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...verdict is nationwide. New York's Daily News, whose pollsters have miscalled only three out of 30 major U.S. elections, canvassed more than 22,000 readers this month, reported 83% wearing skirts above the knee (a percentage in accord with the daily "Hem Line Index," compiled by Manhattan's Women's Haberdashers shops and posted in the window of the main store). Sales figures for the midi are harder to come by, though a representative of a chain of Boston dress shops admits, "Business is not as bouncy as we would like...
Moreover, the skins have been newly shaped. Although some elegantly fitted furs have always been available for years, most designs were amorphous clumps, minimally styled and varying only in depth of cuff and the width of hem. The new models are cut with an eye toward lean grace and contemporary flair. Now, there are gently fitted capes and coats, designed with spare straight sleeves and narrow shoulders and waists that do not swaddle the figure but merely graze it. Now, in fact, there is fur that does the work of cloth...
...Yoko was right. Girls wearing bags are not very appealing. Only their feet show, and by their feet ye shall know them. Dismayed one girl tried to raise the hem on her bag because it covered too much of her legs. Another wore sexy shoes...
Ready, Gang? Scanning the audience for sober faces, Olson dashes up the aisle, hugs a blushing matron and kisses her on the cheek. (Audience chuckles.) "How are you, darling? Are your knees bothering you? Well," he says, tugging down the hem of her skirt, "they sure are bothering me! [Guffaws.] I'll pick you up later, dear! [Louder guffaws.] Ah, everybody's in a good humor today! Did you have your prune juice this morning? [Laughter.] That's niice! By the way, while you're here in New York, we'll see to it that...
...already won his public as the author of the flawless Civil War novel, The Red Badge of Courage. He may have been thinking of God as well as the critics when he chortled: "They used to call me that ter rible young rascal, but now they are beginning to hem and haw and smile-those very old coots who used to adopt a condescending air toward...