Show origin of the fan the original of the fan in china is is sail said to have sprung from the following owing incident A royall rin cess very very beautiful was assisting 0 at the fe feist st of lanterns lier ber face covered with a mask is as was usual the excessive cicat compelled her to remove it and in order to guard her features from the common gaze she elie moved it quickly to ind and fro in front of her face thus thug ly hiding her charms and cooling her brow the idea was at once adopted throughout the kingdom catherine de medici carried tile the first fan from italy ever seen in france and in the time of louis XIV the fan covered with jewels was worth a small fortune ex |