New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-09-28
COOKING THE HAT
American Iobnaster in London
ExeiteS British Ire.

ftsery-irht 1879, BY the Brentwood Cerapz-yo
English people have always been disposed
70 criticise with q Eeoc deal Of severity
Americans zfa. residing in the United
Kingdom IN a non-eiplomatic capacity.
have adopted cockedes for the hats Of
their liverfed servants. But British ire has
recently been raised 70 the boiling point
~ the appearance. both IN London and in
THE provinces. of a number OF four horse
COACHES freighted with parties Of Areri-
CAR tourists and rented cut by one Of their
most enterprising oeuntrymen in London,
who realizes that seeing the sights Of the
metropolis. and especially the rural end
esthedTaI town soenery. from the tap OF
trim coach. with uveried driver and ser
wants, appeals much more 10 the visitors
from the United States than doing the
ssols Country by train. OF even by motor.
New. in order 10 render these coaches
(Which IL has been able TO buy cheap more
attractive 10 his customers, he has coolly
cockade6 the hats Of the coachmen and Of
TIE men IN attendance on each vehicle
This has proved the Limit, and frantic az
pEcations have been made by Mortified Brit
ons az the upper classes 10 the authorities
70 take some means 20 put q stop TO this
HaEranc attraction by an American JOB
master OF one Of the most universally rec
oEnized Of those unwritten laws Of Eng
land which are much more strictly observed
than the statutes figuring on the code
As ne mention is made Of cockanes n tfle
Encyclopaedia Britannica il may be as
vel 10 -neation that they we're introduced
OF the secession Of George Of England
when his adherents adopted black cock
ssa On their hats 10 distinguish them from
me Jacobites. who wore the color OF 'ls
Stuarts-nanely. white. The cock" used
70 consist Of q bunch or roserta OF r1oben'
designed 70 hold the briul Of the Jhree-
oornsred hat IN position The part winch
The ceckade PLAYED in those days Is pest
shown hv The following lines relating 10
TIE defeat OF Sir John Cope BY the Jaconite
insurgents
Rut when he saw the Eighlaza lads
w tartan trsUs ana white cocs-aaesi zs
WI swords sn6 guns, and Tll-SS ana e9-@-'
Q Jahnaie took wing in TIE morning
The rhree-oe~nered hats were in course OF
time abandoned by the gentry ana N the
army ara rsv-y. but were retained for 90
Fres7ie lf3eries. and srill fern part OF the
state lfzsries Of servants When the hlsh
six bsr took the place Ct the tnree-cor-
nered chapesu fer ordinary livery y Cd
tie Ceekaae was transferred from the Dfliii
Of the one to the edge Of the cre~h OF C-le
ether. II England the eockades are q
three kiHss-the reyal. which is black en-
tirelv round, bigger thar the Two oIlieiS
and reserved exclusively fer the reyal lam
sv. This IS tAe enc adopted by the Anaerl-
car livery stable keeper fer the men en-
FIs7-es % the coaches which he lets cut
e psrties Of travellers. and II Is easy IN
O. the circumstances 70 Understand ttis
Fsri-5sh resentment caused thereby Iheh
rhere is the naval coekade. whteh Is eVal'
sad the military cocksde, which Is Tah-
shaped. and used also by al CIVILIAN els-
n5tsries ef Tire crown
The use Of the eeckade has spread 70
foreign countries forming part and Parcel
ef the lss-eries Of servants IN the employ
~ A=r5sls TIE coCkades Of the Spanish
-eSsl lis-erfes are bright red, those Of the
Kaiser go Of the regal house Of Prussla
are black and white, and those OF the
President Of the French Republic are the
national colors-red. white and blue II
France there IS no rule restricting the use
OF ceckades which are 10 be seen. white
in hue. adcr11ing the highly glazed W+llte
hats OF The Partisan hack drivers. ana
need Hot necessarily be taken as indicating
their Jsoobite sympat1ies- But II mo-
-archicsI countries the rule is MUGS sirlct-
e. and. as have stated above, tia use OF
cockades by the servants o. any save l4loSe
VIC hold tse commission Of the sovereign
or z-ho represent foreign governments n
g siBlsmstic capacity Is fTowned On DS
the authorities Indeed, n some countries
Of Continental Europe the uHwarranted use
Of & ceeksde is likely To lead 70 serious
trCubie with the pel!Ce.