I don’t know. Skippy also wears similar baggy clothes, yet I assumed he came from a well-to-do family. In this strip, I assumed the lady in the chair (who has a maid) is his mother:
Kids in those days (I knew them) like those of today tended to dress like their peers. Sadly, most of their peers were what we PC people today refer to as ‘lower income’…
Kroykali about 12 years ago
The war he’s referring to must be WW I.
Kroykali about 12 years ago
One thing that surprises me is the baggy, saggy clothes these kids are wearing. And we thought this was a modern day thing.
ossiningaling about 12 years ago
Hand me downs AND a lack of food.
Kroykali about 12 years ago
I don’t know. Skippy also wears similar baggy clothes, yet I assumed he came from a well-to-do family. In this strip, I assumed the lady in the chair (who has a maid) is his mother:
http://www.gocomics.com/skippy/2012/09/17
Steveh16 about 12 years ago
It may have been the custom to buy large clothes for the kids to grow into as well as hand me downs.
craigwestlake about 12 years ago
Kids in those days (I knew them) like those of today tended to dress like their peers. Sadly, most of their peers were what we PC people today refer to as ‘lower income’…
Kroykali about 12 years ago
That’s what I said above, WW I