New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-06-06
now YO WEAR HOOPS.

rarer gift than her accustomed train of evanescent
,yeets and beauties did the Summer of two years ago
bring TO US in the shape Of that longbured wonder,
the Hoop: gift which set the hearts Of young maid
ems all autter with expectation, which crowned with
congatulatOry smiles the calmer brows of matrons,
and rendered the propretors Of said maids and matrons
as intolerable as only men can be, when they inter
fre WITH and attempt to control, matters beyond the
pale of their legitimate jurisdiction.
We well remember the first hOOp-some courageous
damsel introduced il to Broadway. More timid than
she how cOyy il dalled with the impertinent Summer
wind how ii shrank, and bridled, and "nOw dOnte
how in its pitifu endeavers to hide itself was betray-
ed TO every passer.by "lttle vulgar boys THAT terror
10 all nnovations openly ridculng by word of mouth,
az well as by mysterious signs not to be Interpreted
by eyes polite; loungers impudenty ogfng, with
coarse "asides;" women of all ages and conditions
fair, prosecuting with bred tares and en- passa re-
marks
But amid all, the daring chaperone of the long
taked-of revival pursued her defiant way; none
knew better than she how quickly the tide of public
favor would turn to her side how brief would be her
notorieiy Enough glory for her day that, the mode
once established she could claim for herself the fame
of having been the first to patrOnze it.
Uumindful Of the days when Religion decried head.
gear and Wit lent itself to the putting down of
farthingaleand forgetfu of the failure of even such
appeals TO turn a wOmans mnd-the brilhancy of our
Press the aesthetic romOnsrances of our Monfllies,
the sarcastic ribaldry Of funny literature were
Immediately put in requisition for the utter and final
e1tipctinction of the hoop. What is the result "a
mere glance at Broadway, between and o'clock on
any bright afternoon, viii answer you conclusivey.
We humby confe.s to having Joined the yeping
chorus which at first clamOrously hunted this now
victorious invader. believing it TO be ridiculous, it,
convenient, provoking scenes and continual mis-
haps most dreaded by modesty aud good sense, pos
seesing no advantages sufficient to counterbaance
these ungracefulnesse., did all in power to add
weight to the popular dsapproval of it; but subse-
quently having cause to modify somewhat our opin-
ion as well with regard it's beauty its beneficial
effect we canddly declared the same; and lately our
column. have been freely opened to oil discussion
tending to prove its vast superiority over the feminine
skirt arrangements hitherto in use.
Admitting the hoop, them to be fixed fact, an in
stution venerable by its antiquity, and respectable
by its present popularity acknowledging the futiity
Of al efforts 10 eradicate il from feminine partially
and that in moderate form, it is quite worthy Of
such prediecton--we have still few respectful sug-
gestions to propose TO the end that the hoop may be
ne complete as il is universal.
Perhaps no article of dress, suddenly become the
rage has ever been 80 long in arriving at, or has
offered 90 many obstacles to, its final perfection. AT
frat whslebone was preferred then large cord or
rope vas tried; reeds next fat and round; gutta
percha; brass straight and ooiled and lastly steel
Undoubtedly the latter article found in the imported
skirts forms the perfect hoop but these are too
expensive for general adoption costing from $40 to
<l5) means must be employed to produce their effect
rs nearly as possible, with cheaper material.
The ladies mus. not think unamiable, or prone to
eapng il we rather forcby protest against the three
regulation hoops which, covered By only one pet
tiooat Of light muslin and often We fear without even
that break the flowing lines Of the dress, aud stand
out like the rbs Of the skeleton msstodon. These Of
most ugly effect in ordinary weather become quite
unpresentsble windy day; and surely with all
respect for the delcacy of their wearers no revealing
OF the worst-prOportoned actual outline could com
pare with the protruding unsightlness of these
"bones."
II your purse will not afford you the steel hoop
which is the only sort not open to the above objec-
tion-we feel perfectly safe, from the advice we have
procured to beg you one and all Be-hooped Fairs, to
tuck up your "Cuvellis, your " Patent Seamless,
your "Albonis"-n fact all which contain the whale
bone, rigid and unmanageable-till the last hoop
reaches only little below the hips of course reducing
the circumference Of the hoop more or less TO suit
your figure TO crafty your peculiar appetite for the
mode This arrangement, while it produces the ex'
pansveness desired leaves the dress TO fall in its nat
ural lines, graceful and flowing. 1t quite conceals the
riff bones beneath the extra ullness of the skirts At
the waist requires additional space to be eomforta
bly, seated and precudes the possibility of unpleasant
accidents. Especially is it adapted TO the require
ments Of the appot hing season. when thin skirts and
thinner dresses win demand some invention for
however gOod-paturedly the uDsighty exposures Of