Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1856-05-17
Redding & Co., Proprietors,
No. 8 State Street, Boston.
EN s. j. HOLINESS IMPROVED
II. SEAMLESS WHALEB0NE

N s. j, HOLINESS IMPROVED
FL. SEAMLESS WHALEBoNE
S K / r II
No article in estimation is so important, or has
been much needed to give graceful and elegant form
to ladys Dress skirt which will in every particular
and without serious objections accomplish this desirable
object. To produce such article, we commenced
than Vt 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 to form
opinion upon such article We found at all kinds
Of starched goods and cotton cord cotton wire cord
it is Called could not be used because when pressed out
OF their proper shape they would lot recover that shape
in other words they would remain in the position
shape they might under any circumstances be pressed
into Upon tine application of Whalebone we found that
it required very carefully selected quail ty; that the
size length their position the skirt and in fact all its
proportions were particularly important We
cessfu in producing Bone Skirt which over came nearly
every thjecon and pronounced by the best Judges
could ind, perfectly adapted to the wants of the la
dies. As soon as advertised them Tor sale, (and
the first to do it). the demand orthe Seamless
Whalebone skirt became so much greater than
chnery able to supply, that sewers and sewing
chimes put into operation, and the market flooded
with goods Of different materials, and put together with
out any regard to size form, confines any other OBJ
ject as We should suppose but 10 SELL And these
all called Whaebone Skirts
In consequences Of this multiplicity of kinds and styles
we propose few considerations. WHICH CANNOT BE
APPLIED To ANY OTHER GOODS. why the SEAM
LkSS WHALEB0NE SKIRT is superior TO any and all
other kinds the only article which is equally adapted
to the parr the and the crowd To say nothing of
experience bring ng he article to perfection and
the unanimous appreciation # the ladies' from the time
first offered them for sale, call plltcular attention
to few more important considerations Our bones are
refuy selected and prepared by our own direction and
from our actual experiences cloth, which is light and
strong, is woven expressly for this purposethe aper
lures, or wes for the bones and cords form
cd In the cloth, which renders them sramess that la
dies will not be yed by stitches breaking and bones
flying out as they certainly DO In the sewed Skirts
tn cons. ant pressure Of the bones upon them
The last and greatest improvement made, and the only
objection TO overcome has been obtain article with
sufficient stiffness and elasticity, and at the time
yielding and pabe 10 keep the dress It's proper shape
below the bones To acc0mplsh this object have this
season successfully introduced series Of elastic cords
made from the only thing that can be Produced which
has this desirable elasticity, and will and keepits
proper place wheu ssed out OF shape This cord is
made expressly for goods, and SO twisted In manu-
featuring that they will not rc or curl up When washed
In iae We present article the perfect In every
p'Tticular that can be- found.
we are prepared TO supply all who wish for the best
ana from past experience and by good judges have been
pronou ced the most desirable goods In the market The
public are cautioned against worthless limitations.
Every genuine article is stamped M. a. j. Holiness
Improved Seamless Whalebone skirn and may he found
by the trade In the hands Of many Of The largest jhbing
houses IN the city, EkJ HOLMFs
Boston, Feb. %, 1866, mcb8 deodam