Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-05-27
HOSTETTER'S
STOMACH : BITTERS
Bridesmaids DRESSES


We'll said as | sank into a chair
and held up my mum to keep of the
heat OF the fire. what was It like?"
!. "Oh. very nice. You ought to have
come, he said. standing with his back
to the fire and thoughtfully filling his
pipe.
You know very well couldn't"
retorted. Tell me about it. How did
the bride look?"
AS well as is possible in such an
impossible get.up.'
What was the 'get.up' like"
"Oh, white, OF course, he said, pro.
ccedinG to light his pipe; and
great deal Of 1t. all folds and fun and
gauzy stun. 1t went out rather too
much"
How do you mean went out?'"
Didn't go down straight enough
tpuffD. It took mp too much room.
There was too much of it. She was
smothered in it; you could hardly see
her face. But It was the usual thing
You've seen it yourself scores OF
times"
Did she look nervOus?"
Not Bit" (chucking a match into
the fire and putting his hands into his
pockets. "She looked as II she en-.
joyed 1t. He looked ut blue. poor
fellow" tHopeless celibateD
We'll. what about tie brides
maids? How many were there"
About dozen. beginning tall and
ending up small"
And what did they wear?"
We'll. they had rather pretty
dresses. and took a good look at
them as they were walking up. What
do you call that stun like concer.
tina" he asked.
"Accordion.pleated" | suggested.
THE stuff | mean. not the way it's
done"
"Oh, chiffon" mo. not chiffon.
"Poult de soie?" mo" "Moussellne
de laine?" He shook his head.
"Panne?" | suggested. with a twitch.
ing lip.
How much" he asked. looking at
me with a shade of suspicion, to he
Immediately treasured by my fame OF
serious interest.
"Panne." repeated, and spelled it,:
"P.a.n.n.e."
Never heard of it, No; it was none
of those. It's a stun | know quite
well. only cant remember the name
Sometimes it's black. and you have
teagowns made of it,"
"Oh, crepe de chine"
Yes; that's II. Crepe de chine. Well
they were made Of rather pale yellow
crepe de chine, with lots Of lace and
fun all about" lie made a vague
gesture, implying that they were
swathed in it, And up at the tor
there was band of silk or satiny stuff
about as broad as that" Tie measur
ed few inches on his pipeD And
then up above that there was sort
of neck-only 1t didn't go up quite as
far as the neck-made OF lace; al
least. not exactly lace, but that stun
with holes in II. II didn't go up quite
high enough, though
THAT was a pity" murmured
What was wrong with II?
We'll, 1t ended off rather abruptly
just before it got to the neck. ant
made them look rather bare. 1t was
MT becoming; didn't suit their com
pleXions. Then they had white hats
all punched in at the top and sides
, ! 'Hc puHIHSu an imaginary nat VIII
the bowl of his pipeJ. with yellow
roses underneath"
There was a pause. And then. "Th,
, sleeves were the best" he went on.
2 What were they like" | asked.
, We'll, they were made of the lace
4 stuff-the stun with holes; and the.
, had tucks."
: Where" | asked.
I "All round here" he said trimming
his own coat.sleeve with imaginar
: tucks. They went down as far a
this" the indicated his elbow. AN
= then they went out again like ba
u loon. And then when they got dow
here" Indicating his wrist the
n went in again. and there was chiffo
t fuming over their hands"
S He looked round suddenly, "Wha
:. are you laughing at?" he asked, SUI
= piciously.
d I'm not laughing" | fibbed. Il al
= only thinking what a pity II Is 20
y have missed your vocation. 70
might have made fortune as a fasl
= ion writer for one of the ladies' pi
" pers."
u But not another word could | g
u out of him about the dresses.-M.
d b. in Philadelphia Telegraph.