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Show British Army "Swagger" It has been said that the English army authorities once Issued an or. der that officers should not wear eyeglasses eye-glasses or spectacles, these being considered con-sidered evidence of defective sight, A number of army officers then took' to wearing the monocle, disobeying the army order by a safe margin and giving giv-ing to themselves, as it was I bought at the time, an air of distinction, the thought being something like that which prompted so many officers and enlisted men' to carry a short cane which came to be called a "swagger stick." ft ik - a |