Evening star., 1902-09-13
IS BEAUTY's ScEPTER
u I,
The Fan in the Hands Of
Lovely Woman.
UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE
YOUTH AND LOVE ASSOCIATED
IN THE FLUTTERING BAUBLE.
Movements That Are Modest or
Angry or Languishing or
Otherwise.
UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE

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pear more graceful than when using fan
or piquant woman more chic or engaging.
The woman of dignifed mien and statu-
| esque appearance thus employed has an
! added dignity; the fiirt makes eyes with
| deadlier effect, and even the ugly woman Is
| improved, for she Is able to conceal some of
| her ugliness.
| AS to the fan itself, 1t is either prude or
coquette, according to the nature of the
| person who wieds it. The idea that the
| fan originated with Eve in the Garden of
| Eden seems quite probable, for there Is lit
| tie doubt that our coquettish grandmother
| several times removed was well versed in
| the art of using this poem without words"
Down through all the ages this trinket,
that suggests to every mind tales of gall
| lantry and of love, has found a home in
| every country.
| Magic there certainly Is in the little
| zethur-coaxing telegraph. Folded and un
| folded, with a careless ease which only
| woman can display, moved quickly in rec
| ognition of friend, or elevated and opened
| over the head as If to frame 1t, many
| love affair has been helped on by the fan.
| AT one time the use of the fan was re-
duced to a system. Women were taught
how to unfurl fans, discharge fans, ground
| 1ans, recover fans and iutter fans. These
| several exercises were described minutely
| and the time necessary for learning them
mentioned.
| Thus unfurlng may be learned in
| month; discharging, which, when properly
| done, results in crack as loud as the re-
! port of a pocket pistol" took longer; while
grounding, which merely included the
| graceful quilting of the fan, might be ac-
| quired in two days.
! The masterpiece of the whole exercise.
| however, was tiuttering. This was so COM
/ plicated and needed such delicacy Of ham
| ding that the art could be mastered In not
| less than three months. There were many
| f1utters; the angry f1utter, the modest flut-
| ter, the timorous fiutter the confused
! nutter the merry f1utter, the amorous fiut-
| ter. Indeed, there was scarce any emotion
| of the mind which could not produce a
| suitable agitation of the fan
! A fan could be SO very angry that it would
| have been dangerous for the absent lover
| to have come within wind of 1t, and at
! other times so very ianguishing that the
! lover should have heard its sghs no matter
| how far away he might be.
Lottery of the Fan.
In the eighteenth century, in London, at
| places of fashionable resort, gentlemen
chose their partners by lottery of the
| fan" The fans of all the women present
were placed in a hat. whence each man
had the privilege of selecting one, the wO-
man to whom it. belonged becoming his
partner for the evening. OF course. such a
custom entailed great study of fans on
the part of men.
Leonore d. Este declared her love by kiss
ing her fan and throwing it to Tasso. A
fan belonging to a New York belle, accord
ing to tradition handed down in the family
was once bartered for kiss.
Beautiful a fan may be and costly if
it does not fold. it is a thing without
soul" 1t never has, it never can have the
significance, the language, in short, the CO.
quetry that is innate in folding fan. A
fan that viii not fold differs from one that
does as a Priscilla of Puritan times differs
from twentieth century belle.
Flirting with fan is phrase which has
no meaning with Japanese woman. With
her it is not an instrument of coquetry;
there is no flashing of fans, arch mo
tions of attraction or repulsion: 1t is not
used to veil the features or suddenly to dis
close their unveiled beauty; but it has new
ertheless. more serious language of it's
own well defined uses.
When man calls on woman he always
carries small fan in his girdle sash which
he withdraws he salutes her and holds
in front of him. present is offered to
superior in rank by placing it on the half
opened fan. for it would be considered rude
to offer with the hand alone.
Balm for the Skin.
One of the best balms for skin that has
been irritated by excessive exposure to the
sun is pure, sweet cream, rubbed gently
into the skin at night. The face and hands
| should first be washed in water as hot as
can be borne. Use a little soap OF oatmeal.
After the skin is thoroughly clean apply the
cream, rubbing it gently in with a soft
linen cloth just before retiring Wine off
any excess of cream not absorbed by the
pores. In the morning wash the face In
warm water and then in clear, cold water
to make the muscles firm. If a dash of yio-
let water is added to the rinsing water 1t is
most refreshing.
The appearance of the hands should be
second only to that of the face. All hands
are not and cannot be perfectly formed hut
| If they are white and soft and the nails
| well kept their shape and size are not no.
| uced. In performing manual labor when
| possible, wear loose gloves, else the hands
| must suffer. When the hands are washed
| and they should be washed as often as If
| becomes necessary, they should be thor
| oughly dried; have convenient to the basin
| bowl of coarse oatmeal, with which to
| rub the hands as they are dried Use cnIv
| pure soap and soft water, and The number
| of times they are washed will not injurp
| them If the hands are red, aad the red
| ness is not caused by tight closhinn n ,,er,,
| little of the following preparation used c.
casonally will be found beneficial:
Acetic acid. ...................... 10 oz
Glycerln .......................... l o.
RoSeWater ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. | or
| Or the redness may be overcome by dis
| solving two grains. of chiorinated lime in
one pint OF warm water ana soaking the
| hands In the lotion for about five minutes
once every alternate day. If the skin is in
| the least irrftated, by such treatment it
| should at once be discontinued Stains on
! the hands may be removed by the use of
| pumice stone. ~
| Women who do much, sewing frequently
| suffer a great deal from soreness of the
mouth and are at loss as to the cause Of
| the trouble Half the time 1t is simply the
| the result of biting off the thread instead of
using a pair of shears for cutting In the
! case Of silk the danger Is quite marked be-
| cause 1t is usual to put the thread In ace
! tate of lead, partly to harden it and also
! perhaps to increase its weight somewhat.
| Blood poisoning may follow biting the
| thread. Don't do it. Use the scissors.
Perhaps the best argument to make to
| women when urging them to take care of
their eyes, is that sound strong eyes are
| more beautiful than N-eak. inf1amed ones It
| does not take any very serious disturbance
| to injure the beauty of the eyes. WEAKNESS
| alone will dim their brightness. Exposure