FIRST PAIR OF STOCKINGS.
HENRY 11. OF FRANCE GAVE THE IDEA IN 1559.
A writer in a French newspaper lias been investigating the origin of stockings. It appears that Henry 11., when preparing for the marriage of his sister in 15.")'.). first gave the idea for silk hose, and was the first to wear silk knitted stockings at that epoch-making event. A hundred years later, one Hindres estahlished a factory for stockings •in the Bois de Boulogne. This was the first factory in France. It was a success at the start, and when it received protection from the then ministers it was a kind of gold mine. In 166(5 the venture was turned into a company. From it arose "' The Society of Stocking Makers." At this time ribbed stockings were made in England ; but it was not until nearly a century later that such wear was introduced into France. The idea, to use a vulgarism, "caught, on," and factories were established in Paris and at Lyons.— "Globe."
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Cromwell Argus, Volume XLIII, Issue 2338, 3 February 1913, Page 7
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167FIRST PAIR OF STOCKINGS. Cromwell Argus, Volume XLIII, Issue 2338, 3 February 1913, Page 7
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