WHO INTRODUCED WALKING STICKS?
The well-born Egyptian carried a staff with his name inscribed in hieroglyphics; but walking-sticke, in the general sense of the' word, were first used, by the gallants of the fifteenth century. Canes are first heard of in the reign of Henry VIII., probably introduced to Europe after the discovery of America. Walking sticks were adopted by tho effeminate Henry 11. of France, about the middle of the sixteenth century. , The French sticks, with a ribbon and tassel to pass over tho wrist, were, however, not used by gentlemen of fashion in England until 1055. When introduced they were formed with an indented head to afford
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Auckland Star, 2 September 1933, Page 8 (Supplement)
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109WHO INTRODUCED WALKING STICKS? Auckland Star, 2 September 1933, Page 8 (Supplement)
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