Totally Unrelated - How to Sit in a Hoop Skirt

[GARY POPOLO]

Although this is probably totally irrelevant to anything but social history, a few of you have asked how ladies sat in hoop skirts. This sketch I found the other day says it all....

Betty, This brings back memories for both myself and my wife. Two years ago we went to Gettysburg with the Philadelphia Brigade band to attend a ball with our friends from the band. Me and my wife were dressed in the time period which was so much fun. For me it was easy to dress as a union soldier but my wife had her dress which had a hoop skirt. Well to say the least we laughed all the way to the ball because she was trying to sit in our car with this hoop skirt. What a time we had once we got to the ball.