Jasper County Democrat, Volume 18, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 June 1915 — The Japanese Fan. [ARTICLE]

The Japanese Fan.

Fans are put to all sorts of curious uses in Japan. At wrestling and fencing matches the umprire always uses a large fan, and the various motions of this fan constitute a language which the contestants understand perfectly, and to which they pay prompt attention. The servant girl has a flat fan made of rough paper to blow the charcoal fires with or uses as a dust pan; the farmer has a stout fan to winnow his grain. Another variety is made of waterproof paper which can be dipped in water, and creates a great coolness by evaporation.—Xew York Evening Journal.