Show the fun fan in in history hilory customs of mankind says that fans have an interesting history the first fan was wai probably a palm i leaf e a f 0 or r s some 0 m e 0 oilier ti L r n natural a tu r a 1 dev device i c e n p p ro p rl it e 1 l b by y rn man a n t to 0 k keep e e p away w a y flies files or gnats perhaps oven even to cool the fevered brow in tropical ell climates we know that in egypt 2000 years ago fashionable hosts had special servants to stand behind dinner guests and fan them with huge papyrus fans in france the fan reached the height of its development under louis XIV we read that fans fire are invariable accompaniment compani ment ot of feminine costume and are of rare beauty exquisitely tely painted and mounted on sticks of carved or painted wood mother of pearl carved ivory or gold there are over COO 1500 makers of fans in paris and they enjoy special privileges accorded to them by the king |