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Show PLEADING THE CAUSE OF FANS There are some beautiful and moro or less useless accessories of dress tlint fashion never frowns upon; although al-though she treats them with considerable consider-able Indifference for lengthy periods of time. Fans and long ear-rings aro Instnnces. About tho time that we think they nrc forgotten, not to bo recalled, re-called, they emerge nnd find n wclcomo as if they were something now. This season has seen tho reappearance of fans with fashion smiling upon those niadc of feathers, and ccrtnlnly nothing ever pleaded tho cause of fans moro convincingly than theso airy and smart luxuries. Tho holidays developed the vuguo of fans mude of ostrich feathers, for they were bought more freely than others; but the ostrich feathers, however '"""-B-iB-iBBr NHw-r1"-" ArfcJ. A. jLAmAi T J MBnlBBlBBlWBFaflr YLS Wj yp Wf rn Kwipapr Unlow suiiiptuoiiH, cannot mitblilni' the fans mado of the splendid feathers of tho peucock. These are ns wonderful as jewels. Fans of luce nnd of painted or spangled satin aro among tho tilings that aro never out of date, and they hove benefited by tho vogue for feather fans. In tho group of three fans shown above two of ostrich feathers nnd one of peacock feathers aro rilctmed. At the top small, lint plumes, uncurled nnd mounted uu Ivory or other kind of sticks, form tho leaves of tho fun. Fans of this kind aro fairly large, uud Increnso In size with tho length of tut fenthers. They nro mado In mnny beautiful, beau-tiful, gay colors. Cleopatra was never cooled by a fan moro beautiful than that of peacock feathers jhown at the center of the group. Tho incomparable incompar-able markings and colorings of the natural nat-ural feathers make them tho most nd-mired nd-mired of tho feathers used for fans, Theso nrc mounted on tortolso shell or other sticks, und nrc beautiful and unchanging. Very long, curled ostrich plumes make the splendid fan nt the bottom of tho group. These nro shown In many brilliant and many light colors, and carried us 'he most Important Item In t)io evening costume. They belong with tho rich, metallic brocades bro-cades nnd clothes that have held sway In tho realm of evening gownu nnd coats. They aro only at homo In company com-pany of this kind. The story of fans Is too long to bo so briefly told, but nniong tho successful success-ful novelties nre small palm lei.f fans, minted In colors nnd bound about the edges with gold braid or Tulllo ribbon, small bouquets of silk floweru urn mounted against the funs Just above tho handles, all wound with ribbon like that used for binding. A full bow of the same ribbon Is tied over tho stems of tho (lowers. TJils Is something new In fans, revealing our old nnd useful friend, (ho jolm hnf fan, all dressed up In flue nttlre. |