The weekly Mississippian. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1859-1864, 1860-03-14

We copy the following from the highest
fashionable authority, Morris 81 WilTs's Home
Journal. It VIII interest our laly readers:
LADIES DRESS ARTISTIOALLT coz.
SIDERED
/ To dress IN perfect good taste aladv should
thoroughly understand the philosophy of ap-
/ parel. Dress IS not simply an article of use:
q garment which the female sex tldiscrini-
nately can wear, and in which each Il ap-
pear equally We'll but it IS a Tneans4 whereby
the especial nature Of TIE wea:er is clearly
| displayed. That which is hecomiaaand ap
! propriate to one IS essentially out oil place if
warn by another; while some costunns-tbe
Bloomer for instance-possess no fitness for
am, and simply serves to render the Wearers
ridiculous. Many things are merely militia
rian in character and have no claim To the
slightest beauty, but are stiff and unscemly.
Such garments m1y be convenient for com
mon use, but with is grace and elegance of
costume are the truest signs of a!ady. A
woman of tall feurc, dguihed in her car
rage and inclining to soberness of spirits. i
she would preserve these characteristics,
would doubtless, select such stuffs for her
dresses, of neutral tints, as would Increase
this impression, and would have them made
III III Gil1Slc hltlT, anu HSAE
= thout hoops: If the impression she desired
20 make were more lively, she would paobably
choose bright colorS, and add tlOunc8 and
other trimmings. The opposite of this lady,
brilliant, gay, little beauty, would select
materials much higher in tone, and, prohbIy,
with brighter and more contrasted trimmings
Jewelry is not obnoxious on such pers'ns.
and brilliant bead dress adds to the general
art nf ~ Snph n lady
wear hoops of moderate size with great al
vantage. Indeed the present fashion of hoops
which we are glad to see cont nues unchang
ed, notwithstanding all the gossips say to thu
contrary-is becoming to more persons than
any style OF dress heretofore adopted. Ii
combines gracefulness and elegance with
healthfulness and comfort. Since their intro
duction spinal diseases, once so common, have
in great measure disappeared; nor has ay
other complaint arisen in its place. ne !
latest and most authentic aelviccs. ceived
since the first of January, from the Courts OF
Europe state that hoops not only continue IN
much favor, but their popularity is essentially
increased, especially since the French En-
press has, for wegnty reasons, expressed
desire that they should remain in vogue All
American ladies who consult taste, comfort.
health and good sense would not dispense
with them on any account \ slight altera-
ton in the shape Of the skirts Is the only
change at all apparent. They have become,
we perceive, trite more moderate in dimen-
SONS, noticeable particularly in the upper part
OF the skirt-the hoops in the lower portion
having suffered little diminu ion. The FASH
ionable skirt, as now manufactured by W. S.
II G.. Ii. Thomson e Co, combines several
novel features. not heretofore introduced,
which renders it, we think, net only more be-
coming, but secures for it a permanent exist
ence among the thinking and considerate po--
ton Of the community. We. refer to their ''new
patent Corrugated Springs" which, while they
increase the strenth and stiffness of the skirt,
yet reduce the weight Of it nearly one half a
most important feature, we Judge, to their
general worth. This is undoubtedly the great
est Improvement made in the skirts since their
adoption in this country
So far from the business of hoop-skirts de-
Ginning, We leayn that the Messrs. Thomsons
are extending theirs and that they are now
at their four factories from
our 10 five thousand skirts daily Their
Crown Skirts, so well known to the trade
lnt. the ladies throughout the country, have |
been slightly modified in form, to accord with |
he new shape just introduced. These last |
Ire said to surpass, in beauty and elegance
my yet offered in the New York market. /
mong the old fa~oritos Of this fir,a's manu- |
acture We recall to mind, the 'IRdestructible," |
he Woven and the "Gossamer" each Of /
which in their peculiar excellencies stand IN
walled Their new skirts, the Double
Trail" and the Partisan Belle" have special
ties of their own, which must be seen to he
appreciated.
There is noflress lady can wear, no matter
What may be its material, its color or its fash
on, that is not improve in its general appear
nee by being spread out by hoops. Through
heir aid dignity and grace are attained, and
he sweeping line Of the skirt preserved in
III its purity feb IT