The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1882-03-25
0ait and 9umor.
How he Reported the Wedding.

How he Reported the Wedding.
Il say = said the police reporter tipping
his hat over his eyes and scratching the
back of his head, Il don't know whether
this is right"
aDon't know whether what is right
demanded the managing editor
This wedding. | went down there last
night and they gave me heap of stuff about
their frocks, but don't know whether it
comes out straight or not Now here is
Mrs. Issae Bedding. I've got her in pan
nier silk, trimmed a Ia gross grain, with
black point lace underskirt and box plated
hair. Does that sound natural ?
sWho sent you to weddiag? ?" asked the
managing editor, eontemptuously. Don't.
you know that grosgrain is color? That
was a gros grain, box-plaited dress, trimmed,
a Ia black point lace, and her hair was
combed en- pdanier. You ought to know
better than to get things mixed in that way
Who else did You get? How was the
bride dressed n
Eve got her all right, replied the POI
lice reporter. s.She wore a white Joafdat
with princess of Thule veil; the under
skirt cut deccllete around the bottom and
trimmed with basque at the sides.
That's better, said the managing editor,
encouragingly. aThat sounds something
like How was her hair 2"
sHer hair was shirred, replied the po-
lice reporter. s'Shirred at the sides and
corsaged on TOP"
Il don't believe that's right, observed
the managing editor. Read that again.
1T was corsaged at the side and shirred
on top, said the police reporter, referring
to his notes
.NOf course, smiled the managing editor
at makes all the difference in the world.
You never saw woman with her hair cor
saged on top in your life. Who else have
you got p
Here is the bride 5 mother. She pranc-
ed around in an iridescent bead, cut low
neeked and hoisted up on the side with
some kind of plant, I've forgotten the name
of it
Il know that style, said the managing
editor, resting his elbows on his desk and
his chin on his hands 1t had big rib
down the back, didn't it.
That's it. ike V tied up with green
shoe string r
.s0f course r grinned the managing edi-
tor. ssYou can /. fool me on froeks. You
want to say that it was a-what color did
You say the shoe string was ? Green ? Then
the frock must have been red
No il was the color Of clam, said the
police reporter
.-0h, yes Z yes, yes | know. You want
ed to say that it was a gorgeous, deep sea
pearl cOlored business, trimmed with a gore
en- pouf and caught at the side with deli
cious floral design, which was especially
rich in It's artistic effect. Did you get her
hair p
Her hair was French had it some.
where. but don't find It. 1t was either
French or Spanish, and forget which.
.sYou ought to be careful about such
things. but we viii call it IA Pyrenees.
and She can take her pick as to the side Of
the mountains she belongs to. Who else
was there ?"
Miss Jennie Smith was the bridesmaid.
She wore silk socks, with streak Of vel
low tapestry up the side. Her hair was
bumped.
How do you mean p dsmanded the
managing editor.
1T was plastered down in front and stuck
up behind ike hens tail
Banged, you mean. How was her dress
cut %
aWelI il was an even stretch from the
back Of her neck half way up the stairs.
That was one piese. Then she had on
petticoat that showed the whole front and
was trimmed with some cloudy stuff that
had dropped down on one end. That back
part was the energy, though, with some kind
0f law term in front Of It
WAS it revised statutes
No; that wasn't it.
Did it have anything TO do with alimo-
ny and the custody of the children?
aThat wasn't i. 1t was train With
something legal in front Of it. | tried TO
remember because they have it in the City
Han.
Couldn't have been anything about
contempt Of court, could it 2
That's it = exclaimed the police report
er, "a court train, and up around the low
er part Of the top part of the-of where Il
hooked to the body part yoa know
.sThe hustle y
..Yex she had it tied up with broad
white tape and the darndest big bow knot
Won ever saw.
Certainly; that's right, said the man
aging editor -You want to say that she
had court train looped back with delicate
tape so as to show the contour Of the petit
coat, which was finished with loops of
linen.
Il see, replied the police reporter, max
ing a memorandum. Her cousin was
Miss Mears, of Quogue only got her
hair. 1t was poached ON top with rerers
and had big pair Of silver tongs stuck
through the hind part. Better say any
thing about that p
Certainly You've got it right. Did
they have big supper
They had boned headcheese and candy
and lobster aud some shaky stuff. Lots Of
wine
~EhlH
.'You bet 4
Then just give the caterers name and
say that on this occasion the table fairly
groaned under the weight Of his excellent
provisions, and even the most fastidious
appetites suecumbed to the charms of his
delicacies How are YOU going to wind it
.upg7
Il say that the guests danced until late,
or rather an early hour in the morning.
That business, smiled the managing
editor IF you do it all as well as that last
part, you We got magazine article.
..Oh. Patl' eWhat, sor p .sDid yez
iyer see a winter loike this ?" sYis, sor.
aWhin p Last summer, sor. -Neac
Orleans Picayuae.
aMrs. Devil is the name of new opera
houffe in Paris 1t is presumed that the
heroine will appear in Satan dress
Norristosca Herald