The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1867-01-17
The Chicago Opera House Draw
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AS this event Is soon 10 come ofF-the
time being fixed for Monday next-and as
there are large number of the certificate
holders residing in this city, the following,
from the Chicago Eoening Journal, will not
be uninteresting.
The subject Of absorbing interest lust
now Is the approaching drawing of the Art
Association. Every detail of its prepara-
Ii,n ton VIII DC greedily read by thousands.
Inc tickets which are TO represent the GER
Ilncates In the drawing, and which are to
De deposited In the large wheel, are print
ing Tor the committee by the Western En-
craving Company, and go through the
same routine as so many bank notes. They
are, as fast az they are printed, delivered
INTO the hands of the committee
The wheels are nearly finished, and can
soon be seen at the Opera House.
Ihe members tof the committee from
abroad will arrive on Saturday, the 10Th
Instant to cooperate with the committee
mere IN arranging the preliminaries of the
drawing.
A large force of ushers will be In attend
ance on the occasion of the drawing. and
the entrances of the Opera House will be
ln charge of strong police force
Ine state street entrance is reserved ex-
clusively for the use of ladies and their at,
tendants. The pressure at the selling desk
OF the Association is undated, and threat
ems to become embarrassing next week. As
IL Is, all the energies of two forces of clerks.
Zone for night work., are taxed to the ut
most. Now that all the agencies-with the
exception of two or three of the leading
cities-are closed, the mail has risen To a
perfect flood of letters.
The Offices for tho sale of certificates
have now TO be open until ten o'clock at
night.
The Art Gallery will be open likewise
every evening until the 10Th.
THE HOOP QUESTION contraction
of feminine hoops on the streets and else
Where begins to be apparent. If the reac-
tion has fairly set in, there is no telling In
what it may end. 1t is said that our great
grandmothers wore hoops larger and more
cumbrous than any the present generation
have seen, while our grand-mothers dis
carded not only hoops but great deal of
underclothing, appearing in public in skirts
of such gossamer texture as to afford some
thing more solid than a mere conjecture
upon which to base an idea of exuuisitely
rounded limbs and other voluptuous
S"NA mss nay luOIt, IL ~ ulicHeu LlaG De-
fore going to an evening party they slight
ly dampened their skirts, so they would
cling more closely to their human forms di-
vine, 'half revealing and half concealing"
the mysterious confguration of the wo-
manly shape. Whether the hoop reaction
stops short of this other extreme or not, we
must make up our minds to be satisfied. as
experience has thoroughly demonstrated
that it's no use for bifurcate humanity to
sick up dust about female fashions. The
effect of ridicule as well as serious remon-
STRANGE has been thoroughly tried on hoops,
and other feminal "fixins," and
all to no purpose. The more the newspa-
pers said about them the more they flour
ished like green bay trees, until just as we
become reconciled the female whim
changes, and OFF they go. But come what
may, we shall be the gamers by the aboli-
ton Of hoops. There will be more room ON
the sidewalks, in the churches. theatres, &c.
We can net, it is true, speak as confidently
of the particular shade of each ladys gar
ters, but will gain in comfort and conyen-
ience what we lack in aesthetics.