The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-04-21
BUST was TIGHT.
Mrs. Gould Testiiles in Suit
for Payment Of a Waist.
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New York, April 2i.--The suit OF
Nile. Mirsbella, a Fifth avenue dress
maker, against Mrs. Howard Gould,
was heard today in the Eighth district
court by Judge Stiner, who tried TO
decide whether a blue panne velvet
and Russian lace waist, made by the
plaintiff, fitted the defendant, and
whether the defendant ought to pay
the dressmak-r SIS for Il. The de.
fense was that tue waist did not ct.
The three front rows OF seats in the
court room were filled with dress
makers from avenues other than Fifth,
who took notes of ali the technical ex-
pressions used by Mile. Mirabella rels.
tive to her art. One Of them had a big
sheet Of tissue pattern paper, in which
she punched little holes and then drew
lines from one hole to the next until
the finished product looked like q
Brooklyn street railroad map. In re-
ality it was a perfect pattern Of an
ss5 waist, the artist said
Mrs Gould, the defendant, wore a
black bolero jacket piped with gold.
~ had high collar with an inner col.
lar, which, with the belt and cuffs,
was trimmed with gold embroidery.
Her hat was black, with the plume on
the side, and her skirt was OF taffeta
silk, covered in part with stripes Of
lady's cloth. Judge Stiner wore the
conventional black Of the bench, with
the gloom relieved by buttonhole
bouquet Of red and white carnations.
Hester Craweher, Mrs. Gould's maid
wore an aRti-Audubon hat with MANY
aigrettes also blue walking SKIRT.
Opposing counsel wore large bosom
diamonds. Mile. Mirabela wore a
blue Eton jacket, plain walking skirt
of the same material, and feather
boa.
The FIRST witness was Mile Mira
bella. She said that she had made
the bu!e waist entirely in accordance
with Mrs Catherine O. Goud's wishes
and had delivered IL on Novenber 23.
The waist was returned 20 her, she
said, on the ground that u was not
properly made, and payment for IL
mad been frequently refused.
Then Nine. Loirrette, the first filter
Of the Iirabella esta ablishment, testi
| fed as al expert. Mrs. Gould then
then took the stand
Tell The whole story Of the waist, -
said the counsel for the defense.
81 saw 3 model that | liked in The
! dresSmaker's window" said the wit
ness, but ] never buy from models.
! / asked Tor a completed waist Of SINH
lar pattern. They showed me one
and gave the order TO be fitted. rs
| never 60 out 70 be measured Mira
bella sent q ter TO ny house She
| took nv shape in crinOtine and buck
ram, and went 70 work What she
made me did not At any place The
back WAS too long; the armholes, neck
and bust were too tight"
could you hook IL, button il, clasp
il, or close IL in any way?" asked Mrs
Gould's counsel.
mo. she replied
In cross examination the counsel
for Mile Mirabella began by asking
Mrs Gould why she had waited 80
long before returning the waist the
last time II was ten days, she said.
"Oh, don't know replied the de-
fendaut. II had had a little recep
tion at my house about that time, and
/ was ill.,"
"How could you toll it did not fit In
the back OF the neck? You can't see
the back of your neck, can you?" ask
ed the Juris'.