Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1882-03-07

La gros grain, with black point lace
underskirt and box plated hair, does
that sound natural?'
"Who sent you to wedding2'
asked the managing editor, con-
temptuously. 'sDon't you know that
gros grain is a color That was a
gros grain, box plated dress trim
med Ia black point lace, and hel
hair was combed en- pannier You
ought to know better than to gel
things mixed that way. Who else
did you get? How was the bride
dressed?'
I've got her all right" replied the
police reporter. She wore white
bouhant, with a Princess of Thule
veil; the underskirt cut decollete
around the bottom, and trimmed with
a basque at the sides.
"Thats better" said the manag-
.ang editor, encouragingly. ''That
sounds something like. How was
her hair?'
"Her hair was shirred replied the
police reporter. ''shirred at the sides
and corsaged on top"
II don't believe that's right OBJ
served the managing editor. ''Read
that again.
ut was corsaged at the side and
shirred on top, said the police re-
porter, referring to his notes.
"Of COURSE" smiled the managing
editor It makes all the difference IL
the world. You never saw woman
with her hair corsaged on top in your
life. Who else have you got?"
"Here's the brides mother. She
pranced around in an irridescent
bead, cut low necked and hoisted up
on the side with some kind of a plant.
I've forgotten the name of il"
L know that STYLE said the man
aging editor, resting his elbows on
his desk and his chin on his hands.
cit had big rip down the back,
didn't it?''
'That's it, like a V and tied up
with green shoestring!
a"Of counsel grinned the manag-
ing editor "You can't fool me on
frocks. You want to say that it was
what color did you say the shoes
tring was? Green? Then the frock
must have been red"
.''No, it was the color of a clam
said the police reporter.
"Oh, yesl Yes, yes! 1 know. You
want to say that it was a gorgeous,
deep sea pearl colored business,
trimmed with gore en- pouf, and
caught at the side with delicate
floral design, which was especially
rich In its artistic effect. Did you
get her hair?"
Her hair was French. [ had it
somewhere, but I don't find it. It
was either French or Spanish, and [
forget which. ....s
'.You ought to be careful about
such things, but we'll call it la Py>
renees, 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 brides
maid. She wore silk socks, with a
streak of yellow tapestry up the side.
Her hair was bumped.
How do you mean?' demanded
the madaging editor.
''It was plastered down in front
and stuck up behind like a hens
tail
Banged! you mean. How was
her dress cut?"
well, it was an even stretch from
the back of her neck half way up the
front stairs. That was one piece
Then she had on a petticoat that
showed the whole front, and was
trimmed with some cloudy stuff that
had dropped down at one end. That
back part was the energy, though,
and she called it train, with some
kind of law term in front of it."
"Was it revised statutes?" asked
the editor.
mo, that wasn't it.
"Did it have anything to do with
alimony and the custody of the
children
''That wasn't it. 1t was a train
with something legal in front of it.
tried to remembeber because
they have it in the City Hall.
Couldn't have been anything
about contempt of court, could it?".
Chats it" exclaimed the police
reporter; a court train, and up
around the lower part of the top
part of the-of where it hooked on
to the bodypart you kncwl"
''The bustle?''
Yes; she had it tied up with
broad, white tape, and the darned-
est big bow knot you ever saw"
Certainly; that's right said the
managing editor; "You want to say
that she had a court train looped
back with d delicate tape so as to
show the contour of the petticoat,
which was deliberately finished with
loops of linen
Il see, replied the police reporter,
making a memorandum, "Her cousin
was Miss Mears, of Quogue I only
got her hair. It was poached on top
with revers, and had big pair OF
silver tongs stuck through the hind
part. Better say any thing about thata"
Certainly. You've got it right.
Did they have big supper
'They had boned head cheese and
candy and lobster and some shaky
stuff. Lots of wine?"
'Eh?"
you bet!"
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