New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-02-18

The circle is the type of the infinite. II is the
soul of motion. Its positive or derivstve, the
elliptic, shapes the planets and their orbits. II is
the condition of material progress as applied TO
wheeled vehicles and all the rotary motions Of ma
ctiDery-the lord ascendent of this century. 1t is,
too, the type of grace. The oval face, the arched
eyebrow, the heaviDg bosom-soft throne of love
and beauty-tte rounded arm and its gentle pres
sure-these all are Of the circle. SO, too, al the
abstractons-the circle of Society, the domestic
circle the scientific circle, the artistic and the In
effable editorial circle. Round and round the circle
go the matter and mind, the heavenly and the
devilish things. Life is q segment Of an immortal
circle. The arch, that last expression Of heroic
strength the grandest legacy of inspired architectu
rsl genius, is of the circle. The square and its
progeny are symbols Of inertia, of immobiliey, of
hard confgurstion. Houses and boxes are square
and stand still. Planets, wheels, -four and beer
barrels can go round.
Having progressed thus far in our transcendental
remarks the next stage after barrels is to think o.
hoops, the circular SCENTS which keep the slaves
together Now, hoops lately have been elevated TO
hood, and the necessities Of the cooper, they have
risen to the graduation and the sublime circular
looming of petticosts or dresses Of women.
o woman, in our hours Of ease,
Uucer,sn, coy, aud hard to please" 80
For particulars the thirteenth regular toast OF al public
dlnnersl
woman-woman-eight feet in crcumfer-
ence What is the size of the domestic circle
given the ring a-round.isms of 9 single seraphic
shirt Of that ovash, orbitical proportion
The Empress Eugene, wife Of that eminent
loafer Charles Louis Napoleon Bonsparte, appeared
oDebreht morning in hoops. She was an empress,
which ia fashion settler. All the provincial towns
New-York included, adopted the worship of the
hoop circular infinite. Maidens, from twelve to
ages uncopfessed, wives spd mothers, adopted the
Egyptian symbol. Hoops ragged. They were trun-
Died into church. Ys immense Brown found diff
Guilty for the frat time in accommodating feminine
Christians with places to worship; the modest pre-
tentions of the pews Of the Church of Grace were
unequal to the task of accommodating the rusthng,
rotupd rebes Of the type of the celestial circular
swell. So, too, at tie opera. The ushers were
sorey harassed to introduce ladies measuring
eighteen feet round into space OF eighteen inches,
betwj1t the anchovy-like packed seats OF parquet
and boxes. In the japonicadom at evening parties,
the "wal-fowers' required fresh verge against the
trespasses of the corps de ballet, owing to their
circular skirts of sublime proportions. OF the
Jokes, the double entendres the shallow blackgusrd
ism limited or winked at hoops and their wearers,
We shall not treat-the decorum Of our editorial
circle fOrbiddiDg.
But-(see our European correspondence today
-but-the authoress of the hoped circle, the En-
press Eugene, has appeared in public without hoops
A revolution is in prospect, to which 93 is pale
Hoops avaunt! Down on your knees, feminine pro-
yncaldom, and hear the reslstess ukase Of the En-
press Eugene. -Yorkeresses, obey on with
your hoops So much for the swelling shams
Let Independence be our boast,
Ever mindful what ii cost
Hail Columbia &c, 30 &c.