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We continue to see boys wearing a variety of suits in 1894. We note a page from the Chas. Casper & Co, catalog showing many popular styles for boys winter suits and coats. It is useful because of the range of style shown. The bowler hat seems popular. We note styles from Fauntleroy and sailor suits as well as suit jackets including single- and double-breasted styles. We also notice blouse tops. Knee pants and dark long stockings were almost universal. We only notice long pants for the sailor suit. We note rubbers and overshoes offered by Montgomery Ward in their 1894-95 catalog. One is rather curiously called a "safety strap sandals". Along with these shoes are what Wards calls "Alaskas" and "Arctics". We note an ad for Bee Waists designed for boys, published in the Elyria, Ohio, Republican (November 8, 1894).
We notice a wide variety of caps as well as a style without a peak thtr looks like what might be called a smoking cap. The bowler hat seems popular even for boys.
We continue to see boys wearing a variety of suits in 1894. We note a page from the Chas. Casper & Co, catalog showing many popular styles for boys winter suits and coats (figure 1). It is useful because of the range of style shown. We note styles from Fauntleroyand sailor suits as well as suit jackets including single- and double-breasted styles. We also notice blouse tops. Knee pants and dark long stockings were almost universal. We only notice long pants for the sailor suit.
We notice noys wearing long overcots, some with capes. We also see shirter sailor-styled pea coats.
HBC in 1894 has noted both kneepants and long pants, but knee pant seem almost universl for boys. We have not noted either short pants or knickers.
We note an ad for Bee Waists designed for boys, published in the Elyria, Ohio, Republican (November 8, 1894). These gsupport garmnents served to hold up both pants and skirts as well as long trousers.
We note rubbers and overshoes offered by Montgomery Ward in their 1894-95 catalog. One is rather curiously called a "safety strap sandals". A reader writes, "That is a good question as to why the strap sandals were only listed for men and boys. Perhaps ladies and girls had enough styles available to them on the page. They were available for several years in the early catalogs. They were easy to put on and stayed in place with the strap. As you correctly state Mary Jane type shoes were referred to as sandals or slippers before assuming the Mary Jane name." Along with these shoes are what Wards calls "Alaskas" and "Arctics".
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