Piute Chieftain | 1916-05-04 | Page 5 | "Pope's Size"

popes size arcurious item in the trade slang ot of boaters Is the term popes size alze applied to vests they classify the scale ot of chest measurements for these as small mens 32 inches slender men mens 8 34 inches mens 36 inches popes 39 inches outsize out size 42 inches I 1 the origin of 0 this term which has had been current for nearly a century was Wp s dia discussed cussed some years ago in noties es and queries when it was stated on oa good authority that it had no connection with the successors of st SL peter it appears that the head ot of an old firm of west end boaters ho pope plante ordered this size to be made specialty specially for or his bis own personal use and the manufacturer called lt it after him for wara of a better name london chronicle