Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1859-02-04
From Morris e U'iiIis's Hgme Journal.
Interesting To Ladies' only.

-, Gcutlcmrn need not read this article.)
The p friction of hoop skirt manufacture
seems to have been reached in the production
nr The Iudcstrucublc Skirt by . firm in
this city. whose fabrics are said Ia excel The
b,st importaiious from EIrop'. We refer to
Mcssrs. ". 5. q c. IL. Thomson, extensively
known as the manufactures of The Crown
Sk-r,s." This admirable garment. beyond
ANYTHING which has yet been produced on
either side of the wattr. combines the advan-
tags of elasticity, elegance and durability.
The skirts Of this finn have always borne the
highest rcnutatiOn for the quality of their
springs. The article now produced. adds To
This. not only fauluessncss of shape, hut ngde-
st,fcfi5Eiy This most desirable re- glt is oh
t,inrd 10y a beautiful y Let fastening, invent
cd by MIR Thomson. hy means OF which the
tapes anI hoops are joined. So admirably is
this accomplished. that i, is impossible Co Sepa-
rate them: aud with such p"ri' elton of work
InanShip that in a thousand astcningS rarely
one is d fectivp The great annoyance of the
constant ripping away Of the hoops from the
tapes is thus completely obyiatrd. To this
garment j. attached The Watch Spring BUS
tie" also invented by them, and the most
pert ct continuance possible for giving
graceful backward fall To the dr,ss. By
means. also. OF "A new and Ingenious slide, the
skirt nav b,. extend d. and then fastened
cvrelv and mmovably. Another novelty is
The "P;ccolumiui." tas tofiland economical
muslin skirt. the hoops % which. 10y means of
an ingenious clasl,-of Mr.. Thoms"n's inv"n-
ton. may b.. Withdrawn AID the skirt wash d
whenever desired. TO supply the very large
demand f r til, - and other styl's. the McsSr I.
Thomson have an organ eaton probably the
most extensive ia the world. devoted Ia this
Lranch # manufaciurc-capahlco OF produc-
ton Of three thousand sk,rts pr day. and
reaching. in some instances, as high AZ four
thousand many # them of the NEST elegant
and costly description. They employ over
one thousand girls; five hundred sewing, braid
ing. clasping and other labOr-saving machine, :
perform the work of ten times thrlr number
of human hands. The consumption of steel
spring alone is upward of three hundred
thousand yards per week, or sufficient tn CIR
die the globe three times year. The con
sumption OF eyelcts, clasps. slides, etc, is not
far from two hundred and iiily thousand
daily.
A large proportion of this skrt-making
machinery has been invented to meet the ext
ptnces of the manufacture, and IL of the
most curious construction, producing results
almost magical. One claspcuttng machine
turns out the extraordinary number OF two
hundred clasps IA minute, OF twelve thousand
an hour. Another machine, in a skillful la nd,
produces an average of fifty cleven-spriug
skirts daily. in the strength, accuracy ana
uniformity of the work produced by this ma
chinery. lies to no small extent the secret OF
the superiority of the manufactures OF this
firm The stiff and ungraceful hoops and far
thingales of former days, made memorable by
the genial wit of Addison, have given place
to the elastic steel spring skirts, whose light
ness elegance and healthiulness have estab.
lished them as lavoTiles, both in the taste and
good sense of the community. We confess
thai we like the fashion, Tin reason,) and We
congratulate the Messrs. Thomson on their
success in bringing this article To 80 high
degree Of perfection.