New-York tribune., 1907-12-27

was going 10 destroy her papers The seals Were
taken off, says Creevy. land the letters from the
monarch to his former favorite caught Jerseys
eye I'm great abundance. Lord Clarendon then pro-
oeeded to put them in the fire. saying that he
merely wished Lord Jersey to be present as a wit
ness that they had never been read by any one
Very sentee1, this Lord Clarendon's part ADDS
Creevy. but damned provoking to think that such
capital material for the instruction and improve
ment OF men and women should be lost" The late
Lady Jersey, wife Of the sixth earl, was also
very remarkable woman, a daughter Of the great
Sir Robert Peel.
The present countess vorthily maintains the
social traditions Of her predecessors in the title as
woman OF mark and Of great charm a frieho OIL
the late Robert Louis Stevenson who acted as her
ciccrone and host in Samoa, she is a great trav-
eiler. clever writer and of the most success
full hoSesses Of the English great world Indeed.
there are but few belonging thereto who have not
been her guests at Ostcrly Park, her magnifcent
place On the outskirts of the metropolis. once the
home Of Sir Thomas Gresham, Lord Mayor OF Lon
don in the reign Of Queen Elizabeth. but modern
ized In the eighteenth century by the Adamses for
Sir Francis Child when Chief Magistrate Of Lon
don. Among the many treasures of Osterly Park
the entire silver toilet and silver mirror used
by Queen Elizabeth when entertained there by Sir
Thomas Gresham. Paintings of Rubens. OF VAN
dyke, Of Reynolds, Romney and Lawrence adorn the
walls which in one room are entirely covered by
pink Gobe!in tapestry brought from Paris about
two decades before the great revolution While
many of the ceilings ornamented by Angelica
Kaufman.
Lord Jersey who was at Cambridge with King
Edward, and one Of the latters intimate circle of
friends has been member Of the household or
Queen Victoria and Governor of New South Wales,
and chief Of the Villers family which claims
descent from the VIers. seigneurs de LIste
Adam in Normandy. It Is house which has
plaved a great role in English history, among It's
representatives having been the magnificent Duke
of Buckingham of the reign Of King James /, and
Barbara Viliiers. Duchess of Cleveland and favor
ite of Charles II. through whom she became the
ancestress of tho Dukes Of Grafton and OF 'he
Lords of Southampton. Lady Nilliers, the wife OF
Sir Edward yilliees, was the duenna of the two
daughters of James II who succeeded TO his throne
as Queen Mary and Queen Anne respectively 1t
WAS Queen Anne who conferred the dignity OF the
eardor,7 of the island Of Jersey upon her duennas
eldest
THE CoCKADE IN THE DRCCE CASE.
Cockades have figured TO considerable degree in
the Druce claimant case in London, which has for
its ultimate object the Dukedon of Portland ana
much stress has laid upon the question as TO
whether the coachmsn of the original Thomas
Drrce the founder of the Baker Street Bazaar.
ever was seen wearing a cockade. Nowadays all
sorts of people use the cockade, but down TO about
thirty or forty years ago the right of cooking
the hats uyeried servants very strictly I'M
tied 10 great mobiles and officials holding in the
y, "h N-
a commission from the sovereign No shopkeeper
or tradesman would ever have ventured 10 adorn
his servants hats with this token OF oficaloorn or
would even have dreamed of doing such thing.
whereas the late Duke Of Portland would naturally
have had all his servants wearing their hats
cooked.
As no mention is made OF cockades in the En-
cyclopedia Britannica. II may be Of interest to
mention that they were introduced at the acces-
sion et George / of England. when his adherehts
thair hotS IN iE-
tinguish them from the Jacobites. who wore the
color of the Stuarts namely. white. The COCK
used to consist of bunch or rosette OF riboons
designed to hold the brim of the three-cornered
hat in position. The role which the cockade
played in those days is best shown by the follow
ing lines relating 10 the defeat OF Sir John Cope
by the Jacobite insurgents:
But when he Highland lads.
WI tartan trews G and @ white ,,,ss eockadss s6s
o Johnnie took wing in morning
The three-cornered hats in course OF time
abandoned by the gentry and in the army and
navy but retained for domestic liveries. and
still form part of the state liveries OF servants.
When the high silk hat took the place OF the
three-cornered chapeau for ordinary livery wear,
the cockade was transferred from the br1m OF the
one to the edge of the crown of the other In
England the cockades of three kinds-the
royal which is black, entirely round. bigger than
the two others and reserved exclusively for the
royal family; the naval cockade, which is oval,
and the military cocka6e used also by all civilian
dignitaries of the and which is fan shaped
The OF the cockade has spread to foreign
countries. forming part and parcel Of the servants
verfes of officials in all the capitals of the
Old World, the cockades worn by the servants Of
| the Presidents of the French Republic being Of
the national colors, red, white and blue The
cockades of the Spanish royal Ilveries bright
red, and those of the Kaiser and of the royal
House of Prussia black and white.
In France there is rule restricting the use
of cockades which are to be seen. white in hue.
adorning the highly glazed white hat of the Pari-
| sian hack driver, and which need not necessarily
be taken indicating his Jacobite sympathies.
But in monarchical countries the rule is much
stricter and as l have stated above. the of
cockades by the servants of any save those who
! hold the commission OF the sovereign Is frowned
upon by the authorities. Many people in this
country make OF the cockade without ap-
parently being either OF origin or of the
etiquette in connection Herewith. Strictly speak
! ing, its Should be limited to the servants of
the President and of federal officials holding his
| commission at home and abroad
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