Figure 1.--Here Buster is seen in his trade mark bangs and red outfit--in this case a sailor suit. Buster seems particularlly pleased with the pants that go along with his middy blouse. I think that the bloomer knickers that were worn with tunics did not have pockets, but this needs to be confirmed. Note that both Buster and the little girl wear white socks and starp shoes. Click on the image to see the outcome.

This Buster Brown strip was apparently drawn in 1918, but we are not sure about that. The clothes look a little earlier than 1918. Buster wears bangs with a red middy blouse rather than a tunic suit and above the knee knickers and strap shoes with white socks. The girl wears a blue dress with a large hair bow. Here clothing as is often the case enters the plot. Buster's mother tells him not to get his new pants dirty. Buster seems particularlly pleased with the pants that go along with his middy blouse. I think that the bloomer knickers that were worn with tunics did not have pockets, but this needs to be confirmed. The pockets are required for the plot line as Buster fills them up with the forbidden matches. Notice to go outdoors that the children put on their wide-brimmed sailor hats. The hats do not have stramers, which I think were common. This is a typical Buster Brown strip. He has his trade-mark bangs. He is not really a mischievious. He seems to get into trouble prmarily throught the actions of others, in many instances girls. Here it is really the little girl who wants to play with matches. Tige is as usually the voice of reason who Buster ignores.