The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-05-13

OF Senator German from MARYLAND. would
be considered an authority on any matter
OF this kind, but it wouldn't be safe to
repeat all the senator said on the crinO-
me and hoop question. Yet with ali his
chlValrE and desire TO let women rule the
world and have their own sweet way he
doesn't seem very enthusiastic over their
Surrendcring to the all-conquering hoops
he requested particularly that he
shouldn't be quoted on this topic, but it is
enough to say that he came back to
| whisper in regular stage key: Say, if
the newspapers have any influence with
the ladies do get them to pitch into
hoops"
Ex-senator Daniel of Virginia has a pretty,
bIack-eyed, dimpled daughter, to whom
ne referred the subject with puzzled ex-
preston. I'm not an authority on the
SUBJECT. The ladies Of my family would
control my vote and influence on that
topic. Say" turning to his daughter
how do we stand on hoopskirts3 If
YOU want 'em you shall have EN-. Speak
OUT
Miss Daniels dfmples grew deeper and
more dimpling as she promptly said:
mo, pa; l hate hoopskirts We don't
want them. They aren't becoming, you
know, especially to petite women"
And the senator said: ''That settles it,
Count me against them every time. She
says 50, and she knows what suits her"
WHEN WHEELER THOUGHT THEM ANGELS
Gen, Wheeler, the Alabama member,
! doesn't exactly PROSTATE himself before
| the idea of return of hOOpsSirts, but he
has sort of a reverential attitude that
isn't half 50 funny after all when the
cause is understood. Gen. Wheeler was
rushing through byway corridor leading
from the pOstOfice of the House. His
| pockets were bullying with letters and his
| hands held still bigger bundles to be
| answered.
My, haven't got time to state my
| position on the hoop question. I've not
thought about it, but that reminds me of
a little incident. ! don't know but what
after all I'm in favor of them. Why, once
on time ! thought q street full of women
wearing hoops was full of angels. 1t was
late in '65' I'd been out in Texas We
| didn't see many wamen in those days out
! there, and what few there were didn't
patrOnize fashions until they got to be
! 10 years old, and most of them didn't
| know what fashion meant. I started for
home and came down the Missis-
sippi, landing at Memphis. When I
Main street the sidewalk was filled with
! figures that seemed to float rather than
walk, so graceful were they with some
thing I'd never seen before, holding their
skirts out and swaying gracefully as they
came along. They seemed to me for a
time like angels and stopped the first
man l met and asked him what the
women were wearing, The sight of a
woman wearing hoops always brings
| back that idea" and the general smiled
dreamily at the thought of his first i'm
| pressiOns of hoOpskirts. Eyes, believe
! I'd vote for hoops if had q chance
Mr. NrAIT1 = F,4pApR,SsrD
! Young Mr.. Mantle, who wants to be
| seated as senator from Montana. is not
1 apt to forget his first interview with a
| Washington newspaper woman. There
was no intent to alarm him, but it just
| simply happened that the first newspaper
woman whom he met flung the hoopskirt
! question at him. The young man. Of
! course, is another senatorial bachelor,
and he stammered and looked thunder
struck, but finally admitted that he
would hate awfully to see his mother,
who is his ideal woman, wearing hoop
| skirts, and if he ever had to vote on the
subject he should have to protect her.
Mr.. Murphy of New York thinks the
| hoOpskirt cartoons are all justified and
| makes it one of his enioyments lately to
get a laugh at all of them. Hosts of other
! senators have been canvassed, and if any
crank tries to get congress to indOrse any
anti-crinoline legislation he will be
| promptly admonished that discretion is
! his proper cue on that subject.