THE FIRST SILK DRESS.

Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume VI, Issue 333, 23 July 1875, Page 3

THE FIRST SILK DRESS.

'";-. , its Consequences:Mr. Warden Bjoad. of Eeefton, hadan .amusing-case to ,;decide>iUpon:ilast week, judging .from the reports of the local papers. The suitors were _Mrs. King and Miss Wyldis'h; : a dfessmiiker,' and the ; dispute was over a silk dress', 1 which was alleged on the ope hand to have been spoiled in the making,and^overchargedfor. " Tor upr wards of an hour the fair disputants are reported to have kept the Court! ih prie long paroxysm of laughter. Miss Wyjdish said,; amongst'other-things, that she was •a-"ladies , 'dressmaker," ahd'that was her style of making out accounts. She had charged 305.-..fpr, making the dress, 145.for.extras,3s. for cotton silk, and 15s. for ■"■ loss of time- in- : running: about for the ■account." In reply to' Mrs. King.the.defendant said ~,— u The extras have got nothing to do with you! That is my business. If you-knew what a silk dress was you would not talk so foolish. I have made silk dresses for ladies and you are , not, one, and I neyerdiad any trouble with the'rh."' You never;had before 'in'your life."''^Grearlaughter.) At a later stage of the proceedings the' plaintiff divested herself of part of her clothing, in .order to enable defendant explain to, the bewildered, iVJagistrJe the. points.of defect, in the,:di:ess J in,.dispute i but the expiariatiori _pnly made 'matters,worse. Invain .tlife, plaintifl"jstoodfor a Iquarter of.: an hour with;her [back towards the Magistrate, while,the defendant .was<manipulating her (the plaintiff's) pannier or Grecian bend, in order/tojpoint putits superiprity to the one in dispute. ■. jin yain the sleeves, the body, the.collar,)the-trimmings, ; the button holes; and the -hooks and eyes were pointed out to r his ; Worship.! liv-vain; the "pattern"; pannier was turned-up and -turned down, .this, way-and^that,. and-; almost wrenched .from "the well-developed ferm ofithe wearer."'; AtlasVtne.bell}gerent dress was pro-; .body, and' all—and ;:tho,,;defen(|flp.t. proposed,;,thaj£,;£hej dress should ,Be, tried on. for the special e]difica- .. tion of the : Bench t-, his' ; Worship ex-plained-that he'idid 1 hot know "what, ; tech- : ni'cally speaking; sbori'stituted '> a'" : gooll int."! The ;dress- might'fit ; like , ; a 'sentry.-box, and I This! the: dress "wasi.deposited'-ipon the lawyers' table, and. ,tHe cudgels,-; and proceeded -with the -case. : —"Finally ljudgment-was giyeprfq^; (S.Qs.J'fo'r making," aiid'ss. for Extras, and the ordered i^!* b Sgiven;upir,' ■-, \