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Proper turn-over-top knee socks were supporter by elastic garters. Some schools had the children wear them with the colored tabs that Cubs also wore. This worked effectively to keep the socks from falling down. Some boys, however, didn't like wearing the garters, complaining thatvthey were uncomfortable. Schools varied as to how strict they were about boys keeoing their socks pulled up. The girls did not seem to have a similsr problem. The knee socks without the turn-over-tops were made with elastic. This tended to work well att first, but after a few washings the elatic tended to lose its elasticity. Thus we see many boys with their socks falling down. Some schools made an issue if this. Other schools did not seem to bothered about it. Here the boys also varied. Some boys kept their knee socks pulled up. This was generally because they wore garters under the turn-over tops, but somehow some boys seemed to just have a nack about it, nore concerned with their appearance. Other boys couldn't have cared less.
A reader writes, "I can certainly remember the marks we had on our legs from the garters at my school! I didn't like wearing the garters at all, but we had to as we would get yelled at if our socks fell down."
