Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1856-12-25
"owe crowded hour OF glorious life
Is worth an age without a name"
ABOUT HOOPS.

The New York Post has an article about hoops-which
are becoming important branch Of manuEcture-in
which it gives items their cost, preparation,
&c-
The styles Of skirts numerous varying in shape size
and cost. Not less than seveny6vo kinds sold
the establishment referred to- tho Wholesale prices OF
which range from six dollars to seventy five dozen-
There are, for example, the Skeleton skirt svcfal yare
ties OF tue Zepher skirt the Ia Grange skirt the Cou-
gres- La Sylphlc and the Union skirt. Silk, muslin,
haircoth, cactuscloh, and other materials employed
in their manufacture, besides the tape cord bone and
steel which needed to give them their In the
matter OF hoops general preference expressed for the
round whalebone, which, when boiled in oil loses that
brtteuess which has been the main objection its use
Some, however prefer steel and Others insist upon cord
which, with crnone constitutes sort Of compromise
fashion.
The popular STYLE Of skirts at present appear TO
be the Union the Skeleton and La Syphde The latter
lisa simple tasteful article beshaped, and in size is just
medium between the ungraceul straight peteoat With
ts folds colappsng round the hips and legs and the full
blown ultra mode which such annoyance the
ers' companions in the theatre omnibus II has
three bones the lengths Of which ffysI inches
the top, seyentyour In the middle and nney-ive at the
bottom. These considered the proper proportions
though We bave seen some skrsat Geuins which, The
lover bone, measure less than hundred and fifteen
inches IN circumference As for the number of hoops
tastes differ. Some ladies' go high SIX while few are
content with less than tEo.
The skirts universally worn last summer were the
skeleton Skirts. They fret made OF round whale
planned OF "a being apt to trip up the wearer. deep
border Of muslin then added which rendered them all
that could be desired Their great merit consisted in
their extreme hghtness During the busy season three
thousand day made Of tits kind alone Another
style is called the Union skirt" IL made OF white or
dark CLOTH with the lower part quilted in large diamonds
finished round the bottom with jute cord Above the
quilting is whalebOne hoop, and about quarter Of
yard above that another The back IL then finished by
three small hoops Of whale bone which form skirts one
above another and extend the hips These join.
cd hy oIa IfuI
pended from the front Of the binding and attached 10
the hoop ia front OF the skirt.
In regard to hoops, told that every day adds
thing toe novelties which said 10 combine all
the advantages. with Of the difficulties Of those
which preceded them The gnttapercba hoops late in-
yenuon, have proved quite impraeticablo In wearing
They break Immediately, and will not bear stretching
twice in place. Another strong objection is the fact
that on becoming warm, they emit unpleasant odof
which renders them intOerable The steel boops
still later production, free from Of these objec-
tons but neither elastic flexible the round
whaebone boiled in OIL which i3 the best material Tor
hoops have Made Of very highly tempered steel
they also very expensive, o. each being the price
ked for some, which we're OILY Of common uaterals
They also very apt 70 break example Of which was
Afforded few evenings since OF Tbalbergs concerts
adys steel hoop broke aud sprung into her leg nearly
an inch oeep, the Wouni was very severe, aud may make
amDutatiOn necessary.
persons Of the extent 10 which the bust.
Of making hOOped skrsa business scarcely three
Bars old-is nov carried 70 Ibis city. One firm In the
other Places occupy three AOors Of building 10 Broad.
way two hundred feet deep and thirty vide IN tho man
uactnre. 10 The busy seasop, three hundred gr, "a
charming congregation, by the way TO the admirers Of
female beauty earning FROM Eve and hall " ton dollars
each week employed in cutting and sewing sks
three thousand Of which turned out In DAY One
hundred and fifty Of Wheeler Wilson, sewing aohnes
aud vaiety ofngeioos iaborsavng inventions are con.
sany in play, that single srf IL aa IN feH a,nuf,s
We have known husband tho store give IN order
for his wiies skirt have it patterned aud made and re.
ceiyo u AL dOoe up and ready 70 be carried howe before
/ he had half smoked his cigar.
ton Of cord j. i1Ded 10 week 10 tho manufacture
and not less than 5000 worth Of Whalebone IN month
and thch what sol muslin aud criuoneWhat Lengths
Of thread end tape-vhot quantities Of little
brazen tubes 10 unite The hoops will process Of time DO
consumed u has not entered into the head Of man b. e..
Innate. The Imagination fairly breaks down W tho con-
temptation. Though the fasbon has not trumphcd
universally, u iuosistby Contagious Wheneyer u Is
u s admired and adopted. Perhaps u Is not ertrsv
sgaut 10 conjecture that the day may yet when se
In these moving towers Of bone and steel cor irwin
chile wives and daughters will laugh al the exploded bco
lies Of female ltay, aud when every womans peaicoa
! will be her castle.