Show WUiTKR FASHIONS FOR BOYS All the New Designs or London and Paris LONDON Nov 13 English tailors do not disdain the added laurels of furnishing the model clothes for little boys It is far from me to insist that their designs are better than those of Paris and New York There would seem to be no sin in allowing lines to relax a little into grace and beauty where such young gentlemen are concerned con-cerned But London has developed the subject more insistently than we others have and sticks inexorably to an ideal by which means it has largely imposed its models on the rest of the world in New York it is English models that the exclusive exclu-sive houses furnish except for infant boys of from two to five for whom the most luxurious confections are likely to be French While in Paris softer outlines are preferred for child dress but on the I whole English influence is felt thero also 1 t Boys dress is particularly interesting in England also on account of certain costumes cos-tumes that are worn fashionably by the English boy and worn by him alone THE ETOX COSTUME The Eton suit is one of those Doubtless comparatively few Americans have overseen over-seen it and yet it Is the fashionable dress suit for boys among the upper classes in England At Eton and Harrow it IB of course the regulation costume butin town it is the dress suit Not in the middle classes If you chance to moet a young gentleman of between ten to fifteen out calling of an evening In the Hoiborn district dis-trict to speak i figuratively will not be in this dress but the boy in Mavflair or Belgravia will be in nothing else This I dress is left undisputed with the gentry Neither Paris nor New fork want it on account of its historical origin It would savor of snobbery out of England Therefore There-fore English gentle boys have this suit to themselves It is an odd looking dregs to one seeing it for tho first time with its abort coat and vest of black light trousers and silk hat yet it is somehow quaint and agreeable when one grows accustomed to it The worst features of it is the hat It looks particularly well in the evening when the vest is exchanged for a white one and the whito collar may be embroidered It is certainly an Interesting dress I wish that we in America might sometime evolve something equally characteristic and original orig-inal for our boys DRess SUITS A modified Eton is supplied by the New York tailors for dress suits having the same short coat but with a shawl collar turned back to the bottom The coat and vest are of fine black twill and the long trousers may be of black or gray But the regulation dress suit for youths in Paris and New York is a sacque coat with J I v Y WM U I I < f i ltIQfIt 1 TODTIl3 DRESS SUIT AND mKNCIT BLOUSE DRESS SUIT rounded corners and shawl collar open over a low vest exposing a shirt front with three studs standing collar and small white tie straight trousers It is made of fine black twill For smaller boys dross suits are made of velvet velveteen or plush There are several models for the age of ten thirteen Tho coat may ba buttoned but-toned to the neck and finished with a wide embroidered collar and cuffs This is the simplest way Or it may be cut to fasten once on the chest with small rovers above up perennial as a prime part of the rightly cunsti ucted boys wardrobe This year tho dress is christened the midshipman or them the-m suit There is considerable laxity in the assign The jacket may be elaborately ornamented with gilt cord badges and buttons The cuff especially is elaborated Long straight trousers and middy cap Complete this dress with a heavy serge reefer coat A variation from this makes the trousers spread at bottom Jack Tar like puts a blouse in place of the jacket and a jersey or Tarn cap in place of the visor This stilts the younger ages I I cji I 1 JT SChOOL SUITS Seafaring models have become a permanent i institution for boys Tbe little sons of the I empress of Germany arc all in sailor suits I saw the empress order on aLondon tailor the other day and their father wore the same dress before them It is simple and serviceable and therefore is always in taste A best walking suit for a young man of from ten to fourteen is made of a double breasted coat cut straight round the bottom bot-tom and knee trousers or knickers of I Scotch tweed With this he will wear a I collar turned down or with broken points a folded scarf Derby hat undressed tan I gloves of reindeer and carry a cane If he likes His overcoat will be a cape coat of tweed or a single breasted Chesterfield like his fathers of black serge or diagonal j FOE SCHOOL School suits are of rough woven tweed cheviot or serge A good model for a boy from six to ten has a singlo breasted coat buttoned to the neck and worn with an iffy S 1 T 1Jf j 11 THREE VELVET DRESS TJITS FOR HOTS ALSO THE EATOtf DRESS SUIT AND THE EATON STREET SUIT and slopIng away with rounded corners below to show a white vest There is also a more elaborate coat cut long and square open in front wIth long collar faced with slUr over a long white piquo waistcoat buttoned to tho throat As to the trousers knickerbockers have come back again and apparently mean to stay They were tried last year but did not take in New York They are distinctly dis-tinctly fashionable now but one has choice between them and knee trousers The dress suit for a boy under 10 is a I sailor blouse and knee trousers or knickers of volvet or plush French tailors make the blouse to bang a little longer than English Eng-lish ones The French blouse is a little more generous in material throughout and especially in the sleeves has I think more grace It opens low over a white front and when well made looks very elegant ele-gant The Fauntleroy suit and sash has passed into oblivion MIDSUIPMITE Dark blue serge and nautical models turn extra linen collar and small silk bow For I the boy from ten to fourteen the coat is cut longer with elegantly rounded fronts collar and revers and fastens with four I buttons or opens over a high vest The Norfolk jacket suit is also fashionable for boys from ten to fifteen The only linen collar thought quito correct is the Eton shown in our drawings It is worn up to the age of fifteen The largo bias silk ties have given place to smaller silk bows Double breasted coats have been found clumsy for school suits and are not being made unless especially ordered PARIS MODELS There Is a model very much In vogue in I Paris for boys under ten but not seen In London except with occasional wealthy people who dress their smaller boys in Paris designs This is the Russian blouse It is made double breasted reaches the knee and is belted Short trunks are worn under it which are met by the stockings It is liked of a heavy quality of dark blue oloth It is also male in velvet for dress It would seem worth while to call to the attention of American mothers the long sleeved high neck black apron worn so universally by French boys It is a sort of black frock overall made of stout cotton fabric is gathered into a belt fastens behind be-hind and hangs to the knees or below The sleeves are full and straight and gathered gath-ered into a wrist band It is seen on boys as old astwelvo The isolated American boy would object to wearing it doubtless but I if it were generally adopted this would not be so and it would be found very useful in saving the clothes at school and at play Also its simplicity makes it more in harmony har-mony with child life than coats and vests that imitate the dress of men It is altogether alto-gether a good idea AS TO KILTS I do not know what permanent success the Naw York babies tailor had lost year in his effort to put threeyearold infants into trousers He made a notable struggle From his own account mothers did not take to it kindly and acquiesced only through sneers and jeers Here in London children between two and eight wear kilts quite as much as they do trousers This is also true in Paris and the Russian blouse suit and the apron described above both of the sKlrt nature attest French taste in this matter The Highland kilt suit Is very much worn by English boys and without the accessories of sash brooobos and sporrans spor-rans and which are too fantastic for ordinary ordin-ary wear It Js a very good and serviceable dress and is sold in New York as well as in London The doublet and vest may be of black velvet but for ordinary wear they are of a mixed Scotch tweed in natural c HIGHLAND KILT HIGHTVATMAKa COAT FUR TRIMMED OVERCOAT AJJD BOTB HIDING SUIT light brown color and the kilt is of any I clan tartan one may choose These three pieces are all one needs to have though the proper stockings are of plaid also heavy wool ribs that are worn with the tops turned over below the knee A linen Eton or turn over collaris worn with this dress Whether the child is allowed to go through the winter with bare knees is a matter to be settled between the mother and her conscience Fashion permits it OVERCOATS Boys of over fourteen wear the single breasted Chesterfield of black serge or diagonal or a cape overcoat of rough tweed or cheviot The last is suited to boys of all ages There is also the short reefer mentioned above For boys from four to ten there is a doublebreasted coat in black blue or brown trimmed with tJ iit tl 1 tf f JACK TAR SUIT MIDflHIPMAK SUIT AND REEFER SUIT wide collar and cuffs of astrakhan or beaver fastened with frogs A fur trimmed trim-med cap goes with this coat But the most charming desizn of tho season for boys under ten is called the highwayman coat I It is a flaring sack doublebreasted reaching I reach-ing nearly to the knee with flaring cuff I and triple shoulder cape London tailors provide also riding suit for boys of all ages This is of Scotch or whipcord with doublebreasted square coat with huge outside pockets knicker booker and overgaitersADA ADA BAOHECONE |