The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-07-11
OBI HooR.LA nOOPs.
sOms CIFeumIoenIOry Circumstances
About Ihe ROmAIic biEsH Worn,
Loh that l was q hoop upon . -four barrel

FOu kHAk \ WAS J 1upR hIpH y ANHN aAtt
lpSteAt Of btnR food Tor muaky goAtl."
Only q hoopl Only q measly hoop from
some old wornOut nail ksg, l was look
ing Tor something to turn up and trod
upon lie edge. Perhaps some other Mi
cauber has done the same thing and then
returned to the bosom Of his family and
called loudly for the linAment, the while
he bent nearly double and rolled up .
pAntalOOn leg, Only "a hoop, and this
word, homaly as 1t 10, calls up In the fra
GRANGE oil my memory, days In the dusky
past whsR one woman could take up the
whole side OF 0 street Car. Only o hoop,
and yet there floats dimly before my
misty vision OF the past
"seenss that were brightest, ole"
Even In extreme youth, when l had 10
crawl under the canvas, what 80 poetic, 80
.iull OF oil that made the occasion glorious
90 the hoop through which the daring
rider sprang? And who can forget, in
turning the musty leaves Of history, Poca:
hontas' whoop when she rushed In and
saved John Smith from getting Q thirty
days sentence in Powhatan's workhouse2
All my gentle reader, the hoop has 0
romantic history that will give the glove
Q hundred yards the start and beat 1t
every time. OF course no mtnstrelB song
ever embalmed, In ages past, Q hoopRkiTt,
nor did . valiant knight atfix one 10 bis
chargers tail Rs he entered the lists OF the
tournament as enSigna OF his devotion to
his wadye fire" But, at the same time,
hoops cannot be sneezed OF.
0urRmiAble Sunday contemporary says:
"Oi course there 10 nothing In Q glove,
considered simply as Q glove. There Is
something which has invested II with o
udearneas not lie due" So l claim there Is
nothing in a hoop skirt swinging In the
breeze In front Of q dry goods store and
labeled "0nly 90 cents" Following out
the idea Of the Sunday paper Ia question,
| entirely agree with II that, ITO be pretty
q hand need necessarily not be small, but
must be proportional TO the frame Of the
owner"
And does this not hold good with hoops?
What would Q "iaire layde" only five foot
tall look like with q pair OF hoops tnst
were o foot too long for her? Or vice versa,
suppose she was elk feet tall and only had
four rupgs OF hoops onP These may seem
like triaing comparisons, but are they not
true9 And this, following out the glove
business idea, brings me TO consider the
admirable taste shown by some girls In
towns around here In this stylish and
superb garment, and the sizes worn. ills
unnecessary to state that the information
was obtained from q number Of leading
dry goods houses,
"wAlsr NOT, WANT NOT"
Miss MajiliCuddy eau wear a 2s inch
with "a hoops,
Miss Hapgtop's beautiful figure is
queenly with a 279 inch with aSI hoops
Gumbogt.
Mrs. Bluenose, petite and demure, can
scramble into q 20 inch with "a hoops
Bonnybiuelick.
Miss Ponsonby, shapely and stylish,
becomes creme d. Ia creme In % inch with
20 hoops Songee.
Miss Gangly wears 20 inch with 80
hoops. She has q classic conformity. Her
fayorite make 10 POdnipt's
nllbb DuIntOp ubb u bupuIU
ton, and wears "a inch with SO hoops.
Make, BucksnG,
Miss Hazelsnorter can alp on either Of
Timram'S or Wtsssnbu5's makes Of "a inch.
Miss MiHenwheeler, with her ariBto.
cratic waist, can feel comfortable In the
dog days even with O 26 inch.
Miss snortenow takes the cake" II the
slang term is permissible, with q % inch,
slopshinder's make.
Miss Thug looks divine 10 "a inch, 1873
hoops OF the make Of SiugWio, which are
imported and guaranteed 40 hoops or
money refunded ifall statements are not
correct
Miss snaeloop, with her heavenly face,
only wears q 20 inch with 40 hoops, For.
ddmna4t make.
Miss S~lipeuside can almost fall through
q 28inch. She has q princely form and
10 as healthy as an athelete.
could mention more, but would more
be apprecialed7 WM that thunder or the
voices Of $4,000 people yelling, MOI Mol
Mol Developments are awaited.
PANHANDLE.