The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-06-23
FASHION IN COURT.
Twelve Jurors Passing Upon the Personal
Adjournment OF the semtieF Sex.
New York Sun

Twelve Jurors Passing Upon the Personal
Adjournment OF the Gentaer Sex.
New York SUM-
Madame Amelia Laforcade, the dressmaker
of No 50 Fifth Avenue, made q black silk dress
for Miss A. Lafarge. It was plated, pulled,
fiQalnced, gored, hemstitched, and cut bias, In
the very highest style Of art, and the Innings
and trimmings were simply superb. Its cost
was $3.50, and 1t had been constructed with an
eye single to its conformity In every detail TO
the contour of Miss Lafarge'S graceful figure.
It had been tried on In the presence OF COM
petent Judges Of the aesthetic SEX and they
had decided that 1t was perfect fit, and that
In the aptitude OF parts harmonious 1t was
the very. realization OF the poetic dress
makers dream OF beauty.
The dress was sent home. A short interval
elapsed and 1t was returned to Nine. Lafor-
cade with the request that she take In reef
or two liz the sleeves. This she did. Again
the dress came back, this time to have the
reefs shaken out and the waist expanded to
an extent that would warrant the wearer In
sitting down to the pianoforte withour suffer-
ing unnecessary constraint OF body and mind.
longer interval elapsed, and the garment
was once more sent to the maker for aitera-
ton. 1t was returned with o bill, and In
course of time Nine. Laforcade sued tor the
value of the dress. The case was on trial yes
terday In part LII. of the Marine Court.
Nine. Laforcade testified to the facts as
herenbefore stated. Monsieur Laforcade bore
out his better half In all her testimony, as did
also Miss Quinn, one of the dressmaker's as
sistants.
Miss Lafarge testified that she and her sis
ters had been customers to Nine Laforcade
for three or four years; that she had always
given complete satisfaction until now but
that the dress last made, aside from requir-
ing number of necessary alterations had
been actually patched in the various pro-
cesses, as could be seen by a jury with half an
eye.
"Let the jury see the dress, his honor said.
Before the robe was allowed to fall into pro-
| fame hands, the defendant skipped behind the
bench, and with deft fingers and musical voice
pointed out to the foreman Of the twelve the
offensive patches.
"They are not patches" the plaintiff re-
torted Indignantly. GAN well made dresses
of the day have these pieces on behind the
| buttons, as you shall see. Look at my dress.
| Now look at these others" and two or three
ladies were arrayed before the iurymen that
| the sartorial achievements of their outer
garb might undergo examination. They
were long time about it, these jurymen
| but they put on look of wisdom, and then
undertook critical scrutiny of the dainty
| little silk waist that was given to them to
study.
The lawyer of the defendant then made a
speech, and plaintiffs lawyer replied.
At the close of the lawyers speeches, his
honor charged the jury briefly, winding up
by saying, with the air of one who was lost
in o forest twenty miles from home, and at
the dinner hour:
tits all puzzle to me, gentlemen"
| The jury, after q few minutes absence, re-
| turned with verdict for the defendant.