Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1863-09-11
Relating to Hoops.

Rumora Of the approaching collapse OF GRIN
oline reach us from the other side Of the water.
Newspaper correspondents from Paris, all of
whom, of course, have free, daily access to the
court orioles, predict the great event positively.
10 England, the anti-crinoline agitation is be-
ginning to divide attention with the American
war. Punoh is giving to the subject his vigneyte
page, which was formerly occupied with libel
ous carlcatures Of our sad national strife, and
pictures Of President Lincoln which surpass the
worst Of his photographs In hIdeousneas-
that is saying great deal, for never was man
more shsbbily treated by the photograph ers.-
Instead Of eplgrams and conundrums about
Jonathan" in which the feeble wit of the
writer Is drowned by biz bile, we have desperate
attempts to be funny st tue expense of hoops.
There is probably no paper In the world but
Punch--the Punch since the time Of Douglas
Jerrold, Lsman Blanchard, and the other real
wits-that could handle this suggestive theme
with suoh continual and unabated dizziness -
Whole pagos Of II can be read without the
slightest danger Of smile. Cruden's Con.
ooFdance, or The In6uitesimal Caloulous does
not leave the rilible muscles more unvexed.--
The Punch Of other days might have dimin-
ished the periphery Of crinoline Q little, per-
hsps, but bis arrows now fall as harmless
against the enormous target 90 these other or.
rows which he tries TO shoot across the Atlantic.
Hoops still sppear to "hold the own" In En-
gland as we'll as in France.
II lie significant fsct-and this is what called
out the paragraph above-thst while the "Hoop
Question" Gas Il is termed, just like the Rom.
ish Question" the "Poliah Question" eto.) is
6ercely sgitated abroad, the Ame,c.n manu-.
factures are doubling their buslres- Within
the last six months the deman for American
hoops, both at home and from Europe, has In
creased prodiglously. While Punch 10 railing
against hoops, the English people are ordering
them from this country by the ship.load. For,
be 10 known that by virtue Of improved machi-
ohinesy and extraordinary skill IN manufacture,
the American hoops boar Of the palm of supe
riorisy among the women Of ell countries; and
that is o tribunal Of critical Judgment fsom
which there can be no sppeal. Th!s immense,
and still increasing, call for hoops, has greatly
enlarged the business of manufacturing them
In New York. Dozens Of new firms have re-
Gently gone into this department Of industry
with large capitals; and four, Eve aud elk story
buildings in every part Of the city, are musical
from morning to night with the rattle Of sew
Ing iAohtnes end the Chat and laughthr of
girls Probably twenty thousand young women
earn Snsir livelihood In this city to-day cut of
ouupo Wuou unuouu hVVPn' 4uu uoWsuu tut
girls at the business 10 always she Of the
supoly. There are thousands Of men, and Q
variety Of importing and manufacturing inter
ests, all deriving their support from IL too. II
hoops wore discarded to-day, twenty thousand
industrious young girls would be thrown out of
employmens (no email calamity, and several
thriving and remuneEative branches Of In.
dustry, incidental to the manufacture Of hoops,
would receive sorious ahook.
To be sure, this 10 no good reason why hoops
should be worn. The fate Of hoops will be
settled oy imperious fashion without particular
retersLca TO the number Of persons who are do.
prived OF their daily bread by its edict. The
question 10 one Of fashion solely, and not ol
humanity or commerce. And II 10 to be decid-
Cd, not by shs wits Of the world--amopg whom
are never to oe-includcd the allow parsgfaphista
Of ,he London Punoh-.but BY the women -
Gentlemen, In this country or any other, who
have jokes to spare, should fse them at som,
other object than the hoop skirt, which is I
fortress more imgregnable than the deienst
Of Vicksburg or Of Charleston. .-Journul 0
Commerce. -