Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-03-25
a WEDDING REPORTER,
who Was Not wholly Familiar
with the Terms Most in
Use In Fashionable
society.

Brooklyn Easle.l
II say" said the police reporter,
tipping his hat over his eyes and
scratching the back of his head, II
don't know whether this is right
Don't know whether what is right?"
demanded the managing editor.
This wedding. | went there last
night and they gave me heap Of rot
about their frooks, but l don't know
whether it comes out straight OF not.
Now here is Mrs. Isaac Bedding. I've
got her in a pannier silk, trimmed a
Ia grOs grain, with black point lace
underskirt and box plated hair. Does
that sound natural p
WHO sent you to a weddingl" asked
the managing editor contemptuously.
Don't you know that gros grain is a
colorl That was a gros grain, box
plated dress, trimmed a la black
point lace, and her hair was combed
en- pannier. You ought to know bet
ter than to get things mixed that way.
Who else did you getY How was the
bride dressed ?"
I've got her right replied the
police reporter. She wore white
bouhant with Princess of Thule veil;
the underskirt cut decollete around
the bottom aud trimmed with a basque
at the sides"
That's better" said the managing
editor, encouragingly. THAT sounds
something like. How was her hair 2"
Her hair was shirred, replied the
police reporter. "Shirred at the sides
and corsaged on top"
Il don't believe that's right" OBJ
served the managing editor. Read
that again"
1T was corssged at the sides and
shirred on top" said the police re-
porter, referring to his notes.
"0f course" smiled the managing
editor. ut makes all the difference
il the world. You never saw a woman
with her hair corsaged on top in your
life. Who else have you got ?"
Miss Jennie Smith was the brides
maid. She wore silk seeks, with a
streak of yellow tapestry up the side.
Her hair was bumped"
How do you mean?" demanded
the managing editor.
ut was plastered down in front and
stuck up behind. like a hens tail. j."
Banged, you mean. How was the
dress cutP"
well, it was an even stretch from
the back of her neck halt way up the
front stairs. Then she had on petit
coat that showed the whole front and
was trimmed with some cloudy stuff
that had dropped down at one end.
That back part was the energy,
though, and she called it train with
some kind of law term in front of
it."
WAS it revised statutes p asked
the editor.
"No, that wasn't it.
did it have anything to do with
alimony and the custody Of the chill
dren 2"
That wasn't it. 1t was train with
something legal in front Of it. tried
to remember, because they have it in
the city hall. "
Couldn't have been anything about
contempt of court, could itY"
That's It'll" exclaimed the police
reporter; I" a court train, and up
around the lower part of the top part
of the of where it hooked on to the
body part, you kncwW
THE bustle?"
Yea; she had it tied up with broad
white tape and the darndeSt big bow
knot you ever saw.
II see" replied the police reporter,
making memorandum. Her cousin
was Miss Mears, of Quogue. | only
got her hair. 1t was poached on TOP
with revers, aud had a big pair Of sill
yer tongs stuck through the hind part
Better say anything about that?"
Certainly; you've got it right
Did they have a big supper"
They had boned head-cheese and
candy and lobster and some kind O
shaky stuff. Lots Of wine."
"Eh ~
You bet
Then just give the caterers name
and say that on this occasion the table
| fairly groaned under the weight 0
his excellent provisions, and even thu
most fastidious appetites succumbet
to the charms Of his delicacies. How
are you going to wind it up2"
II say that the guests danced till
late, or rather early, hour in tn
morning"
That's business !" smiled the man
aging editor. "If you do it as well a
the last part, you've got magazin
article"