New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-02-21
THE ETIQUETTE OF THE HAT
HOW DIFFERENT PEOPLE Eoon
MANS HEADGEAR-WHAT fof'f''
ERs THINK ABOUT 1T.

Hats Off" ,.,, n all PARTS
these words have been heard LATELY III am COM.
80 tho country in the form or d requ''' - -
OIL '',e -, toa haan whispered in stage style
80. ,ba benefit of people who were nov d"N -
toor ,bano they have been printed IN pr0'e 1',.
verse in serious and in humorous 49,. hr angry
heep shouted imperatvely in puohc P,a' a,o.
men The hat in question was IN al IS we've
mans and the efforts 10 coipe ~, wearing
q from, her head in public places "he'o W w. bo
- .ha r,iobt Interfere with the view Oh .hose ~
cir behind it have even suggested e9'sla' % -
subject The recent occurrence III thc o'" ~. -
missioner Roosevelt, when he asked q 'e.' ~
r,er 70 remove his cap in his presence gives ."e
.r,rord that's off" new significance ana rna"e'
Gonna neonle believe that it may be aho'"ei 'SP
toward the adoption OF European customs $780,.
:, hoe been suggested that uniforms are derived
from the military and that they were auop'eu, ~
only by great corporations puI ov "'",'' " ~.
Federal and municipal departments, ana even oy
80 hueinass concerns to promote discipline anu
N make the men who wear them more conscious
of their worth The hat or cap belonging 10 '''.
itarv uniform is much a part OF H. SQUIRE soy
as the coat and no soldier would be asked u le
move his cap IT, while on duty, he came Nl'' '"'
nraserce NJ a superior After the military the IdI-
gest body of uniformed men in the country Is proo
ably the police, and with them the hei1et OF hd -
considered a part of the UNIFORM ana oHiCeiS wa
them when they command others to remove thcir
hats MISCONCEPTIONS sometimes remove their Gays
r,hen they enter a. private house. but those VINO
do not do so are taken 10 task for IT, as RUE
although they belong to a different class OF UNI
formed people than the letter-carFieis' anu "'s"I
be classed with servants
Postmaster Dayton's view that letter-carrlers
ebo,d remove their caps evidently not looked upon
as correct by the heads Of some other departments
the employees OF which wear uniforms. man VINO
had business recently at the office of the Superintend-
ent Of Buildings had this to say on the SUBJECT Inc
recep,ion room is small, and while waited 10 see
a. ( su.a- uniformed
If whom wore caps to correspond with their clothes
After long time succeeded in getting into the Su-
perintendents office and found him sitting al MS
desk with his uniform cap on his head. our inter-
view lasted about half hour. and In that time the
cap was shifted several times, but never removed,
and il was evident that the superintendent considers
it a part Of his official regaiia.
Wearing a hat in a business Office said mer-
chant lis not to be looked upon sign Of disre-
spect but rather result Of American careless
ness about matters OF etiquette In business polite
man naturally removes his hat when he enters pri-
vate office. but the nature of his business sometimes
has an influence his actions II he comes to collect
bill he will probably be particular on that point but
if his mission is to do the house service or TO pay
bill he will be less likely to remember that ne IS IN
| private apartment. The man who calls on his phy-
stefan his lawyer would be looked upon as queer
| he remained covered, but there is probably not a
! bank president in New-York who would ask de.
p9s2r who called on him in his private SfSe ana
most people would look upon command TO remove owe
| their hats in a place OF business "a an dHron ana
nvestiga ton will show that the unTriten Jaw on that
point Is generally observed and that II permits man
10 wear his hat in the bus part or an establish
| The foreigner. especially If he comes from Ger
| many or Austria. may be recognized az once by
| the way he removes his hat In public places Untl
| he has become sufficiently AmericdEi2sd 10 know
thlt the usage different in this country he re
| moves his hat Immediately upon entering store
| or a public office, and he will think II strange To
wear his hat in business office.
| II had several experiences abroad. said a
man. (which show that must remove his hat
| ba che
| largest bank in the city Of Prague one raw winter
| day to draw money on letter Of credit. and
there happened to he an unusually lars number OF
people waiting 10 he served by the slow, deliberate
| clerks The apartment cold and naturally kept
| mykat on. as would have done In New-Iork. An
| attendant in uniform wearing n cap, told me In
| terms more emphatic than polite that must re-
| move my hat. ] protested. not from any spirit OF
| opposition, but because incirent cold. bald
con binaton. But tho servant. acting under orders
repeated the request and had to obey or go With
| out my money.
| "At another time | went 10 a large confectionery
| In tho city of Cologne with friend, who made
| sOr,p purchases there. He busy talking with
| the pretty saleswoman and stood looking into the
! street at the passing crowd. Suddenly my friend
| came TO me- with his hat under his arm, and whis-
| pered Why don't you take OFF your hat? I'm
| ashamed of YOU | dill he asked me, and when
| we came away tried TO show him the absurdity or
| were a church: but failed. He insisted that Amer
| leans were he1then He has become an American
citizen since and has possibly gone to bed with his
| hat on