The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-04-14
4 DAT. AT THE WEDDING.


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A DAY. AT THE WEDDING.
How the Reporter and she Manaxtnx I'd.
tor Fixed H Up Between Them.
Detroit Free Press.l
/ sassI sayp" said the police reporter, tip
ping his hat over his eyes and scratching
| the back of his head, 81 don't know
whether this is right or not T. $3.50.
Don't know whether what is right ?"
demanded the managing editor.
"This wedding. Invent there last
night and they gave me aheap of rot
about their frocks, but I don't know
whether it comes out straight or not.
Now here is Mrs. Isaac Bedding. I've
got her in q panier silk, trimmed a la
gros grain, with black point lace UNDER
skirt and box-plaitedv hair. Does that
sound natural % sst b. svl~a 3ss 4ssBa
Who sent you to a wedding r. asked
the managing editor, contemptuousiy.
Don't you know. that gros grain is
color? That was gros grain box
plated dress. trimmed ia black point
lace, and her hair was combed ey.
panier. You ought know better than TO
get things mixed up in that way. Who
else did you get How was the bride
ilressed?n Bc8E au8laAafe r seag
81 s" I've got her all right" replied the
police reporter. ssShe wore white bur
Liant, with a Princess of Thule veil the
underskirt cut .decolette around the bot
tom, and trimmed with q basque at the
Sides = ssagsssyaul ts4a5. taa ssaH
6 That's BETTER" said the managing
editor, sencouragingly. That sounds
something hike it. Q How was her hair ?H
"Her hair was SHRED replied the
police reporter '.'Shirred at the sides
and corsaged on top. - : n. q. snra632,f asf
@s.sT don't believe that's right, OBJ
served the managing editor Real
that again. Tasaso {aa.s.4s bs5
It was corsaged at the sides and
shirred on top, 'asaid the police reporter,
referring to his notes. Sa's5yS F@sos p
sa"Of course" smiled the managing
editor sit makes all the difference in
/ the world. You never saw woman with
4 her hair corsaged on top in your life.
/ Who else have you got ?" staH ~
:" Here's the brides mother, She
pranced around in an iridescent bead,
|; cut low-necked, and. hoisted up on the
side with some kind of plant I've
forgotten the name of it. !" al
ss'I know that style, said the manag-
ing editor, resting his elbows on his desk
and his chin on his hands. 1t had a
big rip down the back, didn't it?"
"Thats it, like Y, and tied up with
O green shoe-string. ";asEsEE os 7@lTo 81
i "Of course ~ grinned the managing
editor. a" You can't fool me on frocks.
You wantto say that itwas a--what color
did you say the shoe-string was ? Green?
| Then the frock must have been red !'' q
"No, it was the color of clam, said
the police reporter. COZ rsss.H sssEsa
sob, yes Yes, yes / know. You
want to say that it was gorgeous, deep
sea-pearl colored business, trimmed with
"a gore, en- poasf, and caughta the side
with delicate floral design, which was
especially rich in its artistic effect. Did
you get her hair ?" ....... p
p "Her hair was French. I had it
somewhere, but l don't find it. 1t was
either French or Spanish, and have for
| COTTON which ..as-;7s
/ "You ought to be careful about such
i things, but we'll call it q LG P.grenneeS,
/ and she can take her pick as to the side
of the mountains she belongs to. Who
else was there ?'''ia# rs " s@ 2
"Miss Jennie Smith was the brides
maid. She wore silk socks, with streak
of yellow tapestry up the side. Her hair
was bumped" sys8 .-.ssH s-.
!" How do you mean, " demanded the
managing editor. ss7e, Ills tes So 5ssa
/ '.EItswas splastered down in front and
stuck. up behind, like hens TALL az1a
Banged! you mean. How was her
dress eut?nsq siIaas 4e srs5e regs5I 81
"Well, it was aneVen stretch from the
backfof her neck half way upthe front
| stairs. That was one piece. Then she
had on a petticoat thatshowed the whole
i front, and was triplmed with some cloudy
stuff that had dropped down at one end.
The back part was the energy, though,
and she called it train, with some kind
of law term in front of it. Is ..,.
"Was it revised statutes ?" asked the
managing editor.
"No, that wasn'tit.''# % 5alsea ~
| q; sDId it have anything to do with ali
mony and the custody of the children. !"
/ ''That wasn't it. 1t was n train with
something legal in front of it. | tried
to remember, because they have it in the
| City Hail."
PCS s'Couldn't have been anything about
contempt of Court, could It ?'' aoi'8
sa " That's it'll" exclaimed the police re-
porter; Z" court train, and up around
the lower part Of the top part of the-of
where it hooked on to the body part,
You know!" ss'tss2 -. .'..1- y -. q
: tThe hustle ?" re s@s,,- 60 -
=. Yes she had it tied UP with broad
white tape and the darndest big bow
knot you ever saw. aeiss5Blt Is. sa91s.s
Certainly that's all right, e said the
managing editor. esYou want to say
| that she had court train looped back
with delicate tape so as to show the
contour of the. petticoat, which was
elaborately finished with loops of linen.
81 see, replied the police reporter,
making memorandum. HHer cousin
was Miss Mears, of Quogue.a I only got
her hair. 1t was poached on top with
.revers, and had Q pair of silver tongues
stuck through the hind part. Better
say anything about that ~ 5 ss7sh4 sa5
aasf Certainly You've got it right. Did
they have big supper p ts tSp
"They had boned head cheese and
candy and lobster and some shaky stuff.
Lots OF wine. sfsl ~ 81 aibDia So "a aea
"Eh ?" s4v.s "a lssg + SEE Is
/" You bet r. Riz ~
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 succumbed to the
charms of his delicacies. How are you
going to wind it up ?" ssp
| 80 say that the guests danced until
late, or rather early hour in the morn
ing. 4.g aaagg 81. sisei
lsss" That's business p smiled the man
aging editor. sc If You do it all az well
as that last part, you've got magazine
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