Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-01-08
THE LATEST EMPIRE FANS.

grandes danes of the courts of Louis
XIV, Louis XIV and Louis XVI.
The fans of the beauties of those
times are still regarded as models by
modern lawmakers. The greatest art
lists did not disdain to exert their skill
in ornamentng these dainty trifies, the
name OF Vatican being known almost
entirely throughout his pre-eminence
III this work.
Every year sees handsomer class of
fans displayed in the shops. The fine
jewelers. handle the best ones. Many
women buy them comparatively unor-
namented in order to have them paint
ed by some special artist. Lace fans
are always in good taste and are al
ways popular. just at present, in har-
mony with the fad for spangles, they
are glittering with showers of silver
and jet. True lovers knots of white
lace appliqued upon fans of black lace
are much like by elderly ladies. Black
gauze fans painted with flowers, too,
have their admirers.
A stunning fan seen in the shops is
of delicate gren gauZe painted with
great golden butterflies and blowa-
ways, the butterflies wings glittering
with gold paillettes.
A more costly fan of brus.&ls lace is
shown in the picture. It's central me-
dalton contains two lovely girls in
gauze draperies, behind whom is an
exquisite landscape with its delicate
foliage and cleaning water The
sticks of this fan are of mother of
pearl inlaid with small gold flowers.
Its compaion, a smaller fan, is also
of brussels net, the picture In the CEN
ter showing two girls in old fashioned
attire, one singing and the other play
ing on the Lutte.
An effective fan for those of soberer
tastes was exhibited in a fashionable
shop window. 1t was of black gauze,
with a border of azalea blossoms in
silk applique, painted in delicate
shades of pink and crimson and mauve
and outlined with colored spangles to
match the sandaIwood sticks, which
were ntheir turn gold studded
Another pretty thing in black gauZe
was bordered with a design of white
satin, edged with silver and showered
with tiny silver stars and festoons.
One Of the latest fancies of fashion
is silk fan in shade OF empire
green with insertions of gold lace and
glittering with gold paillettes. The
sticks Of beautiful pale tortoise shell
are also gold studded.
Gauze of mistlike grayness on which
is painted a dreamy Venetian scene,
has fragile sticks of dyed mother of
pearl of purple and delicate moon
light blue. The scene shows palace,
terrace and balcony with hooded ladies
tripping lightly down the broad steps
to waiting gondolas. Through win
dows one catches glimpse of festive
throngs within the old palaces, the eff
feet of glass being cleverIy initiated
by gauze over the painted design.
Wonderful tones of green, blue and
ping are introduced into another fan.
the mounts being Of dyed mother of.
pearl inlaid with gold. Groups of
splendidly dressed court ladies, with
their cavaliers, are painted upon the
surface, the groups being inclosed by
garlands of roses supported by laugh
ing. dimpled Cupids.
Charming in its grace and delicate
coloring was another fan in which
pink was the prevailing color tone.
The picture represented a fragile.
cockleshell boat garlanded with flow
ers, over which Dan Cupid presided.
This painting formed the central one
of series in which winged Cupids
and nymphs played prominent parts.
The central one was painted on a shell
shaped medallion fringed with silvery
seaweed, with softly eolored. shells at
the base. At the corners graceful
nymphs sported upon the foam crest
ed water. this being depicted with a
marvellous natur3lness.
Some of the Ifwest gauze fans are
made in shell shy pc, painted with for
al designs and brilliantly spangled.
Black fans ar lioued with white