A CURIOUS ORIGIN
The term : "blue etocking" is often used to describe a studious girl of rare intelligence. It originated as follows (states the "Sydney Morning Herald"):—
A certain bishop -had a grandson named Benjamin Stillingfleet, who frequently attended Mrs. Montague's evening parties. With his dress suit he always wore a pair of blue worsted stockings.
Mr. Stillingfleet's conversation was so interesting that, if he were absent. Mrs. Montague declared her evening was spoilt without the blue stockings. Thus it came about that people who discussed subjects learnedly were liickname4 "blue stockinfis^ __^— ■.- ,
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Evening Post, Volume CXXII, Issue 96, 20 October 1936, Page 15
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92A CURIOUS ORIGIN Evening Post, Volume CXXII, Issue 96, 20 October 1936, Page 15
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