Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1860-01-26

increase this impression, and would have
them made up in a simple, chaste style,
and wear them with hoops: ifthe impress
sion she desired to make were moro lively,
she would probably choose bright colors,
and add founces and other trimmings.-
The opposite of this lady, gay, brilliant,
little beauty, would select materials much
higher in tone, and, probably, with bright
er. and more contrasted trimmings. jew
elry is not obnoxious on such persons. and
brilliant hend-dress adds to the general
appearance of vivacity. Such lady can
wear hoops of moderate size with great
advantage. Indeed, the present fashion of
hoops-whieh we are glad-to see, contin-
ucs unchanged, Notwithstanding all that
gossips say to the contrIry-is becoming
to more persons than any style of dress
heretofore adopted. 1t combines graceful
ness and elegance, healthfulness and COM
fort. Since their Introduction, spinal dis
eaSee, once so common, have in great
measure disappeared; nor has any other
complaint arisen in its place. The latest
and most authentic advices, received since
the first of January, from the Courts of
Europe, state that hoops not only continue
in much favor, but their popularity is es-
sentially increased, especially since the
French Empress has, for weighty reasons,
expressed desire that they should remain
in vogue. All American ladies, who con-
suit taste, comfort, health and good sense
would not dispense with them on any ac-
count. A slight alteration in the shape of
the skirts is the only change at all appa-
rent. They have become, we perceive,
trifle more moderate in dimensions, notice
able particularly in the upper part of the
skirt-the hoops in the lower portion hav-
ing suffered little diminutiOu. The fash
ionable skirt, as now manufactured by w.
s. Il G. II. Thompson & Co., combines sew
eral novel feasures, not heretofore intro
duced, which renders it, we think, not only
more becoming, but secures for it perma-
ncnt existence among the thinking and
considerHte portion of the community
We refer to their "new patent Corrugated
Springs which, while they increase the
strength and stiffness of the skirt yet re-
ducc the weight of it nearly One-halfr Il
most important feature, we judge, to their
general worth This is undoubtedly the
greatest improvement made in the skirts
since their adoption in this country.
So far from the business Of hOoped skirts
declining, we learn that the Mcssrs Thorn
son are extending theirs and that they are
now manufacturing, at their four factories
from four to five thousand skirts daily
Tehir Grown Skirts, so we'll known to
tho trade aud the ladies Throughout the
country, have been slightly modified in
70 m to suit the new shape just introduced.
These last arc said to surpass in beauty
and elegance any yet offered in the New
York market Among the favorites of the
firms manufacture we recall to mind, the
"indstructable," the "Wovcn," and the
"Gossamer,' each of which, in their pecu-
liar cxcclencies stand unrivalled. Their
new skirts, the "Double Trail" and the
..Parisian Belle" have speciHlities, which
must be seen to be appreciated.
There is no dress lady can wear, no
matter what may be its material, its color.
or its fashion, that it is not Improved in its
general appearance by being spread out by
hoops. Through their aid dignity and
grace are attained, and the sweeping line
Of the skirt preserved in all its purity.