The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-05-17

large. and there is no WAY of as.ert.i,
ing how large il j.. The American wi
wants "A coat of arms and has not O,
one usually adopts II which pleases h
eye. without regard To any other consie
erailons. II England supporters are SO
dom granted with coats IF arm. 10 an
but members Of the peerage. But Amel
cans must have eyervthing Of the finest
and therefor" they usually take SUPPORT
ers u themselves. There is one vrr
rich and famous family in taiS city
though Of humble origin. which IispIav
a coat of arms with four supporters in
stead OF the two which usually -ati,f,
English ducal families.
There Is, however. 4 great deal of dis
satisfaction with this irregular state O
things. Mr.. Ward 4EcAllis.ee. the ar
bitter of fashion. said il should not be tnI
Grated. Goats 81 a ms. he says. shouli
De registered AT Il / raj l. office. as the
are III England auC otner well regulated
European countl@es. Then we should
Know who Were entitled to them. how
they got them an | 80 forth.
Il propose, said Mr.. Mc.Allistcr. THAT
the American lerali's office should he
established a. one of the departments of
The federal government AT Washington.
ms Is a very practical suggestion. The
government would be able to put a tax
on rarlnorial bearings and i'm that W.,
raise "A large revenue. as the English
government does. It is one of the hap
plesf ways OF raising IA tax l can think
o1. Members Of fashionable society and
all Inc other persons taxed would be
pleased by il, and no one, | think, can
chow any good reason against it.
Il know II Is cas- for You to assert
that Americans have no business with
coats OF arms and such things because
they are relics of feudalism, but that i,
NONSENSE. They are not any more harm
1ui relies Of feudalism than manyo of our
social customs. Fashion requires us to
use them, and fashion must be obeyed.
II Is merely a matter of fashion. Aman
with a coat of arms is mo- likely TO be a
more dangerous plutocrat han :; rich
mar without one. Besides. armorial
bearings are ornamental and look well
on silver and china. That is one of the
best reasons for having item.
Il must say IA few wore Il, to who bas
u night to Use them. 1t is not uace,-
sarN that a family should obtain them
by grant from the English or some
other European king. 1t is euough
/. they have been used since the Begin
nlhs Of the conntry's history. or for
three generations. In England any p
Spectacle person not in retail trade can
get a coat Of arms by paying for It.
II DU-ASfIpT4t5v- t4ta,,- ----
came oyer t. TINS country who had n
right to bear the arms Of their family.
Their descendants settled il different
parts of the Union and are now III tbs
tuilest manner entitled te Use arms. on
the other hand, many linen Of wealth aaa
mgh social standing. INIT moi o. ari~fp-
cratic origin. have adopted them since
the practice became fashionable. a. they
a perfect right To do. These falni-
lies VIII transmit their arms to their de-
s~cendant5 Hafll they become dr. interest.
as thos@ Of aristocratic E~uro,eau
There are soine interesting anecdotes
20 be told OF the introduction of COATS oP
arms lntothe general society of this city.
course there are a few New York fam
lies VINO Aave Used them continuously
since the creation Of the COLONY. but
Hhen the practice first became general
| was received with IA good deal of OBJ
Gordon Hamerslev used to
ay that his crest was useful IT, tell him
which was his carriage. Colonel Thorne.
VIC married Miss %Jauncey, went 10 En-
10 "ears and established him
ell IN Paris, living as no other Amer
had ever doLe. He took the British
through his hotel. who. after !
1eTlhg its interior and it, stables. I
to Colonel Thorne. eXclaiminv. ]
you say you do all this on gig 0nD |
year. 1t Is marvellous On return
IL to America to live the colonel turned {
ut Ill this city positions with his coat |
arms embroidered oil the left sleeve d
each position. This created such a +.
ulnpus, the population In sing him as L
e drove by, that he was compelled to
withdraw them. q
'.Some OF our best people We're pii- .
rims and Huguenots, who Oh reaching :,
MS country and establishing themselves y
ere abjured such vanities as coats of I
as a nonarchical institution. This c
10o al feI. We'll III Inc pesilHlhg. but .
be blue law have faded. We no longer :
u~ltiyate primitive simplicity. but with ,
realth and age we turn to luxury and q
among lis necessities the Use of coats =
( arms. The necessity and love OF the
for title or some designation i,
{ distinction, plain Dir. not filling the '
ill., is illustrated i'll the west ami
Duth. For 10 years or more it has d
cen a universal custom to bestow q
title on ali men who have risen :
bove mediocrity, such as governor, gen
captain. colonel. it being purely t
onorary. such titles men carry through
fe with this le". Of ours for individual ! g,