Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1896-11-12
HIRE "a HACK WITH A CREST
No Extra Charge, and Anyone Can Easily
ttl lie Accommodated

fNl he Accommodated
"Can you hire carriage with crest
Or d coat of arms? Why, sure. Any
time you want. Come around and I'll
at you out in good shape, and no extra
charge either"
p Not one, but many, tenderloln livery.
men say SO, and it's the easiest thing in
the world for them to carry out their
word. Several of them have crests OF
their own, and dhalfa dozen of the hotels,
whose carriages they house, also sport
crests. And there you are. No matter
II there are people on the street who
cant be deceived by the arms, there are
thousands of others who don't know
the difference. AS to getting carriages
with family crests on them, that is an
other matter. Nearly all the families
who use their crests in that way keep
their carriages in private stables. There
are few who hire carriages by the
month-called monthlies by the trade
land during the summer when the folk
are out of town the vehicles can be seen
carrying n somewhat different class of
people thans oeeupy-them IN the town
season. One cannot hope to roll about
in carriages bearing the crests of the
Cuttings, or the Schuylers, or the Bel
monts, Havemeyers, Fishers, Living
stons, De Peysters, Jays, Lawrences or
score of others. As to monograms.
why, anyone can have his marked on
a carriage from his regular stable, and
when the owner of the device isn't hir.
ing the carriage anyone else can. But
when vehicles with real crests can be-
had, no pretender with any pretension
wants to put up with monograms. OF
the aristocratic people who happen to
prefer monograms to crests, they, too,
keep their carriages either in private
stables or reserved exclusively for
themselves in high-grade public stablea.
One liverman tells in this way how
he came to use crest for himself: "We
used to run carriages for several hotels,
each of which had its own crest. II n
call for q carriage came from one hotel,
and all of theirs happened to be out
we sent them carriage with the crest
of another hotel on the door. That al
ways made trouble. Neither hotel
liked the change, and both kicked
Finally we got tired and adopted crest
of our own-just had par of antlers
painted on the door"
Give hotel an English or Dutch
name and it can easily get an arm
The Windsor has the Windsor arm:
and stag's head. The Holland uses the
Holland arms without the supporters
The Waldorf combines the Waldorf
Dutch arms, with fanciful letter "
inside an oak wreath. The Plaza has
a lions head inclosed by a rope. The
Netherland displays the Dutch state
arms.
The carriages with these hotel crests
can be hired by anyone who wants t:
bowl along the parkways in style. Tho
multitude will be impressed if they sec
the decoration. AS for the other folk
! who cares?
Coats of arms seldom 20 on car,
riagss. Instead, the smaller crests are
| generally used.
The oldest combination of crested
carriage and sham gentility is seen In
some funeral professions. Carriages
of aristocratic demeanor show crests
on the doors and cigar smoke at the
windows. The faces seen in glimpses
suggest nothing heraldic, and the atti
tudes of the occupants show that tht
mourners are bound to get as much
comfort out of the affair as the corpse
Several columns of these carriages pass
over the Thirty-fourth street ferry
nearly every daY.-N. Y. Press.