The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1889-03-12
HATS IN TIE COMMONS.
The Important ParE In-, ,ay ana ,u,
Legislative Life oI EugIand.

Legislative Life az England.
A strict etiquette governs the wear
.ng OF hats in the Commons An
! honnIahl" '.'..'.h',. who. i-.~~..,-,t 90
fOrgetful of the forms OF the House,
attempted to- walk To- his seat when
covered. would be mot with loud cries
of order" and although an absent
minded member sometimes does 50 lac
has never been known To repeat it. He
must only wear his hat when seated.
Directly he rises he must dOff it,
though hc may only wish to speak to a
member behind him or to get "a paper
from the table. II amy bill or resolu-
ton for which he is responsible is
mentioned 10y the Speaker IA member
raises his hat aud does not rise, and
the same il done when another men,
Der alludes to him in the course of a
spee'h or answers Il question which he
has put. If he Is not wearing his hat
at the time. he Immediately puts it on
and then raise, ii in Acknowledgement
This practice has given rise to some
funny cnntrctemps. as when an honor
able member who was remarkable for
very small head urconsciOuSly picked
up the hat of the member next 10 him
IN mistake for his Owu. This member
happeIe, To- he chiefly remarkable for
a very large head, and his hat was like
an cXtin@uishcr " hen put ON his fellow
member and had very ludicrous
effect.
OF cours". Il member never speaks in
his hat. eArrpt on one occasion. which
we shall notice presently. lie gener-
ally places il carefully on the seat he
has just vacated. II he = going 10 make
a long speech aad his throat requires
fabrication, hi> hat ! To" receptacle for
q glass OF TatT.., which Is replenished
from time 10 time by IN attentive
friend. Ai,r,t2rS ara generally col
lectcd enough - yculcm'rT. " hen they
sit down. - be careful to remove their
hats from he bench.
This is not invariably the case. how
ever. for an honorable member a short
time AGO required 81 universal noto-
riety in the iiuuSc u~ the member
who III; on his lat" lie mad Just fin
ishcd :: maiden speech of some length,
and in the excitement az the moment
entirely ;CI-rt ih:.j q shiny and we'll
brushed .';ilc' occupied his seat. He
sat down suddenly, rather more sud
denly. perhaps. tnau he had foreseen
for maiden ~pccchc~ urc famous for
unccrtainties-auI he -at. unlOrtu-
naiely. ou hi, hat. We arc not aware
that tacrc WAS Il glass o. water in il.
but there might nave been. and the
example should he borne IN mind by
rising. or cr!ap- 80 ~hnulG say sink
Ing. orators.
We have inn .'tcd that there is one
occasion On which Al mcm!scr can. or
rather. according ~ the rules must,
address The House with his hat on.
This happen, when The House has
been cleared FOR /. iivi~..a. and when
a member d,-irr~ 90 raise :; point of
order 10 mara ia" G.,t that the de-
bate has been c'o,cd aEd ihs Interrupt
ton Is purely incidental. he member
must speak sitting. and with his hat
on.
liz addition tu -. USo~ az hats i'll the
House Ia ,.li.h W. have referred,
there l. another and very common
one M m"mhcr being allowed to
claim ~ II RICH; tine possession az any
seat che t,u,rr lay which they are
held being priority az occupatiOn) ex-
cept liz certain eases SLOWED rs Il mat
ter of courtesy tEe Practice has arisen
OF IN embcrs lc; wing their hats on the
seats they desire to occupy during the
sitting Washington STIR.
Electrified How dare youp Re-
lease ne or III scream" Pardon me,
fair maiden. did but try To show you
how they are going To execute crimi-
mails by electricity. have done
wrong. Farewell. ! sill for the Phil
opuena Island this afternoon at three"
..Stay, did M, understand. The sem
sation is not altogether disagreeable
TO me. Electrify RE some more."-
BRAKES WdGoyiac.
-"You seem TO have qaite a sum
I'm your bank. Bobby" remarked the
visitor. Yes" said Bobby, INA