7 FEBRUARY 1947, Page 5

A very serviceable suit is available — or might conceivably be made

available—coupon-free. Here is the story of it: "In 1878 my Father had a tweed suit made in Edinburgh—that was four years before I was born. He wore the suit constantly until his death in two. I inherited it, and wore it steadily until 1926, when I passed it on to my boy James. He still has it, and wears it in the winter time when he is in the country."

The writer was Franklin D. Roosevelt. The letter was addressed in 1938 to Colonel Arthur Murray, who quotes it in his new book "At Close Quarters" (published this week by John Murray at 9/-). Inforrnation regarding the suit's seventh and eighth de-

cades will be welcome in due course.