Your reply to davidf42 reminded me that I had once read that Ernest Hemingway’s mother dressed him as a girl. I just did a Google search and found the following:
Boy in Girls’ Clothes
From his infancy, Hemingway’s mother begins a strange habit of dressing her son like a girl, complete with dresses and long hair, and his older sister as a boy, with overalls and cropped hair. When Ernest is six, she finally ends the charade and allows him to cut his long hair. The damage has already been done. In adulthood, his friend John dos Passos will describe Hemingway as the only man he ever knew who truly hated his mother.
drbob456x almost 10 years ago
Shades of Thom McAn Shoes and Smilin’ Ed McConnell and his gang! “Plunk your magic twanger, Froggy!”
davidf42 almost 10 years ago
Buster Brown looks more like a girl!
Kip W almost 10 years ago
Those were the days when a comic strip dog could pinch a loaf in the street.
Daniel Quilp almost 10 years ago
Your reply to davidf42 reminded me that I had once read that Ernest Hemingway’s mother dressed him as a girl. I just did a Google search and found the following:
Boy in Girls’ Clothes
From his infancy, Hemingway’s mother begins a strange habit of dressing her son like a girl, complete with dresses and long hair, and his older sister as a boy, with overalls and cropped hair. When Ernest is six, she finally ends the charade and allows him to cut his long hair. The damage has already been done. In adulthood, his friend John dos Passos will describe Hemingway as the only man he ever knew who truly hated his mother.
http://www.shmoop.com/ernest-hemingway/timeline.html