The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1880-01-28
4 FASHIONABLE FUNERAL.
Photograph from Modern NOmsenge for
the Benefit OF SupereIIlOus People
The Manner Nm which solemn Occasions
are Turned into Recherche Affairs.

HDAotoErhph from HOdefn Nonsense for
the BENEFIT OF SupereIIlOus People
The Manner Nm which Solemn Occasions
are Turned into Recherche Affairs
lon City Derrick.1
One Of the NEST stylish events of the
season. and enc which has created a pro-
| found sensation among the creme dc Ia
rss11e of orr city. was the funeral of
| Mrs. Alicia Arabella FitznOodle, wife OF
our esteemed fellow-citizen, Col. Angus
tus H. NJ Fitznoodle, which occurred
| yesterday afternoon at O'Clock at the
paiatial residence on Shiddyshoddy ave-
hue. The elegant parlors had been
deliberately decorated in honor of the
event, the most conspicuous ornament
being a large wreath of immortslles,
tuberoses and sfnilax, which was sus-
pended by heavy white satin ribbon from
the heavy gilded chandeliers and hung
directly over the coffin
The coffin was Of course the eynosure
of all eyes. and It was indeed feast for
the eye Of the veriest epicure. 1t had
been imported from Paris expressly for
| the wearer, and mist have cost an enor-
nous Bd1n. 1t was of dark rosewood,
| trimmed with solid silver and gold tips,
and lined with white satiR shirred.
frilled aid cut bias, and fringed with
real lace, which we were casually in
/ formed by one of the sorrowing friends
l-of the deceased, cost $50 yard, in &C.
heVa. The corpse was attired in a mag.
nifcent black gros grain silk; with prin-
cesse waist and full train; the trimmings
were rich velvet and shirrings Of silk,
relieved at intervals by tiny boquets
Of natural forget~me-nOt2. Deceased
| never appeared to finer advantage. Her
| raven hair was brushed back from her
broad white forehead and confined in a
simple'knot by an antique comb studded
with diamonds and amethysts. From
her tiny ears hung 'glittering solitaire
pendants, while q magnificent diamond
brooch sparkled at her throat, Her
| beautiful arms were not crossed upon
her bosom, but lay in calm repose at her
sides, this being the latest and most APP
proved style:
A grief-stricken relative informed our
reporter that the silk hose and white
slippers which the fair remains wore
| on this occasion involved an expense of
! So 0. The bereaved husband was ele-
gantly but simply dressed in cOnven-
tional black, and the grace and dignity
with which he bore himself throughout
the exercises occasioned much fayOra-
| BILE comment. Rev. Archibald Slusher,
A. NJ, d. D., presided over the obse-
quies being attired with his usual ele-
| gance and taste. Instead, however of
his usual white ,necktie, he wore the
lilac tie which he purchased at Vienna
during bis recent summers vacation in
| Europe. His remarks were eminently
refined and calculated to please even
the most fastidious, and all regretted
that the deceased could not have been
present in spirit to enjoy them with the
rests
The music was extremely fine Prof.
Berando Caroline presided at the Stein
way grand piano, and during the exer-
cises performed Beethoven's six hun
bred and twelfth sonata, op. 1864, Mo
zart's ''La Morte" op. 214, in three fats,
and Chopin's eighteenth mass in four
each number the performer was re-
warded with bouquets, and as qn encore
of the sonata gave Oherubini's touching
op. 68 in a a most feeling. and artistic
manner. The other musical exercises
consisted of a solo by Miss Periwinkle.
the charming young soprano who has
luSl COulDIeGSQ n0E nuSlcdl 6AuCallOu dL
Milan, and duet by Prof. Vladimir
Kortizsky and Mr.. Fitzhugh S1obberall
Of the Fifteenth Street Church choir.
Excepting a slight tumble in certain
passages of the duet occasioned by the
premature presentation of bouquet to
the brilliant Prof. Kortizsky by one of his
many admirers, the vocalization passed
off pleasantly and was highly enjoyed
The procession to the cemetery was
large but select, no kind of vehicle
smaller than a two-horse barouche being
admitted In line. A pleasant feature or
this part of the programme was the eight
new silk plumes with which the hearse
was ornamented. At the cemetery the
grave-diggers we're appropriately attired
in black, relieved by white kid gloves.
The whole affair was so highly recherche
that we take pleasure in chronicling it,
and we congratulate the bereaved fami-
" upon the smoothness with which
everything moved. We are informed
that the deceased's will is to be pro-
bated tomorrow, pending which nego-
tiations for the elegant new italian
monument will be held in allegiance,
etc.