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Carl wears a short-sleeved, short-legged union suit with a drop seat in the rear. Over this he wears an underwaist made of jean matieral that buttons down the front. The underwaist has a reinforced section around the waistline with extra taped-on buttons for the attachment of trousers. There are two rows of these buttons so that if Carl grows a bit taller, Mother can use the lower set of buttons rather than the upper set. Just below the waist buttons in front are two garter tabs with pin tubes so that his black hose supporters can be pinned on for his long stockings. Carl prefers black supporters rather than white ones because they show the soil less readily. The elastic parts of the supporters (the upper part) have buckles so that they can be adjusted to the proper length. The bottom parts with the two clasps are called pendants and are non-elastic for sturdiness and longer wear. The clasps have rubber buttons that won't tear the tops of his black stockings. We have problem here in that we are not sure how Carl's bloomer knickers were suspended. Some younger boys had bloomer knickers with bodices, but this was for wear with tunic suits. As far as we know, this was not the case with sailor suits. We would be interested if any readers know how Carl's bloomer knickers would have been suspended.
Carl wears a short-sleeved, short-legged union suit with a drop seat in the rear. Over this he wears an underwaist made of jean matieral that buttons down the front. The underwaist was a garment very commonly worn by American children. It was a utilitarian garment. It was especially important to help support the long stockings that were so commonly worn. It also could be used to support trousers. Some also considered it useful for posture.
The underwaist here has a reinforced section around the waistline with extra taped-on buttons for the attachment of trousers. There are two rows of these buttons so that if Carl grows a bit taller, Mother can use the lower set of buttons rather than the upper set. These would be inserted in button holes in the waistline of trousers.
Just below the waist buttons in front are two garter tabs with pin tubes so that his black hose supporters can be pinned on for his long stockings. Carl prefers black supporters rather than white ones because they show the soil less readily. The elastic parts of the supporters (the upper part) have buckles so that they can be adjusted to the proper length. The bottom parts with the two clasps are called pendants and are non-elastic for sturdiness and longer wear. The clasps have rubber buttons that won't tear the tops of his black stockings.
YThe next step in getting dessed after the underwaust is putting on thecdickey (shield) for his sailor blouse. This is the formal bit that filled in the space between the "V" of the saolor collar. Often there was an embroidered design with a nautical motif. Carl's dickey has a red anchor. Then Carl needs to pull on his bloomer knickers. We have problem here in that we are not sure how Carl's bloomer knickers were suspended. Some younger boys had bloomer knickers with bodices, but this was for wear with tunic suits. As far as we know, this was not the case with sailor suits. We would be interested if any readers know how Carl's bloomer knickers would have been suspended. We believe that tere were button holes in the knickers where the buttons were inserted, but we have seen bloomer knickers that did not have these button holes so we are not entirely sure.
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