Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1882-05-11
REPORTING The WEDDING.
THE EFFORTS OF An UNTRI ED SOCIETY
REPORTER IN DEsCRIBING DRESS.
From the Brooklyn Eagle.

From the Brooklyn Eagle.
Il say!' said the police reporter,
tipping his hat over his eyes and
scratching the back Of his head /; Il
don't know whether this is right
Don't know whether what 10
right = demanded the managing
editor.
This wedding. I went there
last night, and they gave me a
heap Of rot about their frocks, but
I don't know whether it comes out
straight or not Now, here Is Mrs.
Isaac Belding, I've got her in a
panier silk, trimmed a la gros
grain, with black point lace under
skirt and box-plaitsd hair. Does
that sound natural!
sWho sent you to wedding =
asked the managing editor con-
temptuously. 'Don't you know
that gros grain is color Tha:
was gros grain, box-plaited dress,
trimmed a la blace point lace, aud
her hair. was combed ea, pdnae,'.
You ought TO know better than to
get things mixed that way. What
else did you geta How was the
bride dressed I
'Pve got her all right replied
the police reporter. She wore a
white bouf1ant with Princess OF
Thule veil the undersklrt cut de-
colieto around the bottom, and
trimmed with a basque at the sides.
That's BETTER said the manag-
ing editor, enconragingly. That
sounds some thing like. How was
her hair 2
'Her hair was shirred,' replied
the police reporter. 'Shirred at
this sides and corsaged on top
4 don't believe that's right OBJ
served the managing editor. Read
that again.
1t was corsaged at the side and
shirred on top said the police re-
porter, referring to his notes.
'Of course smiled the managing
editor. 1T makes all the difference
in the world. You mover saw a
woman with her hair corsaged on
top in your life. Who else have
you gcts'
Here's the brides mother. She
pranced areand in an irridesceni
bead, cut low-necked and hoisted
up on the side with some kind Of 8
plant I've forgotten the name ot
it,
Il know that Style said the man.
aging editor, resting his elbows on
his desk and his chin on his hands
1t had big rip down the back
didn't it 2
That's it, like V, and tied ul
with green shoestring.'
'Of course grinned tho manag-
ing editor. you can't fool me OF
frocks. You want to say that i
was a-what color did you say til,
shocstrlng was ? Green : Then th'
frock must have been red.'
NO, it was the color of a clam,
said the police reporter.
'Oh, yes! Yes, yes, know
Ycu want to say that it was ger
geous, deep sea, pearl-colored bus
iness, trimmed with gore or pou1
and caught on the side with a Gel
icate floral design, which was es
peclally rich in its artistic effcc
Did you got her hair 2
Her hair was French. l had
; somewhere, tut l don't find it.
was either French or Spanish, an
I forget which,
You ought to be careful abo,
5 such things, but we'll call it a
+ Pyrenees, and she can take h
pick as to the side of the mountain
che belongs to. Who else W
there's
Miss Jennie Smith was Il
r. bridesmaid. She wore silk socl
with streak Of yellow tapestry ,
the eide. Her hair was bumped.
'How do you mean + demand
= the managing editor.
st was plastered down in fro
and stuck up behind, like hel
tall
Banged you moan. How v
her dress cut =
Well, it WAS All even stretch fir
the back of her neck half way
the front staire. That was {
piece. Then she had on pei
coat that showed the ,whele fro
and was trimmed with some clio,
stuff that had dropped down at
j. end. The back part was tie en-
gy, though, and she called
train, with some kind OF law t.
in front of it.'
WAS it revised statutes a.
the editor.
No, that wasn't it,
'Did it have anything to do j.,
K3<s q tiroonv opd tho cnefo1u of