Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1869-09-15
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
EVANSVILLE SEPT. 10th.

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MR. E0lToR.-I mean the Editor who
wishes to know sswhat to do with old hoop
skirts" whichever he may be, and, by the
way, since erinoline is out of fashion, it
might be web to dispose of all the hoop
skirts now extant, old or new, in the man.
ner l shall describe. l have very pretty
wall basket here in my room; but since
''seeing is believing" I will invite you, Mr..
Editor to walk in and Jew it for yourself
There it hangs in that niche by the win
dow, green and gold you see. OF course
you will not go into ecstasies over it, and
clasp your hands and recapitulate all the
"SWeet and lovely" adjeetives in your .vo-
cabulary as the young ladies, who see it, do;
but you will admit that tbs a very bright
and useful little article, harmonizing as it
does so perfectly with the carpet and furn-
iture of the room.
Well, sir, that is or acas an old hoop skirt.
'Twouldn't be polite for you to tell me that
don't speak the truth, but you look your
thought very strongly. Step nearer touch
it; it will not bite There Don't you see
that every one Of those rings and loops that
form the basket and even the eunningly
devised chain, by which it is suspended, is
nothing but hoop skirt steel with the web
bling on. TITS tied together with thread,
painted green, and then every joint is COW
mod vr-i4l1 oil 7 co4 of
shelves, brown, of the same. material, which
for lightness and airy grace riYalled the
!, finest wire work you ever saw. Brackets
and comb,cases can be made from it also
in fact almost anything one desires. know
SO much cone and she'll and feather and
leather work has been made that one is
but this is different, it would not look out
of place or common in the finest library.
/ So you see you need not grumble any
longer about buying new hoop skirts be-
cause you don't know what to do with the
old ones, for properly disposed of they will
make your home all the more beautiful.
tbs positive sin for you to talk of chang
ing them on apple trees and in the wood
shed, when I'll wager a cooky your parlor
needs them. But declare while am talk
ing you are diving to the bottom of that
basket Never mind. It's contents are
Hours at Home, two curl papers and copies
of the Watertown Republican and Jefferson
Banner. These last two I am in momenta-
ry expectation will jump ont upon the floor
and begin scratching one another's eyes out
No farther remarks if you please. 1t is
time for you to go. You are soiling the
velvet on my writing desk with your inky
fingers. never write for the REPUBLICAN
on that desk tbs sacred to other kinds of
correspondence, so it doesn't interest you in
the least. Good morning No you can't
stop to look at pictures or ask any more
questions. That? Oh that's life-size picture
of Gorilla, thehghest species of Monk
Oh! beg your pardon, sir. 1 did not
notice that you were standing before the
mirror. Thought some one had hung a
picture there; You meant the Mt Vernon
scene above? No ofense I hope All OF
us can trace our pedigree back to the ape,
though some do resemble their ancestors
more strongly than others. You believe the
Darwiniaa theory of counsel
Remember, you have no farther need to
make cow-catchers of old hoop skirts, or bu-
ry them to stub your editorial toes on
Good morning again. MARION
Our fair correspondent in private note
gives us the privilege of leaving out the last
paragraph but one in her letter, xii the ed
itor who wrote the article about hoop skirts is
at all sensitive" We appreciate the cour-
tesy but have no disposition to take advan-
tage of it--edtors belong to the tribe of
pachyderms, or at least ought to if they TX
pect to continue in the profession, and as
for ourselves we abominate Darwin and his
theories, and so consider the insinuations in
the said paragraph as no reflection upon
our ancestry. As we have no personal &C
quaintanca with "Marion" she probably
obtained her ideas of our comelness from
reading the REPUBLICAN, but we have no
doubt she will speedily change them when she
enjoys the pleasure ofseeing us face to face.
As for her recipe for disposing of hoop
skirts we shall refer it to the presiding
officer of our household where it will
doubtless meet with due consideration In
this connection, however, we venture to
humbly enquire what fellow is to do with
the baskets, &C. after his house gets filed up
wit h them2