A Sketch From 'London Life'

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Published between the wars, 'London Life' was a journal that published some of the finest petticoat discipline literature and letters of all time. The following sketch was contributed to 'Petticoat Discipline Monthly' by Pansy Frills, with whom I have lost touch. Pansy Frills, if you are reading this, could you please write again? I do not know what has happened to you, and it concerns me.
Susan    'A boy aged about thirteen, wearing a white sailor blouse with navy blue collar and elbow sleeves, a beautifully cut little navy blue pleated kilt, navy ankle socks and white openwork sandals'. Note that the boy wears a kilt, while his sister wears shorts and his mother, trousers. He is obviously under strict maternal discipline and perhaps his sister has control over him as well. I wonder what the boy is wearing under his lovely outfit? Pansy Frills

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