguer-
eau's Love Feels the Thorn com
pletes the selection.
The designer carried out a pretty
sentiment in deyoting the first four
)F THE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLL