El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-03-14

dots Of silver. set about the design OF
girls in various costumes.
Mrs II. Y. Jackson exhibited five
} rare and very beautiful fans. Three Of
: these are of French Workmanship and
] are older than a century in age. TWO
! of these are somewhat similar. in that
! the fan part was ornamented with a
/ Watteau scene, hand painted upon silk
and with an outer edge of tiny green
feathers. tipped with Wee pink flowers.
4 so that when the fan is closed the
9 idea Of a small floral nosegay Is sug-
gested. The sticks on one are of
/ ivory. deliberately inlaid with gold
The other has very large. oval shaped
sticks Of mother Of pearl Ornamented
with the same elaborate, gold inlaid
. pattern Encased in the outside sticks
Of both fans are SNAIL. gold framed
mirrors The third French fan Of Mrs
Iackson's collection comes from the
NapOleonic period IL also has the
Watteau scene of courtly figures but
is lacking the frivolity of the bouquet
suggestion. while being a bit bizarre.
in that the ivory sticks are tinted a
brilliant carmine. which is made still
gayer with the gold inlaid work.
Two Of Mrs. Jackson's fans come
from Mexico one Of these is also
over 100 years old II is handsome and
imposing. and very large. made Of nm
dyed ostrich feathers. with the dark
tips forming the outer border. The
sticks are Of tortoise smell. tt came
from Guauaseve City. Mex. The other
is of Hindoo workmanship and is quite
the opposite in style. The ian Is small
and made all Of ivory carved with such
exquisite minuteueSS that IL has been
transformed into 4 SOSsamery. agile.
cobwebby- thing as the rarest bit o.
lace In the center IS carved the mono
gram "R- " The fan was made for
the Neyan family. of Mexico During
the early days Of the Mexican revO-
lutions when the home OF the Neyan
family in Durango was sacked. this
ian was the only thing in the house
that was overlooked. 1t was brought
to America when the family came here
as refugees and given by one of them
TO Mrs. jackson
Mrs. l. q. Witherspoon had two fans
in the exhibit One Is of the Empire
rich feathers. combined with aigrets,
with a mother Of pearl stick handle.
The other fan was bought in London
AT the Albert fair II has lacquered
sticks. decorated with red and blue
flowers and gold birds A hunting
scene ornaments the fan part
Mrs L : Stewart exhibited a small.
eXuuisitely dainty fan, of lace and
mother of pearl inlaid with gold and
silver.
Mrs. James L Collins had Swiss
fan in the exhibit II was quite large
in size. with the body Of white silk and
lace and the handles Of prettily carved
wood
Mrs. T. V. Fennessy had a Chinese
ian. over "A century old. in the ex-
hibit- The border was of peacock .
feather eyes. with the body Of yellow
feathers. o-uamented with red birds
and flowers. The sticks were Of ivory. .
Mrs L T Dewey displayed a fan
from Mexico. made of white lace, hand
worked. with a Spanish bull fight .
scene painted upon 1t and carved ivory
sticks. The other is a Chinese fan OF I
peacock feathers and white quilts. with
iandalwOod sticks
Mrs. W r Brown, exhibited q num- I
Der of pretty fans. One. quite large, !
She purchased in JuareZ 25 years ago.
IL is Of white silk and lace with ivory
sticks. Two were rush fans from
honolulu One of these is most orna-
mental, Of an arrowhead shape. made
Il two tone brown rushes, with n tiny
green border. The other is Of leaf
hape. She also exhibited a number
# ostrich fans of blue, pink, yellow
md black plumes.
Following the discussion Of fans,