The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-08-10

I ShOffner refused 10 accept a comprOmis
None o Z the other members Of the gan
except Carey. is financially responsible
Japanese Fans.
You want q FAM echoed the smiling
/ japanese merchant What kInd?"
/ The New York man looked aroun'
/ hopelessly.
20. any old kind that's big and give
/ lots OF wind want 10 get half a dozel
for the Office while 1 happen to thinl
about it"
/ The japanese gave him six big fans anC
came back TO the reporter. There was Z
certain mild pity in his unfading smile.
You are so queer about fans. yor
Americans. he said in his soft precise
little fashion. You want them only Il
make you cool"
why not?" asked the reporter
20, it's all right. it's all right. You dc
not understand A fan is nothing 10 you
IT TO us-why. in japan and China q far
is thing OF Importance.
To cool one-yes. that Is one use. ui
only one use fan talks with rs II
tells many things.
You look at Japanese fan. It means
nothing 10 you. You think the color, the
pictures are pretty, perhaps That is an
hut TO us who know. the color. the shape,
the decoration hold meaning
You think the landscapes are funny.
We know they are pictures Of real places
and we can name the shrines and temples
and mountains and rivers. The men and
women all look alike to you, but they
usually represent historic characters or
characters in our romance and poetry
"Fuziyama is just mountain to you.
It Is sacred to us. You don't know our
flowers and birds and their symbolism.
Il could give YOU this little paper fan
with white storks flying over It and you d
never know that was wishing you long
life, and you wouldn't understand that
this cobweb design is for mourning.
You Sc. there are so many kinds OF
fans in Japan. and each kind has It's own
use Even the dolls have their own fans
and the children have theirs
There's a tea fan. used only al the
solemn tea feast The little cakes are
handled with it, but one doesn't use it to
fan with
our dancers and geisha girls have
their own type OF fan decorated appro-
priately. and our jugglers carry fans that
suit their trade. There is kitchen fan.
10 used for bellows and bamboo water
fan that is dipped in water often when
being used. so that II makes the air It
stirs cooler.
Almost every political event OF import
ance In japan has been pictured on fans.
and very often the rulers have had TO
forbid the carrying OF certain fans. be
cause they spread trouble and Sedition.
You could have whole history Of Japan
OF fans If you could find the right fans
Some OF the old fans are not used now
The ancient court fans were folding fans
% wood. decorated with silk artificial
flowers. and each noble family had its
own flower that no one else dared use.
The war fan Is OF iron. covered with
lacquer. and the generals have ssilk fans
with iron sticks Have you ever seen
olithaeokuse- rtakesiIars,y. Ia
dagger FAM The mobsnen II Japan car
y them. but il is against the law to take
them into China Cinnamon have them.
al the same.
Everybody carries 3 fan n China Il
Is even more general there than IL Japan.
and there's so much fan etiquette among
The Chinese that I don't see how they
nave time 70 learn anything else
You know what the fan stands for in
Japan. don't you So2 Why. il IL the
emblem Of life and the rivet IN the sword
u the sod Kashina-
He reserved orders 70 ssdae theworld.
70 he ran his sword straight through TIE
4arth and Jeff Il there The <rorid would
all 70 pieces II The sword rivst were pull
a cut
some day I VIII show you al M fans I
Ind tel yor what each one means. II (
lont Sc how you can buy fans. and by
more fans. and never ask. What Do hey +
ay2 shat can they tel ne we Japan /
Sc sIzays ask Why WHAT Where I
bout everything New York Sun-