Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1865-03-30
The Ladies and their Hoops.


Wtighty ATE the words Ct Jovs, and in.
por,as, is the dress OF lana When the
Emperor Napoleon speaks, all the csbinets
Of Europe listen whsn tie Empress ap-
psars Z; bail, the attention Of the MILL
Ders OF Rnrnpe Is eoneesEAtsd On her
dress.
Ca the occasion Of PRICE Sapoleonts
ball the Empress and the Princess Clotilds
appeared With Eki.is Of much less than the
ordinary diDsnHous. Who caa estimate
the importance OF that simple fact: Ia
q manifesto 10 all Eomankiud, aud in il
3 the interest ei fVeEy lathe. Of family in
England is concerned. Il means greater
ease on the pave ueni and At the promenade;
quierer egress from church, theatre. and
concert Toom, ss6l feRer deaths By fire
The WallEer will bless the Empress; so also
will the man of business v DO travels much
in omnibusts; so also will the sick man,
for bis nurse viii not whisk about SO noisi.
" nor upset = enair so Often. a CURIOUS
caspier could be written by the satirical
philosopher On the vsEAries of fashion in
female dress. In old epgrsvinRs our au-
ces'rssses lock hideous. The female waist
seems 10 have 10 proper locale; sometimes
IL is 81 the srmpits, Sometimes iumediate
" above the hips. Then the head dresses
and the bopners who shall describe
thsmi Yet these women we're loved; Rnd
Strepbon 10 puce-eo!oTed cost, and long
covered satin vest, and rspier aud shoe
bnckits, aud cooked hat under his arm,
s1d bair powdered with the BARRIERS NJ
most skill, bused his compliments in the
ball room 20 Chloe. rouged black patches
on be! chesk, Der hair fTiEEsd Up in.
TO strange architecture, and her waist
wherever her drsssmaker might choose 10
place IL There is little doubt thst the
present style of female dress. when
crinOliue Is kept in moderation the
looped-up Eiucey, the scarlet petticosl the
strong, comfortable boois-is the hes, for
out, door exercise that has ever been in
vogue. IL rAiDy or frosty weather q lady
cao row visit her friends or perform little
Charitable messages Without the aid of
private carriage or hired cab. II is, how
ever, at the theatre, the concert, the dane
ing Poriy ard the dinnsr table that the
present sI'rsoFdjEary enttusiou of female
skirt becumes a nnisanee snd a bore. A
LADY dressed for q public occasion, sitting
alone in cab, occupying the entire vehicle
her dress suIgipg up to her ears, " bill her
husband is forced TO take his seat beside the
driver, is UnGiof the most ccmic6l sights
VII ch this world presents, At public gath
eriugs dresses are being utiuuslIy tori,
aud the sweetest tempers ruined in couse-
qusnce. Alta promenade PROCESSION is every
now and sgain an imPossibility. At a
dancing party q slim young man has fire.
queutiy to stand up with lady whose ex.
uheTsnt skirts make her as rotund as q hay.
stack, and the awkward man is beiug con.
tinually caught in lady's hoops as Ger
tainly as ever a hill fox was caught in q
trap, aud -fOdslextFicaticp nearly as diff
cult too. And then. TO sum up the iudict-
men, against the present style of dress, just
think OF largely be crinolined domestic
servant. She is an incarnaIe earthquake
ruined crockery in her wake; che sweeps
hre-irons from the fender every time she
turns she npsets chairs and is nearly as
trying TO the nervous man as the organ
grinder was to Mr. BAbbage. On the
whole, there is much to be said for mod
crate amplitude OF skirt. II would never
do-in a climRte like ours, at least-to have
our women clad like the female figures we
see on Euuscan vases. But there should
be moderation in all Thugs; aud We are
glad to notice that the Empress of thC
French, who 10 mainly respoustble for thu
whole movement, is beginning to call &
halt. We trust that her later example viii
be followed as we'll as her earlier one,