Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1856-05-13
EN g. j. HOLINESS IMPROVED
h. SEAMLESS WHALEB0NE


S K / r It !
No article in estimation is so Important or has
been much needed to give graceful and elegant form
to ady's dress, skirt which will in every particular
and without serious objections accomplish this desirable
object To produce such an article we commenced more
than ye since experimenting and made almost every
thing that could be imagined, and used every article
known to obtain the desired elasticity and submitted
experiment to the judgement of ladies competent form
opinion upon such article. We found THAT all kinds
of sarched goods and cotton cord wire cord
it is called could not be used because when pressed out
of their proper shape they would lot that shape
in other words they would remain in the position
shape they might under any circumstances be pressed
into Upon the application of Whalebone we found that
it required very carefully selected quail y that the
Size length their position in the skirt and in fact all its
proportions were particularly important. We
ccssu in producing Bone Skirt which nearly
every objection, and was pronounced by the best Judges
could find perfectly adapted to the of the la
dies. As advertised them for sale (and we
the first to do it, the demand for the Seamless
Whalebone Skirt became much greater than our ma.
chnery able to supply, that sewers and sewing
chimes we're put into operation, and the market flooded
with goods of different materials, and put together with
out any regard to size, FORM comlness any other OBJ
ect, should suppose but to SELL And these were
all called Whalebone Skirts
In consequence of this multiplicity of kinds and STYLES
we propose a few considerations, WHICH CANNOT BE
APPLIED TO ANY OTHER GOODS, why the SEAM
LESS WHALEB0NE SKIRT is superior to any and all
other kinds and the only article which equally adapted
to the paror the street and the crowd To say nothing
experience in bringing the article to perfection and
first offered them for sale, call particular attention
to few more important considerations Our bones are
carefully selected and prepared by direction and
from actual experiences cloth, which is light and
strong is expressly for this purpose-the aper-
lures we for the bones and cords woven or form
ed in the cloth, which renders them seamless so that la
dies will not be annoyed by stitches breaking and bones
flying out as they certainly do in the sewed skirts rom
tn consla pressure of the bones upon them.
The last and greatest improvement made and the only
objection TO has been obtain article with
sufficient stiffness and elasticity and at the time
yielding and pable to KEEP the dress in its proper shape
below the bones. To accomplish this object have this
successfully introduced series elastic cords
made from the only thing that be produced, which
has this desirable elasticity, and will recover keepis
proper place when pressed out Of shape This cord is
made expressly for goods, and twisted in manu-
featuring that they will not roll curl up when washed
In fact present article the perfect in every
particular that can be found
We are prepared to upply all who wish for the best
and from past experience and by good judges have been
pronounced the most desirable goods in the market The
public are cautioned against worthless limitations.
Every genuine article Is stamped IN j. Holiness
Improved Seamless Nhalebone Sktn and may be found
by the trade in the hands Of many Of the largest obbing
houses 10 the city. &c. K j. HOLMES
Boston, Feb. 30, 1856. mchO deod3m