The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1856-11-14
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saa It is curious 10 trace the progress OF fash
ION from It's first offence against nature and
taste, to its ridiculous and Outrageous extraya-
sa4- gances The little cotton hustle was the te-
ginning, from which has come the ball
y formed of heopea skirts that VOW sail through
the streets, uouopolizing space designed for
!. mora substantial things Bustles ran into a
multiplicity Of skirts, till they reached deci-
NAL in nuu.ber, ard their barthen became in
supportable AMI The Feight Of seventy three
wards Of heavy cotton cloth broke down the
81, Oft victim. starch triedh hnt as that
c,ul1 not Isng sus ain the RIBS and preSsu Q
of daily use, it was abandoned f'r grass cloth;
that gave way to hair cloth; ne.thcr OF these
We're fouud to fully satisfy the wishes u tie
fair .En6ers; aud at last the da hing and
- beautiful Empress Of France, boldly tcois tie
leap Of lie hoop and balloon, and the female
world followed the example. Trade, evcr
watchfal upon the ootJteps Of fashion, and
reads to minister 10 is fol!ies, soon prepared
"a TO supply all its wants. The Eas, and West
Indies wers explored for juie, MANILA, and
other similar articles out OF which to manu-
timatel that 3JV ewing machines are employ
ed in the manufacture Vi hooped skirts in the
s5s city Of New York that 500 looms are em-
ployed in weaving the cloth. In the last year,
= 100000 pieces of Cloth Go0,0QG0 pounds OF
y jate cord-25O000 dozen spools thread
o. 100000 worth of whaletone and 100000
for labor lave Leen consumed and paid in
IL.
alone They ARE woven by poor foreigners,
who only get 81 50 for weaving a dozen
skirts Of the lowest quality. The better quail
ties pay better.
One establishment III TcH York city en-
'ploys 800 girls aud I5U sawing machines, in
making skirts, in which tliey hafe gsnned a
high reputs. A visitor to the establishment,
saws he entered Que room where there we're
$50 of the prettiest gifs that voie ever Seen
Gongregated together. each one at work at a
sewing machine. SJlne OF them were EN-
ployed in quilting, some ia cOrdiag and some
in Binding the skirts. To do this last, they
have little attachment to he machine, some
thing Ike the half Of large tannel, which
turns down the raw edges Oi the binding, and
,sews it on the skirt ali at once. Another IN
proyement in their machines, covers the Cords
Tor moreen skirts, and pa ; 1t ON, whereas for
rnery it had to he hasted together, previous to
sewing by the machines. he third room was
90 occupied bylyouug ladies, who were also oc-
Cdgfed iii the same manner. Along the sides
of the room lay the Immense spoolS of the
jute cord, of which this firm alone use 1000
s1 pounds per week. We also saw quantities of
round wh..lehone boiled in oil, which can be
compressed or twisted rlto any shape or form
without danger of breaking.
From these machines are turned out about
5000 skirts per day, exclusive of loo looms
Il. IL 9 80
-ai,d which are employed ON dark corded cac-
tuS, and Quilted iirls In addition to these,
,''they have % loomS in the upper part Of the
city, weaving theW cloth, of which t.Iey use
5000 yards per week, most of which is woven
by their own looms.
The most universally worn last samner
were the '5kEIaToN SEIGr,'F ~hich originated
with this establishment They were first
male of round whalebone hoops, held togeth-
er by tape. bas these complained of as
being ape,o trip up the wealer \ deep bor-
der of muslin was then aided, which render
ed them all that could be desired. Their
great beauty consisted in their extreme light
zsness; they not weighing over four ounces and
- half and so susceptible to pressure, and at
Eehe same time so elastic, that they codd be
sput in an envelope, and sent to every part OF
Fthe Union, as many Of them were. During
sthe busy season, 1900 a day made OF
the
.rsaet "UNIoN sKfHT.''
1t is made Of white OF dark cloth, with the
lawer part quilted IN large diamonds finished
Pound the lotion with jute cord. Above the
quilting is wlIalehone hoop, and about a
quarter Of yard above that, another. Tie
buck is then fFaislled..ry three snail hoops of
whaie5one which skirts one above an
other, and extend the hips. These are
join, i,y tapes .q'tarter Of a yard IN length,
which are Stspan lei from the front Of the
blu ling AMI attached 90 the hoop in front OF
the SKIRT. 1t Is very ardSucaity made, ami
exactly adapted To the season. Another is
made precisely in the same style, only with
cords IN place Of tile quiItiag
A very handsome nloreen skirt has deep
founce, which is joined to the top by jute
acorl On the top of the skirt is another
foulce. which extends over the hips, forming
an oil fashioned hustle \ strip of linen
above the upper honace, to which is attached
an elastic belt, CON peteS tins skirt There
numherless other varieties of corded and
Aooped, but the most expensive are made OF
hair-cloth or crinollne. These are hooped
aounced, or huted. The wholesale price o
Some very fine hair cloth is seven dollars each
and these are no doubt sold at retail from ten
TO fiireen. ChIidren's skirts are also made
very extensively aid sfe very nice anu
prve-