Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1882-05-02
Reporting the Wedding.
THE EFFORTS OF AN UNTRIED SOCIETY
REPORTER IN DESCRIBING DRESS.
fFrom the Brooklyn Easle.l

Il say " 60l0 the pOllCo I0pUItoE, Glp
ping his hat over his eyes and scratch ;
ing the back of his head; II don't
knpw whether this is right"
"Don't know whether what Is right?"
demanded the managing editor.
"This wedding. I went there last
night, and they gave me q heap of rot
about their frocks, but don't know
whether 1t comes out straight or not.
Now, here is Mrs. Isaac Belding I've
| got her in q panier silk, trimmed q la
gros- grain. with black point lace under
skirt and box plated hair. Does that
sound natural ?"
"Who sent you to . wedding ?" asked
the managing editor eOntemptuously.
Don't you know that gros grain is q
color? That was q gros grain. box
plated dress, trimmed a la point lace,
and her hair was combed en- panier.
You ought to know better than to
get things mixed that way. What
else did you yet? How was the bride
dressed 2"
"I've got her all right" replied the
police reporter. ''She wore white
bouffant with Princess Of Thule veil |;
| The underskirt cut decollete around the
bottom, and trimmed with basque at
the Sides"
"That's BETTER" said the managing
editor encouragingly. THAT sounds
| something like. How was heE 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 part again."
ut was corsaged at the sides and
shfrred on top" said the police reporter,
referring to his notes.
"Of course" smiled the managing
editor. sit makes all the difference in
the world. You never saw q woman
with her hair corsaged on top in your
life. Who else have you got 2"
"Here is the brides mother. She
pranced around in an irridescent bead.
side with some kind of q plant; I've
forgotten the name of it,"
II know that STYLE" said the manag
ing editor. resting his elbows on his
desk and his chin on his hands. ut
had a big rip down the back, didn't 1t 2"
That's it, like v, and tied up with
| green shoestring."
| "Of COURSE" grinned the managing
editor. you can't fool me on frocks
| You want to say that 1t was-what colo
did you say the sboestring was? Green
Then the frock must have been red"
mo, it was the color of clam," said
the police reporter.
"Oh, yes! Yes, yes. know. You
| want to say that it was gorgeous.
| pearl. colored business, trimmed with q
| gore or pouf, and ought on the side
with delicate floral design, which was
especially rich In its artistic effect. Did
you get her hair?"
"Her hair was French. I had it
somewhere, but don't find 1t. It was
either French or Spanish, and forget
which ?"
IIf'You ought to be careful about such
things, but we'll call it q Ia Pyrenees,
and she eau take her pick as to the side
Of the mountain 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.
| "How do you mean 2" demanded the
managing editor.
ut was plastered down in front and
stuck up behind, like a hens tail"
Banged! you mean. How was her
dress cut ?"
| We'll, it was an even st,eteh from
| the back of her neck half way up the
front stairs. That was one piece. Then
she had on q petticoat that showed the
whole front, aud was trimmed with some
cloudy stuff that had dropped down ar
one end The back part was the energy,
and she called it a train with some kind
of law term in front of it,"
"Was it revised statutes ?" asked the
editor.
mo, that wasn't it,"
Hn;I houo on ufhin IN do rnffI, nj
mony and the custody of the children ?"
"That wasn't it. It was train with
something legal in front of it. I tried
to remember. because they have it in
the City Hall.
"Couldn't have been anything about
contempt of court, could It"
s.That's it ?" exclaimed the police re
porter: "a court train, and up around
the lower part of the-the top of the-of
where it hooked on to the body part,
you know!'
1.-The hustle 2"
Eyes, she had it tied up with broad,
white tape and the darndest big bow
knot you ever saw"
"Certainly; that's right" said the
managing editor. "You want to say
that she had court train Topped back
with delicate tape so as to show the
contour of the petticoat which was elab.
orately finished with loops of linen"
II see," replied the police reporter,
making a Memorandum. "Her cousin
was Miss Mears, of Quogue. I only
got her hair. It was poached up on top
with rivers and had a big pair Of silver
tongs stuck through the hind part. Bet
ter say anything about that?
"Certai0ly. You've got it right.
Did they have big support"
'sThey had boned head cheese, and
candy, and lobster and some shaky
stuff Lots of wine."