A JUDGE OF FASHION.

North Otago Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 8161, 16 April 1895, Page 4

A JUDGE OF FASHION.

An amusing case came boforo Judge "ogshawe, at the Brenton County Court, England, recently. Miss Selma Uroy, of Eccleston road, Eiling Doan, sued Mrs J. Whit", her dressmaker, for fift n en shilling* , in respecb to dr. ss matcr'al, which the plaintiff alleged was nob tnado up a 9 per order. Plaintiff said sho supplied dofondanb with nm^iial to make her a dress Tho Judge : F must spe the dresa, although I am not much of a judge of fashion — (Laughter.) Where's the defendant ? A gontloman in the courb : T am, your Ifonor —(Laughter.) The Judge : J3ub you didn'b make tli e diess? Mr White : No, your Honor. My wife did, bub she is unable to bo prefect. His Honor : Let me look ab tho dross Then, amidsb continuous laughter, the Judge carefully exarainod the bodice and skirt, which he said in his opinion were quite up to dato as • egards cut and fashion. P aiutili handed his Honor a ladies 1 journal, illustiated with the latesb Paris fnsl)ion3 His Honor : Tho figures as shown hero have very small waiats.— (Loud laughter.) To plaintiff: Is ib with the waist you find fault ?— (Laughter.) Plaintifl : Oh, no, sir. The yoke ig not as I ordered it to be. The Judge: The yoke? Now you puzzle me. Plaintiff's mother: Round tho broast, my Lord. — (Laughter.) His Honor : I think tho besb thine to do is for the lady to fit the dross on. Defondant of course would nob see ib tried on.-— (Laughter.) Mr White: No, your Honor: I fehruldn'b like to. Tho Judg- If I ara Rny ■ } I must say that the bodice" and skirt are very wo ll mado, and T do nob consider I hat any of tho material supplied by the plaintiff has been wasted, and she was nob therefoio justiliod in refusing to take the dress and pay the price demanded. Tho plaintiff's mother: Velvet should havo been lob in the yoko. ! The Judgo : Thero soema no neccs^ sily for mo to see the dress fitted on — (Laughter) I shall give judgment tor the defondant, without costs. A small boy in the court laughed so heartily duriog the proceedings that he almost went into convulsions, and had to be takpn out of court into the fresh air by his father.

A London magistrate has deoided • hat a piano or fiddle played by a neighbor after elpvon o'clock at, night may bo dealt with as a nusiance. lioloro that hour ib caanob be so regarded. The Prince of Wales ha 3h a3 given a blow to the practice of cropping dogs' e«w by announcing that he has never allowed any dog belonging to him to be mutiliitod. To keep ferns alive in a warm room try wetting the leaves e»ch day with tepid water. ' wuu