Figure 1.-- Here is the white sailor flap on the back if the tunic. Notice the embroidered stars and white stripes which were strips of material.

Here we have a white sailor tunic. It has the traditional "V" front and back flap. These white tunics seem to have been very popular for summer wear. In some ways these tunic outfits it was similar to smocks worn by boys in France. The tunic was, however, worn by younger boys than was the case for smocks with France. The principal difference between a tunic and smock is that tunics were made as suits with matching pants, modt commonly bloomer knee-length knickes. Smocks on the other hand were made to cover a child's clothing and there was no attemp to match a smock with the cloths being covered. This particular tunic was being offered for sale without the matching bloomer knickers. We assume that they once existed, but have since been lost.