The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1882-01-10
WEDDING OUTFITS.
Fabulous Sums Expended In Pre-
pairing q Bride for the
Altar.

Was about to make reply, when be rjscu-
lated:
"Oh, | merely Ask for information.
am not 20 quest OF one. / am u rcpor.
| ter
oh" and sinking into chair, sh-
bcckonei her visitor - 4 -eat, AID then
lowering Ter shoulders, she said:
Well. don't YOU knos that the cost l.
purchaser
Always"
well, let me think. No-o-o. they ar-
DOT, But OF that viii explain when
have -elilcd the answer 10 your qu.-iiou.
What il the cost OF wedding outf,
Among the very wealthy the cost is unUr-
nous i; you take into consideration iii TN.
goods, dresses and fabric which 70 T.,
make up the brides irouSsesu Whcn,
hoa.ver. rs ] take ii, you ncrly regard
the dress in which ta- bride goes L. "a.
altar, ,h.- c"-j range, iron, 500 Ia s>yi
snd II on. We h~v. made them iyr ali
tf... prizes"
We'll, tell u, nov :ibout ~. p.i,-s Trg;.-'
lated by tic size u! the parsc oi .ic pur-
ch2s.'r"
Why -Dme people max. purchy-,s not
accurUi!n: !" ineir puT-,, but a,lUT :Ia: 1"
What they would like their purse 10 H.
You understand - Taking iron, iny iahi:
:. gasiue. she ra.d. ~ sllc lhainu-d jhr
pages:
'I.c-i; al tho. design, Tor un.!crNvar.
MN, Iiai j, ~hai 49, call Viii, ,y",.,
We have mad" them ur for brid.s 10 ih.-
cs.et vi ;! ..yp1. AID arc nov nIins ZAP :Dr ::
Mi-s Coos underwear that Si.i cu-l ever
:: ,'s-'. From this YOU may judSc -: ia,
,,ric,. al I wedding outfit. Eul Ia h. >iu-
c..re, rc aiId ali designers ami i.ui~'.rg-
I.r, ier to haze - customers tho. mo -,
nri Secn the very high figure, and ;hc i.,"-
pie who l. ave no tgup> ST sill. They AZ,
prompt in the settlement al their 'shi.-a-
lions and 40 not find - much isuli ~
bore yDu 60 death trying Ia cNpisin IA.
crt aud design Of SOME garu,cul which. a,
is thew put IL. they admied LaHs ia mc
ia some thing ~ sn,jh.r"
Why dihn': iLer ;,rt il them"
Well, the sn,N'r Io HAT question
brings n- Ia jls; that point va AFRAID Ia
mass telling NOa. IL viii Uv. | take az.
oi more inlep 81 than HEy other in your
story. Th.-c i"il- would .et ihe-, good
there IL IL were n"i fnr ih. far, that Ne IN
Wv E'sn NJ PIC q. All'
old ci:.es Iu The artistic finish sud iva;.iJ
81 our woik. We sse Tar ahead - regards
work sanship."
hen IL L. Il, comin. Fashionable. ~ ps;-
rOnize domestic indas!ries:'
Well. that - "a! tina; holds trade r..-
with London AMI Paris, but tine hold J. {.
very slight, ana 1, becoming weaker our
work 10 breaking the iies, snd SOON 1t will
10. en ressie 10 get good. mere"
The trade this year.
We arr just A. busy ~ ~ csn &c. ami /,
- s2y all our I-"pie. Now, to prove L. !
VOC that Ne are, just look ~ that young .
lady. since I've been here chatting with /
You she has been trying - catch nv eve. /
She Is anxious aud an & hurry TO ~ me 1
about work. Good day" she Has gone. /
Picking his steps ever boxes and bundl,o. .
bowing and asking pardon Tor awkward ,
jostling against veil dressed Iadies, which I,
Inc reporter discovered siterwari aerc
gay figures draped in snowy dresses and .
cloak, the home OF well known rc-tauT-
an:er sas visited.
.'On the cost" ne said. depends un the
purse aud TASTE OF the person ordering. Oi
ate, outside of lev breakfasts, We do not
have much call for the elaborate spreads
q yesrs ago. Then the wedding ceremony
ran into ga,irnnomy, and We hai Uur
ianos iuil. But strange 10 cav, we are
making much more money now than then"
How i that
"Well, our trade is now with the middle
,lasses Ii has become fashionable with
hem to give spreads at their wedding
casts, and We furnish everything down tO
he knife, fork aud spoon. We even take
:harge oi the doors. one Of our waters act
ng as stew ard OF the house
Gan vou rcsli some iesst which {"
,lrmoTy j. dear?'
Yes, there are number of them which
reference, 10 my books would shos acr.
lear" =
"No. p-an these that you delight 10
hink oy.r-thst mark epochs IN the wears
i your business
oh, Yes. Let me sac. Yes. yuu ~
member the grand diamond wedding of
BARTLETT vedo some twenty five years ago.
ory of fashionable New York. | supplied
he menu Tor that occasion. and nv bill :
ras =, S65. The R"oseveit-Sewal and
iclean- 4 rms;rOng weddings were also y.
cry notable in my line. Now my bills On 4.
p in the hundreds, rsreiy reaching the !
bat then there an. plenty ni
hem. think ali sraiesmen much pre- =.
y the middle classes than TO have the up i.
cr Ten hold it concIusively."
The aboye remark was echoed by tao !
eii-knonn florists on upper Broadway.
hen they were asked what VA the extent
The trade I'm flowers Tor weddings. Adj !!
ing to the reply, they half nuttered ont, :.
Eut one good funeral il worth two wed- :.
inys." One of these gentlemen, IL he :.
eered over the bank of flowers piled on '
i counter said:
The way We DO things now, j, tn take :.
ie job of decorating the house ri 81 much. ;,
nd then we ire in plants and flowers aud :. :,
-eepers ali over. About $50 or 500 will :.
ecora'e a house 80 that you wouldn't :
now it"
lis there much business st that price :
ping on now?" -
Well, yes; there's considerable doing at =,
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