Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1882-02-23
How He Reported the Wedding,

whether this is right! .
"Don't know whether what is right p
demlnded the managing editor.
This wedding | went there last
night and they gave me a heap of rot
about their frocks, but | don't kaow
whether it comes out straight or not
Now here is Mrs. Isaac Belding, I've
got her in a pannier silk, trimmed
Ia gIos grain, with black lace under
skir, and box plated hair. Does that
sound naturdl?'
"Who sent you to wedling?' asked
the managing editor contemptuousIy.
Don't you know that grOs grain is Il
color. That was gros grain, box
plated dress, trimmed a Ia black point
lace, and her hair was cOmsed en- PAN
nisr. You ought to know better than
to get things mixed that way. Who
else did you get? How was the bride
dressedY y
! "l've got her all right" replied the
police reporter. "She wore white
bou6ant, with a Princess of Thule veil /;
the underskirt cut decoliette around the
bottom, and trimme! with a basque at
the Sides
That's better, said the managing
editor, encourAginely. "That sounds
something like. How was her hairT
"IIer hair was shirred," replied the
police reporter. "Shirred at the sides
and corsaged on top"
81 don't balieve that's right" OBJ
served the managing editor. "Read
that again."
alt was corsaged at the side and
shirred on top" said the police report
er, referring to his notes.
"Of course" smiled the managing
editor. at makes all the difference in
the world. You never saw woman
with her hair corsaged on top in your
life. WHO else have you got?'
"ITere'5 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,"
81 know that STYLE" said the man
aging editor, resting his elbows on his
desk and his chin on his hands. at
had a bigrip down the back, didn't ity'
"That's it, like V and tied up with
a green shoe string"
"Of coursel" grinned the managing
editor. "You can't fool me on frocks.
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, it was the color of a clam, -
said the police reporter.
"Oh, yes! Yes, yes! know. You
want to say that it was gorgeous,
deep sea pearl colored business, trim,
med with a gore en- Po,f, and caught
at the side with a delicate floral de,
sign, which was especially rich in its
artistic effect. Did you get her hairY'
"IIer hair was French. | had ii
somewhere, but | don't find it. 1t was
either French or Spanish, and | forget
which,"
"YOu ought to be careful about such
things, but well call it u IA Pyrenees
and she can take her pick rs to the
side of the mountains she belongs to
Who else was there?'
"Mlss Jennie Smith was the brides
maid. She wore silk socks, with 4
streak of yellow tapestry UP the side
Her hair was bumped"
How do you mean9" demanded the
managing editor.
at was plastcred down in front and
stuck up behind, like a hens tail"
Banged! you mean. How was hel
dress cutY'
"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 petticOat that show
ed the whole front and was trimmed
with some cloudy stuff that had drop
ped down at one end. That back parI
was the energy, though, and she called
it train, with some kind of a Law
term in front of il"
"Was it revised statutesp" asked tht
editor.
"No, that wasn't it"
did it have anything to do will
alimony and the custody of children ?
THAT wasn't it. 1t was train will
: something legal in front of it. l triet
to remember, because they have it il
the city hall"
Couldn't have been anything abou
? contempt of court, could it?'
"That's i'll" exclaimed the police rt
porter; a court train, and up aroun
= the lower part of the top part of the
j j of where it hooked on the body part
i you knoww
= "The bustle?'
g "Yes, she had it tied up with broac
:, white tape and the darndest big boV
= knot you ever saw"
8 Certainly, that's right" said Il
If managing editor "You want to SO
d that she had a court train looped baC
h with delicate tape so as to show Il
,e contour of the petticoat which WI
t, elaborately trimmed with loops
le linen."
81 see," replied the police reporte
mating a memorandum. "Her cous
was Miss Mears of Quogue. on
d, got her hair. 1t was perched on tC
'r with reoerS, and had big pair of s
+ yer tongues stuck through the hir
10 part Better say anything about that
=, Certainly. You've got it right, d
ts n they have a big supper|
~o ~ "They had boned head cheese al
W candy and lobster and some shal
~ ~ stuff. Lots of wine."
a "EhW
y "You betW
~ "Then, just give the caterers nan
lv m and say that on this occasion the tab
!, y fairly groaned under the weight of h
- - excellent provisions, and even the mo
y a fastidious appetites succumbed to u
a. u charms of his delicacies. How are "
IN going to wind it upw
ar ~ 81 say that the guests danced until
o. a. late, or rather an early hour in Il
~ morning"
n n THAT'S businessl' smiled the mana
~ ~ ing editor. "If you do it as well
% r that last part, you've got a magazil
70 article"
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