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Franklin Simon calls the suits here 'dress' suits. We are not entirekly sure why as most look like the suits on the other pages. We note two suits with vests--the suits on the other pages do not have vests. An English Eton suit is one of the offeringgs. We are a little surprised as we do not see American boys wearing Eton suits. We see Eton collars, but not exact replicas of English school uniforms like this. We also note a sailor suit. We are not sure why the sailor suit is here because sailor suits are offered on other pages. Perhaos it was the material--English serge. There was a long pants ooption, not thr case for almost all of the other suits. Notice that they are almost all done with knickers which is not mentioned in the ad copy. Curiously the sailor suit has a 'bloomer trousers' option. We are not entirely sure what that neans, but orobabky refers to the knickers with drawn strings done for younger boys. The knickers shown for older boys has clasp or button closures. The suits are for boys up to 17 years, except for the Eton suit (14 years) abd the sailor suit (12 years).
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