Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1882-04-22

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mp in that way. Who else did you
get? How was the bride dressed.
'sI've got her all right" replied the
police reporter. s.She wore . white
bouffant. with q Prince of Thule veil;
tho ~nnderskirt cut decolletts around
the bottom, and trimmed with .
basque al the SIDES"
ssThat's better" said the managing
sditor, encoursginely: "That sounds
something like. Chow was her
hair I"
"Her hair was shirred," replied the
police reporter. "Shirred at the sides
and corsaged on top"
81 don't believe that's right" OBJ
served the managing editor. "Read
that again."
"It was corsased st the sides and
shirrsd on top" said the police re-
porter, referring to his notes.
"Of course" smiled the managing
editor. at makes all the difference
in the world. You never saw a
woman with her hair corsaged on
top In your life. Whe else have you
got? p"
'tHere's the BRIDES mother. She
pranced around In al irridesceut bead,
out low.necked. and holsted up on
the side with some kind Of a plant.
I've forgotten the name Of it,"
81 know that style," said the man-
aging editor. resting his elbows on
the desk and his chin on his hands.
sit had q big rip down the back,
didn't i:?"
.That's it, like q v, and tied up
with . green shOe-string."
"Of course" grinned the mansg-
Ing editor "You can't fool me on
frocks. You want to say it wac a.
what color did you say the shoe
string was? Green? Then the
frock must have been red P'
"No, it was the color Of q clam"
said the police reporter.
"0h, yesi Yes, yes ! l know. You
want to say that it was a gorgeous,
deep sea-pearl colored business, trim
med with . gore gu poul. aud caught
ut the side with a-delicate floral de-
sign, which was especially rich in its
artistic effect. Did you get her
hair?n
"Rer hair was French. l had it
somewhere, but l don't find it. 1t
was either French or Spanish, and 1
forget which,"
"Y0u ought to be careful about
such things, but we'll call it q IL
Pyrenees. and she can take her pick
~ TO the slds 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"
chow do you mean 2" demanded
the managing editor.
cit wss plastered down in front
and stuck up like q hen's tall"
Changed you mean. How was her
dress cut ~
"Well, 1t was an even stretch from
the back Of her neck half way M the
front stairs. That was one piece +.
Then she had on a petticoat that
showed the whole front. aud was
trimmed with some cloudy stuff that
mad dropped down at u end. The
back part was the energy. though,
and she called it u train, with some
kind of q law term in front of it,"
"Was it revised statutes 2" asked
the managing editor.
"No, that wasn't it,"
"Did it have anything to do with
alimony and the custody of lhe chill
dren ?"
"That wasn't it. 1t vas a train
with something legal in front of it. L
tried to remember. because they have
it in the city hail."
"Couldn'thav been anything about
contempt of court could it ?"
"That's i'll" 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
body part, you know ~
"The hustle ?"
"Yes, she had it tied up with a
white tape and the darndest
Dig bow-khot you W saw"
Certainly; that's right" said the
managing editor. "Yoa want to saw
that she had a court train losped
back with a delicate tape 80 as to
show the contour Of the petticoat,
which was deliberately finished with
loops of linen"
II see, replied the police reporter.
making memorandum. s.Her cousin
was Miss Merrs. of Quogue. l only got
nor hair. 1t was poached OH top with
revers, and had a pair of silver longs
stuck through the hind part. Better
say anything about that ?"
Certainly. You've got it right .
Did they have q big supper ?"
"They had boned head cheese and
candy aud lobster and some shaky
stuf. Lots of wine.
'.Eh p"
"Yeu bet ?"
"Then, just give toe caterers name.
and say that gu this OCCASION the table
fairly groaned under the weight of
MS excellent provisions, and even
the most fastidious appetite succumb.
60 to the charms OF his d%slicacies,
How are you going to wind it up I"
IL Will say That the guests danced
nntli q late or rather early hour in the
morning"