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Show ooGJljrjiAtet-WjthJn I 'IE fan plays such an Important part in feminine coquetry that It Is never suffered to lemaln long out of fashion. Like Its big sister, sis-ter, the parasol, the fan Is much more an Instrument of allure than an aid to coolness. In fact both fan and parasol pretend to bo what thoy are not. hiding their deep and subtlo real intent under a protty disguise of ln-nocont ln-nocont utility. When 'fans aro fashionable, they aro ness. Some of tho new fans, pictured, show that tho favorite shape is compact rather than wide-spreading: tho sticks of the fan being pared off to glvo a rounded edge rather than tho semicircular semi-circular sweep of old-tlmo fans. Only ono fan with this full swoep Is pictured, pic-tured, a carved satlnwood fan, run with ribbon and hand-painted In a dainty Watteau-llko design. This fan is copied from a raro and valuable Poster Fans Aro Tho Fad With Maids Who Danco And Many Collections Aro Being Started Now. always more or less 01 an auecmuon Just as parasols are; for tho value of the fan as a beauty-adjunct is so much groatcr than Its actual usefulness, useful-ness, that it is carried along whether It will bo needed or not. Thero arc places where fans are really Indispensable, Indispens-able, howovor; ono place 13 In tho ball room especially in thoso days of strenuous dances which would soon glvo milady a shiny noao did not a breezy fan keep her flushed visage dry and cool. But this season fans aro fashionable and they aro producod everywhere at the thoatre, in tho restaurants, in tho shops; at concerts and at church. Ono even sees them fluttering in taxi-cabs taxi-cabs and prlvato limousines, tholr possessors swathod In fur. Tho fan-languago fan-languago is being looked up and debutantes deb-utantes aro studying somo of the llttlo tricks of tho fluttering fan which is so exprcsslvo of omotlon much more oxprosslvo, it may bo said, than a modern, self-controlled young miss would allow horself to bo, evon if sho know ovory shade of fan-oxprosslvo- model In a noted collection. Tho copy M lis worth twenty dollars tho original H over a hundred. Many of tho French M fans dating back a scoro of years havo H become very valuablo becauso their H hand-painted designs, signed with tho H artist's name, aro the work of men H who havo become famous slnco tho B long-ago student days when fans woro H decorated to keep tho wolf from tho TA studio door. M Tho beaded fan is a beautiful ex- IH amplo of tho best Fronch fan-making art. The cover of gray gauze, hand- IH embroidered with cut stcol beads, is M mounted on delicate carved wood M sticks decorated In sllvor and rose. In M this picture, also, is ihown a modern H fan bag for opera use. Tho long, M cnvclopo shaped bag of whlto satin, vt trimmed with gold laco and cmbrold- H ered with gold cord, holds the dainty H fan, tho kerchief, and tho opera glass. H Feather fans are always valued bo- H causo of thoir graco, and tho fact that W they mako such Ideal backgrounds. W No woman can help looking her best H with her face against a big. soft feath- M or fan. An uncurled ostrich fan with H tortoise shell sticks costs about a hun- H dred dollars. Cheaper models have H imitation shell sticks and feathers that H aro not so rich and long. A gray H ostrich fan recently seen Is dove gray H In color and the sticks are whlto H mother of pearl Inlaid with silver. A M fan such as this will bo a gift fit for H a princess and will bo guarded by its jH possessor as carefully as jewols. jl So Fn-gllo And Expensive Aro Certain Fans That Ono Must Own a Fan- H Bog For Safo-Canying. IH |