An exhibition of about 500 ancient and modern fans arranged by Mrs. Stanley Baldwin in aid of the ¥.M.C.A. Central Club opens to-morrow; and should prove very attractive. It in-eludes, of course, an old Chinese fan, the sticks in filigree and enamel, and having ivory faces on the painted leat, 'a very rare fan of Louis XVI, and a gorgeous fan presented to the late Tsaritza on some ceremonial occasion, the sticks inlaid with gold. the frame set in diamonds and having a monogram in diamonds. Incidentally, the disappearance of the Russian Imperial Family and nobility must be largely' responsible for the recent depression in diamonds. I have seen many relics: of the Tsars and Grand Dukes in the past Afteen years ang all heavily encrusted in diamonds.
It Victorian days there was a regular language of the fan by which {the lady could communicate with her beloved. Here is the ABC. of it:
Twirling in left hand: We are are right hand: 1 love one looks out at the lovely. graceful models on the beautifully curled heads of mannequins, one feels that the designers are just tired. Alas, that the heads that ultimately wear' these hats will be so much less lovely!
We have borrowed the fowers of the Sold for our trimmings this year. Poppies, cornflowers, buttercups and daisies form a charming centre posy fon a hat of coarse natural straw, somehow reminiscent of the straw of
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.