THE “TYPICAL GIRL SCOUT”

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 913, 5 March 1930, Page 7

THE “TYPICAL GIRL SCOUT”

WHEN MEN WORE GOWNS Count Fulk, who long ago ruled over Anjou, had so many bunions he didn’t know what to do. So he had his shoes made with extraordinary long toes, which were stuffed and twirled up till they reached to his hose. The “long-peaked” shoe caught on everywhere, and became a fashion with the Normans, but this was only one of many extravagances they indulged in after settling in England. For they had come to a country which was proverbially the richest in Europe. Harold’s banner was studded with jewels. Not the least of William’s allies who invaded the country was. Baldwin, the tailor, who made his home at Battle, in Sussex, and, sitting cross-legged on his bench, was soon snipping and sewing as hard as he could. Later on, hosts of Flemish weavers came in the train of the conquerors and settled up North to make their famous cloth, while many Jews brought over Tyrian purple with other gorgeous stuffs and rich furs. For William sumptuously rewarded all who had helped him, and the Normans began to live like princes, especially the bishops. They became so well dressed as to astonish Europe with their long, flowing “tunics.” which were handsomely embroidered, and their gorgeous, fur-lined cloaks, which often swept tlie ground.