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From: herbie@watdcsu.UUCP (Herb Chong [DCS])
Newsgroups: net.women
Subject: Re: Shirt buttons
Message-ID: <1283@watdcsu.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 21-Apr-85 15:59:17 EST
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Posted: Sun Apr 21 15:59:17 1985
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Reply-To: herbie@watdcsu.UUCP (Herb Chong [DCS])
Organization: U of Waterloo
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Summary: 

In article <362@ttidcc.UUCP> hollombe@ttidcc.UUCP (The Polymath) writes:
>>	BTW, do you know why men's suitcoats have buttons on the
>>sleeves?
>
>My understanding is that Napoleon invented that design  to  discourage  his
>officers from wiping their noses on their sleeves.

i have seen paintings from the mid-18th century that have the buttons
already.  whether Napoleon actually invented is highly unlikely, but
i have heard the same reasons for having them.  certainly they were invented
around or just before Napoleon's time.

Herb Chong...

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