Show HAT ETIQUETTE IN parliament the stovepipe species specie of headgear U I 1 the only correct chlor nowhere is the unwritten law of fashion in regard to head bead covering more strict than at westminster West mins r says the yorkshire post the chimney pot is rigueur de cur A man may give hia fancy considerable play in the matter of clothes but the great hat ordinance must most be observed the only concession made is in the case of the messengers of the opposition whips who wear the plebeian ebelin pl but this is not because the men themselves prefer the more humble headgear they are compelled to wear it presumably as badge of the fallen condition of their the ir employers and when the government changes hands handa the messengers of the two parties will metaphorically speaking change hats to the hater of the tall hat the worst of all this is that he may not even enjoy the luxury of going about without a hat parliamentary custom tom has ordained that the whips of the respective parties shall be the only people e save the uniformed servants of the house who shall appear in the lobby or anywhere within the preci precincts nets of the house without a hat should you chance to offend against this rule rula you yon are soon made aware of your delinquency lin In quency by the frowns of the great ones on es in in authority who insist on the covered head with as much emphasis emphes i as the custodian of the mohammedan mosque insists on the removal of the shoes the hat therefore plays playa a great part in parliamentary life and aad sya on that hat ab count tho the headgear of the new in members el is very critically inspected by their brother legislators who had previous experience of parliamentary life on the whole the budding statesman seems to have a pretty accurate notion of what the necessities of the situation demand and the hats are arc en regle even dad abhari navroji Nao the parsee member fo for finsbury ainsbury Fins bury wore the orthodox stove pipe though in doing so he broke one af pf the most stringent et sumptuary rites bt bf his race and placed himself in danger of excommunication there were however some notable exceptions to the general rule mr burns for example figured in the demotic democratic and I 1 mr davitt in a tourists hat of soft felt w while lifie mr reir keir hardie sported a to steil a marvelous velo US arrangement in the shape of a tiny ny tweed cap such as aa railway travelers affect |