Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 November 1908 — Lifting the Hat. [ARTICLE]

Lifting the Hat.

Many of the gentle courtesies of life found their origin in tne Age ot Chivalry when the warlike knigh'S of Europe took oath to protect the oppressed and to wage war against the oppressor. One of these is the custom of lifting the hat. When Knighthood was in vogue, one of those armored champions never appeared in public except in full array ready for combat. It soon became a custom, however, for a knight to remove his helmet when in the company of his friends as a mark of confidence in them, and seldom would he remain covered in the presence of the fair sex. The custom, however, may now be said to have lost half Its elegance losing all its danger.