The morning call., 1893-02-03

the effect Of hoops but is more graceful
! and more convenient"
Then madame thought little and her
disgust OF hoops overpowering her she con-
| clUded by observing:
"N o lady Of real genuine taste would nut
| on hoped skirt 10 make herself ridcu-
! lous.
LAS TO those Young ladies'" observed
| Mrs. Schnabel, indicating her assistants
/ with wave OF her hand, as II the subject
| OF hooped shirts were a painful one which
| she would rather not discuss.
We were just talking about hoops, -
observed ore hright-faced girl, looking uD
! from her work, and we we're wondering
whether they would expect Us TO pay double
! fare on the cars, when each Of US takes up
the room Of two women"
"But is the hoped skirt really coming 2"
I asked
Yes; all the news from Europe and the
East points that way" they answered
They ara beginning 10 be worn In New
| York. though not in Paris yet"
w hen l was young girl we thought
| people. looked ungraceul without hoops"
| interDOsed Mrs. ScGuabel
Yes, but Imagine the difficulty OF get
ting along in these San Francisco winds"
replied one Of the girls
"A little cTln0line may giye style, but
regular boOpw and there was a chorus Of
sighs all round the room. as the girls pic
tuTed The martyrs they were about 10 be-
come TO the Juggernaut fashion.
The lady who pTesides over the destinies
of FTeud's cnTsei-h0use cheerfully an
nOunced that size had already large stock
Of hoped skirts on hand-left over from
the days when hoops were formerly in
fashion.
''Some old-fashioned ladies' have never
given them up, she observed. They are
very slender. and are charmed with the
fashion because 1t suits them. OF course.
they are elderly ladies, who do not worry
about being Ia the latest style. Very small
hoops are really an improvement TO an un-
usually slight woman, particularly when
her dress is heavily trimmed"
But are hoops going to be wOrn"
| asked.
Il hear from the East that they are" she
| answered. "A very few neOple have GEM
| menced them already. OF course, if they
/ come into fashion we shall sell them: 50
that, IN a business way, am in favor Of
! hoops, but as private Individual | have
| no desire 10 wear them. especially 10 a
! crowded cabe-car," she added
Hoops are bound to come" answered
| Mr.. Fratinger with cheerful resignation.
! They have nothing to commend them,
| absolutely nothing They are ugly and un-
| ganly. and they take the grace from a
woman's form. lie fact there is no greater
| nuisance. both for the weaTers themselVe
| and the people round them.
'CrinOiines will come in, but" said Mr..
| Fratinger with a CLEAN of satisfaction,
they will 90 out again almost directly.
| We should never dare to keep an assortment
| Of styles for wearing with hoped skirts, fol-
/ am emphatic 10 my belief that the fashion
Will never really take. 1t will die almost
| as soon as it is born.
"San Francisco need not dread the inva-
| sion Of he crinoline for nearly year yet
| however. 1t Will take fully that time for il
to reach Us. And when ii does reach US i
| will not make very much impression.
Il have been IN this business thirty
| years and have seen many former styles re-
| yived; those out-Of-date fashions have
| nearly always fallen fat and have never
once become positively popular. or course
a few extreme people will champion the
| crinoline when 1t comes, but there is mo-
the necessity for it now that there wa:
when il was popular before.
AT that time STYLES were very limited
and it seemed hard to get any change. To.
day fashion is more catholic and there /.
! plenty of choice without jumping III at once
from tight skirts to garments inflated bl
| hoops.
The crinoline will come" continued Mr.
| Fratinger, ''but it won't stay and will bc
buried without hOnoTs."
MARIE EVELYN.