The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1882-02-25
HOW HE REPORTED THE WEDDING


demanded the managing editor.
"This wedding. l went there last
night and they gave me heap of rot
about their frocks, but l don't know
whether it comes out straight or not
Now here is Mrs. Isaac Bedding. I've
got her in pannier silk, trimmed la
gross grain, with black point lace I'M
derskirt and box-plaited hair. Does
that sound natural ?"
"Who sent you to wedding?" asked
the managing editor, contemptuouSly.
"Don't you know that grosgrain is col
or? That was gros grain, box-plaited
dress, trimmed, a Ia black point lace, and
her hair was combed en- baHnier. You
ought to know better than to get things
mixed in that way. Who else did you
get? How was the bride dressed p
"I've got her all right" replied the
police reporter. "She wore a white
bOu6ant with a princess of Thule veil ;
the underskirt cut dec0Lzete around the
bottom and trimmed with a basque
at the sides"
''That's better, said the managing
editor, encouragingly. "That sounds
something like. How was her hair p
"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 corSaged at the side and
shirred on top" said the police report
er, referring to his notes.
"Of course" smiled the managing
editor. cit 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?"
"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 for
cotton the name of it..
81 know that style" said the manag-
ing editor, resting his elbows on his
desk and his chin on his hands. "It
had a big rib down the back, didn't it. -
"That's it, like V tied up with a
green shoe-string -
"Of course !" 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 clam," said
the police reporter.
"Oh, yes yes, yes 1 know. You
wanted to say that it was gorgeous,
deep sea pearl colored business, trimmed
with a gore en- bOyf and caught at the
side with a delicious floral design,
which was especially rich in its artistic
effect. Did you get her hair?"
"Her hair was French. I had it
somewhere, but l don't find it. 1t was
either French or Spanish, and l forget
which,. "
''You ought to be careful about such
things, but we'll call it la 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 brides
maid. She wore silk socks, with q
streak of yellow tapestry up the side
Her hair was bumped"
elbow do you mean ?" demanded the
managing editor.
cit was plastered down in front and
stuck up behind like hens tail. "
Changed, you mean. How was hel
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 peticoat that showed the
whole front and was trimmed with some
cloudy stuff that had dropped down on
one end. That back part was the ener
gy, though, with some kind of a law
term in front Of it. -"
"Was it revised statutes p
emo; that wasn't it. "
"Did it have anything to do with ali
mony and the custody of the children?
"That wasn't it. 1t was train with
something legal in front of it. l triec
to remember because they have in the
City Hall.
"Couldn't have been anything abou
contempt of court, could it ?"
"That's it !" exclaimed the police
reporter, court train, and up around
the lower part of the top part of the
of where it hooked to the body part, you
know -
"The hustle %
eyes; she had it tied up with broad
white tape and the darndest big bow
knot you ever saw.
Certainly; that's right" said thu
managing editor. 'You want to sa,
that she had court train looped bacl
with delicate tape SO as show the con
tour of the petticoat, which was finish
ed with loops of linen"
81 see," replied the police reporter
making a memorandum. "Her cousin
was Miss Mears, of Quogue. l onl,
got her hair. 1t was poached on to-
with refers and had big pair of silve
tongs stuck through the hind part. Bet
ter say anything about that p
Certainly. You've got it right
Did they have big supper ?"
"They had boned headcheese ant
candy and lobster and some shaky stuff
Lots of wine"
"Eh!",
"You bet !"
"Then just give the caterers nam
and say that on this occasion the tabl
fairly groaned under the weight of hi
excellent provisions, and even the mos
fastidious appetites succombed to tn
charms of his delicacies. How are 20
going to wind it up?"
'T say that the guests danced until
late, orrather an early hour in the morn
ing"
"That's business, smiled the manae
;nnaditor GeTfvou do If all rs well as thu