Extraordinary Wedding Scene.

Te Aroha News, Volume IV, Issue 204, 21 May 1887, Page 4 (Supplement)

Extraordinary Wedding Scene.

A funny scene, worthy to be added to one of tho.se exceedingly droll situations winch abound in the famous" Chapeau de Failie d'ltalie,"' was enacted in the Rue de Rivoli, Paris. A wedding party of the true Parisian type were passing along the street, the bride, decked out in her spotless finery and orange favours, leading the way with her husband, who was arrayed in borrowed evening dress, surmounted by a slightly battered beaver. Behind the happy pair came the bride's father and mother j the rear being brought up by the sisters, the cousins, ana the aunts of thenewly-mariiied couple. The party were in good humour until they ai rived near the rather crowded part of the Rude de Rivoli which fringes the Hotel de Ville. Here an unlucky mwehande den quatre mi^on*, or costormongeAVof tlie female gender, overpowered, no dauht, by the budden blaze of beauty a.n.d brightness brought suddenly to bear wpon her, lost her presence of m*nd, and so manoeuvred her orange - ear,t >that she collided with the wedding paiity. The bridegroom and his bride managed to get out of the way by a dexteno.us .series of hops, .skip*, and jumps, executed in double quick time ; but the orange-cart cajne down with all its weight on the toes of ,the new Benedict's maternal relative by law. A terrible scene then issued. The mother-in-law assured those around her thai the female eostermonger had ruined her for tife, and that her toes were smAshed. The bride thereupon, leaving her husband's arm, gave the vendor of spring, summer, autumn, and winter products a few smart blows on the jaw, and manifested a dangerous interest in the capillary ornaments of the author of all the mischief. The feminine costermonger did not act on the scriptural hint, but gave the bride some pugilistic rejoinders, tore her spotless white dress to pieces, and danced on the orange blossoms and the veil. In the meantime the other members of the wedding party, Avith the exception of the mother-in-law, who had to be accommodated with a seat in an adjacent tavern and something comforting to drink, were engaged in a veritable street row with the friends of the marchande. des quatre saisons, when the police interfered and separated the combatants after some difficulty. The' matter was sifted at the station, where it was discovered that the injuries received by the mother-in-law were of a very slight and temporary character. The parties were, then discharged, but not before the female costermonger had taken out ft summons against tfwtoQ basty bride.