The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1909-02-11
God or Silver Sparkle
MARKS ibis Years
EashioDable Fan

A triangle of glitter and sparkIe is
what my lady beautiful will ctr.ry for
fan this year. For on this, the
daintiest accessory for her evening
toilet, the spangle is as sovereign as
elsewhere, and ever bright must my
lady's eyes be not to be outshone bv
the spangle strewn toy that she car.
ries.
This participation in the fad for
glittering ornamentation which DOM
mates the style of the fine lady's cos
tune, from the, silver winged butter.
fly that poises in her coiffure to the
sparkle of her slipper, is almost the
only distinctively new thing about
fans this year.
or course, a white gauze fan orna-
mented with a few spangles has
been in the possession of every debu-
tante AID sweet girl graduate for the
last 20 years, but the newness is in
the omnipresence and the abundant
use OF this ornament. This year the
fan, instead of being strewii with
spangles, is encrusted, frosted, over
laid with thousand bits of gold or
silver sparkle to match the sparkle
on the aigrette and gown.
Nor is 1t only the white gauze fan
that is thus treated, but the black
ian, the blue fan, the hand.painted
fan, the little ivory cabinet toy fan
for the collector, and the fan made of
all lace.
The note of glitter and sparkle Is
carried out even in the sticks for,
with those who can afford them, the
mother-ofpearl have superseded the
bone and ivory. And not contented
with the CLEAN of the mother-of-pearl
alone, the artificer has inserted even
here bits Of gold and steel and silver.
With the gauze fans the bone or
ivory sticks are still used, but with
the lace nothing but mother-of-pearl
will do
/ Feather fans are being marked close
onto half price, as they are hardly to
be used at all. In one showcase
among the fragile bits of ivory and
.spangle, aloof like a sulky peacock
among little darting humming birds,
reposes huge plume fan with sticks
of carven amber, marked from $50 to
$25.
Although the plume fans are rather
out of date, Japanese feather fans are
quite modish One model which is
shown at Japanese shop has a
pretty tea cup scene painted on a
background of white feathers and the
top fringed with peacock feathers.
In size, the fan has not changed
much. 1t should be. II anything, lit
tie larger than those shown last year.
AS to expense, you may have what
you will from the fan of steel
spangled gauze within the reach of
any purse, to the creation of lace and
mother-of-pearl, or the product of the
artists daintiest brush.
Or the salesman may bring from a
special case a model which is rapidly
gaining in popularity-the sandal
wood fan. And If you like mignonette
better than tulips, you will find 1t as
attractive as the more elaborate pro-
ductions of mother pearl, lace and
spangles. From the exquisite odor
that rises to you, perhaps you will be
able to call up faint recollection of
some old sea captains cabinet with its
treasure trove of teak and ivory, ebony
and sandlewood, gathered from hun
dred far-off shores. And as the in
cense-like fragrance grows even more
potent in its spell, perhaps it will in
woke for you a vision of grandmother
attired for the ball, hoopskirted. hair
drawn demurely low, a tea rose thrust
in her bodice and fluttering in her
hand sandalewood fan.