, 1860-01-26
Ladies' DFcss ArttssIcaHy Considered.

Ladies' OFcsB ArtissicaHy Considered,
We cory the following from the highest fash
'onab:e nushority-siorris 1 W,lls's Home
journal. It will fn.crs=t cur lads readers:
To dress in perfect good .aate L lady should |
thoroughly understand the philosophy Of ap-
paxes DEeas is not simply an article Of use; |
garment which the female sex iudiscriminately |
can can, wear, and in which each will sppear equally
well, but 1t is means whereby the especial na-
tuFe OF the wea.er ia clearly displayed. That |
Which Is becoming and appropriate to one is |
essentially cut OF place if worn By another; |
While some costumes-.he Bloomer Tor instance
possess 90 illness for any, and simply serve to
merely usiltarian in character and have no claim
~ the sf1Sh.sst beautr1 hut NE s.ifuud uu.erm-
y. Such garments may be convenient for COM
mon use, but with US grace and eegaace ofcos-
tune A1e the truest Signs Of lady. A WOMAN
o. tall 1iscre d'gnided in her carriage aud in
serve these characteristics, ould duubt eAS &C.
lecs sneh stas for her dresses, Of neutral tinss,
IS would increase this impression, acd would
hare them made mp in simple, chas,e style,
ano @ xeaE them with hoops: If the impression
she desired to make were more lively sue would
probably choose bright colors, aud add nounces
ana otller trimmings, The opposite of this H.
dJ, q b4lliant, gay. little beauty. would select
materials much higher in tone, and, probably,
T.th brighter and more contrasied trimmings.
ss"SM5 - ~! ouuo14ou3 On such persons. Hud
o'al]aant head.dEess adds TO tue general ap-
teasaucs Of visacity. Such lady can wear
aoops OF moderate size with great advantage
Indeed The present f1st.ion OF huops-w4ich We
afe g!au 10 SEQ contlnues unchanged, noswitl-
| stanaang I'll the gosaips say to the consra1y-is
| becoming 10 more peEsots than 4ny stsle Of
dress heretofore adopted. It combiIes grace-
iuloess aud elegance with LeaitEtul1ess and
| comfort. Since their introduction spinal ti.
seases, once so common, have in great meas-
ure disappeared; nor has any other complaint
arisen iu its place The lat.s. uad most
hrst Of January, from the Courts Of Europe,
state that hoops not only continue in much iaror
but their popularity Ii essentially increased.
especially since the French Empress las, ior
we'ghty reasons, expressed adesire that they
should remain III vogue Al1 Anericpu
LADIES' who consult taste, comfort, health and
good sense would not dispense with them on zny
account. 4 slight alteration in the shape Of the
skirts is the ouly change at ali apparent. They
have become, We percsise, tri1t more moder
ATE in dimensions, noticeable particularly in the
| upper part ut tue sklrt-the hoops ia the lower
portion having suffered little diu,uutiou- The
fashionable skirt Is now manufactured by ".
). U. II. Thomson i Co., combines several
noble features, not hereto fore introduced, which
renders It, We think, not only more becoming,
but secures for it u permanent existence amon;
the thinking and cou,idera.e portion Of tue
1
Corrugated Springs" which wki.e they intrease
the strength and stiffness OF the skirt, reduce the
weigh. ii 1t neatly one half, most important
feature, we judge, to their general worth. THIS
is undoubtedly the greatest improvement made
in the skirts snce their adoption in this couutr7
So far from the business OF hosp skirts de-
| clining. we learn that the Neesrs Thompson arc
exttDuisy theirs: and that they are now ma1u-
faciuriug, ut their four factories, from four 10
fire thousand skirts daily. Their "Csown
skirts" go well known to the trade
and the ladies throughout the country, hare
been slightly nod.heI in form to accord with
the new shape just introduced. These last are
said 10 surpass. In beauty and elegance, any ret
offered in the New lerk N .rket. Among the
old fnvot7tes I'll this Egu1's manufacture W. call
to miud, The intc>trucsiole," the Woven" :"
and The "Gossamer,' each Of which in their pc
cnliar cxcelencics stand uusiyallsd Their new
skir's, the ''Doutle Fail" and the "i'arisian
Belle" have sreciaiitsss OF their own, which,
mus, be seen IL he appreciated.
There is no dress a lA'lv can wear, no matter
what may be It's material its color, or its fashion
that is not improved in its general appearance
hy beng spread out by hoops. Through their
al iiyul'y amt grace are attained, Ind tue
*wer''io;; line Ut the skirt preserved in all its
purity.