Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-01-15
THE COAT Of ARMS


Mr.. and Mrs. De Courcey Jones live
IN large apartment house on Division
street. Mr.. Jones Is a man OF some
means and good ueaI OF common
sense. Mr.. Jones never knew exactly
how II was that at baptism mis- parents
mad dubbed him De Courcey. lie sui.
tered under the name because spiteiul
people intimated that. since he had
made little money he was trying to
put on airs, and that his right name
was John. One morning at the break.
fast table Mrs. Jones. after fOrtitying
persell with a cup OF coffee stronger
than usual, said sweetly, "Courcey,
dear | want 500 Tor something par
ticular."
De COurCey smiled indulgeptly. He
always did. VERY well, my dear IN
try TO fix it. What do you want 1t
GGT?"
Mrs. Jones nibbled al the corner oil
French roll. I know you Il laugh,
COurCey,' she said, presently, but
want to get a coat o. arms, 50 we can
have II hanging over our mantel and
| painted on the door Of our carriage
when we get one. Tnere was the mic
est mau, an Italian, called here yes
terday, and he said all the pest fam
| HES in Chicago were using coats O
arms now, mad that he made a special
ty of looking them up ana having then
drawn and emblazoned .or people lie
| had a great book flied with the mos
beautiful arms and crests that yor
ever saw. 1t represented the worl
| that hn haI alrnn4V dana inr ('hiRn ~
families. II was just lovely, and al
our swell North side neighDors were
in it. There were the Burkes. The
| Smileys, the Stonehams, the COttrels
the Cutters and lot more. and don
see why we shouldn't have ours. Tn,
man had lot about their families. too
Nearly all OF them are descended from
Charlemagne or alfred the Great d
somebody else. IIe said che Cutters
got their name because one Of thei
ancestors cut off the heads OF hun
ared Turks and saved the life Of Rich
ard the Lion Hearted. And. De COur
Ccy, you know a coat OF arms make
one so distinguished"
] know Cutter. Melinda. said Mr.
Jones. His grandfather was a mos
Gstimable tailor who used to make m!
fathers clothes down in the little tow
IN the Chenango valley where | wa
born. Burke know too. His auces
tors made glue. They had a rendering
plant that used to smell to heaven ant
beyond. | think OF old man Burke
place every hot night now when tn,
wind blows from the stockyards
There's lot of tOmfoolery about thi
coat of arms business, my dear, an,
as for the Joneses, we never had
coat of arms, and 4 don't beileve you
Italian friend can dig one up for us.
"Oh, yes, he can, too. He told m
that the name Jones was originall
John, and that there vasnt the Sigh,
est doubt in the world but that tn
family is directly descended from job,
the Baptist"
DE Courcey smiled bit grimly. IN
recollection is, Melinda. that the Bar
list was a bachelor. However, that
= minor matter. Get your coat OF arm
II you want to, but don't expect m
either to sport 1t or CORY in It," The
Mr.. Jones filled out a check for $40
and gave II to his wife. 1t was q wee
before he asked about the progress {
the coat of arms.
The man brought a drawing of
today" said Mrs. Jones. ut shows
bent reed (the wind is blowing, IN
man said, bit of honeycomb and
gTasshopper. He said II was authel
tic, and I'd find 1t in the Scripture
which takes us back farther than an
OF the others whose coats he has Loo
ed up"
You're in great luck, Melinda
Raid lilo ('nIIrpaU i,,
tie late on the deal. Have you see
the morning paper? No? Well, the
listen to this:
The current number of the 'Swe
5 Set contains six pages of reprodu
D lions OF the coats of arms OF we
!. known Chicago families. The pictur,
? were taken from a series oil cooro
] prints prepared by Giuseppe Mac
j ROM, an Italian. PERMISSION to repr
- duce the coats of arms was not obtai
!. ed because the editor of the Swell Sc
did not think that any person cou
copyright another persons coat
n arms. Mr.. MaCarOni threatened sui
- Tor infringement OF copyright and Il
. editor OF Swell Set settled with Il
u italian yesterday Tor $1,000. II seen
], that one person cannot copyright a
I, other persons coat Of arms. but the
- particular coats of arms were Mr.. NJ
caroni's own private property lie
; vented them, drew them and con
righted them, and ii is understood tn
he was paid 500 each for the use
a them by many of our best famillt
Il who had only such claims to them
d the Italian chose to allow.
Melinda" said Mr.. Jones, "hcre
list OF the Chicago families who
II coats OF arms appeared in the 'Sw
- Set Are you not sorry that the re
shaken by the wilma is not cmblazon