Example:—Suppose _Dear_ to be the word to be expressed. D belonging to the first division, the fan must be moved to the right; then, as the number underwritten is 4, the fan is raised to the mouth. E, belonging to the same division, the fan is likewise moved to the right, and, as the number underwritten is 5, the fan is lifted to the head and so forth. The termination of each word is distinguished by a full display of the fan, and as the whole directions with illustrations are displayed on the fan, this language is more simple than at first sight might appear. The _Gentleman’s Magazine_ for 1740 prints the following effusion, referring presumably to one of the earliest of these fans:— ‘A speaking fan! a very pretty thought; The toy is sure to full perfection brought: It is a noble, useful, great design, May the projector’s genius ever shine! The fair one now need never be alone! A hardship sometimes on the sex is thrown; For female notions are of that extent Impossible, one I thought should give ‘em vent. New schemes of dress, intrigue and play, Want new expressions every day: And doubly blest! must be that mortal man, Who may converse with Sylvia and her Fan.’ ‘The Original Fanology, or Ladies’ Conversation fan,’ was invented by Charles Francis Badini, and published as the Act directs by Wm. Cock, 42 Pall Mall, Aug. 7, 1797. ‘The telegraph of Cupid in this fan, Though you should find, suspect no wrong; ‘Tis but a simple and diverting plan For Ladies to chit-chat and hold the tongue.’ A fanology fan, of different design but with the same directions, invented by Badini, was published five months earlier (March 18) by Robert Clarke, Fanmaker, No. 26 Strand, London. The new conversation or tête-a-tête fan gives as a centre medallion Venus robbing Cupid of his Bow, with inscribed compartments on both sides, having reference to the Answer and Question of the Lady to the Gentleman. The language of the fan has already been referred to in an earlier chapter, portions of the code being given. See Spanish fans, page 137. Gypsy, fortune-telling and necromantic fans form a large class, and were common during the latter part of the eighteenth century. As early, however, as Aug. 3, 1734, a necromantic fan was advertised in the _Craftsman_ as follows:— ‘By Eo, Meo, & Areo. On Monday last was published The Necromantick Fan; or, Magick Glass. Being a new-invented Machine Fan, that by a slight Touch unseen a Lady in the Fan changes her Dressing-Glass according to the following Invitations: