Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1859-02-07

INTERESTING TO LADIES 0NLY.@Gentlemen need
not read this article 1.-The perfection of hoop skirt
manufacture to have been reached in the pro-
duction of ''The Indestructbe Skirt by firm in
this city, whose fabrics said to excel the best i'm
portatiOns from Europe. We refer to Messrs. w 5.
and G. Ii. Thomson, extensively known as the man
ufacturers of sIhe Crown Skirts.n This admirable
garment, beyond anything which has yet been pro-
duced either side of the water, combines the adj
yantages OF elasticity elegance and durability The
skirts of this firm have always borne the highest rep
utatiOn for the quality of their springs ne arcle
now produced adds to this, not only OF
shape but iadeStrRctibiay. This most desirable re-
sult is obtained by beautiful eyeet fastening, III
vented and patented by MIR. Thomson, by means OF
which the tapes and hoops are joined. 30 aqihFa-
by is this accomplished, that it Is impossible TO sep
arate them: and with such perfection OF workman
ship that in thousand tasenings rarely one Is de-
tectiye. The great annoyance OF Inc constant mp
ping away of the hoops from the tapes Is mus COM
pleteiy obyiatcd. TO this garment Is attached Inc
Watch Spring Bustle.'' also invented by them, and
the most perfect continuance possible for giving
graceful backward fall to the dress. BY means, also,
of a new and ingenious slide, the skirt may De eN-
tended. and then fastened securely and immoyably.
Another novelty is "Ihe Piccolomini, tasteful
and economical muslin skirt the hoops of which, by
means of an ingenious clasp-of Mr.. Ihomsons in,
yention, NAV be withdrawn and the skirt washed
whenever desired. To supply the very large de-
mand for these and other STYLES, the Messrs Thorn
son have an TganiZation-probably the most eNteh-
sye in the world devoted to this branch of manu-
facture-capable OF a production of three thousand
skirts per day, and reaching, IN some instances, as
high four thousand, many OF them OF the most ell
egant and costly description. They employ over one
thousand girls: five hundred sewing, braidng clasp
ing, and other labor-saying machines, perform the
work of ten times their number of human hands
The consumption of steel spring alone is upward OF
three hundred thousand yards crweek, or sufficient
to girde the globe three times a year The con
sumption of eyelets, clasps, slides, etc, Is not lar
from two hundred and fifty thousand daily. A large
proportion Of this skirtmaking machinery has been
invented to meet the eXigencies of the manufacture,
and is of the most curious construction, producing
results almost magical. One clasp-cuttlng machine
turns out the extraordinary number of two hundred
clasps minute, or twelve thousand an hour An
other machine in a skillfu hand, produces an aver
age of fifty eleyen-pring skirts daily In the strength,
accuracy and uniformity of the work produced by
this machinery lies to small extent the secret OF
the superiority of the manufactures of this firm The
stiff and ungracefn hoops and farthingales of form
er days, made memorable by the genial wit OF Add
son. hve given place to the elastic steel spring skirts
whose ightness, elegance and heathfulness have es-
tablished them fayorites, both in the taste and
good sense of the community. We confess that we
like the fashion, lin reasonl and we congratulate the
Messrs Thomson on their success in bringing tins
article to SO high degree Of perfection.-MoniS' y
Wills Home Journal.