This German ad, probably from the 1970s, shows lederhosen worn by younger boys. Unfortunately we only have a clipping of the full page. Note the red gingham shirt this boy wears with his lederhosen. Before World War II we never saw this, but it became a popular convention after the War. I'm not sure what the cartoon script says. A German reader tells us, "I would decipher it as 'short pants do not become you'. The German text (and that is only my interpretation): "Kurze Hosen stehen Dir nicht."" We don't understand, however, why there would be a caption like that on page designed to sell Lederhosen. Our reader writes, "You can tell from the picture that it was cut out from a larger page and I have the feeling that the cartoon is not complete. The figure seems to be addressing someone else (possibly a short, fat, old man who tried them on) who is missing from the picture." It is difficult to interpret without the entire page.
A German reader explains, "The cartoon figure is grandmother Eusebia from the German comic strip "Fix & Foxi". She is stingy, ultra conservative and bakes the best cake ever in "Fuxholzen". What she says makes sense. As in a catalog fashionable things are offered and she is ultra conservative her comment is typical. Here is another picture grandmother Eusebia.
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