Date:  Tue, 25 Nov 1997 12:52:33 -1000
From:  Norman Roberts <nroberts[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]HAWAII.EDU>
Subject: Re: G-string

>Ode on the G(ee) string, cont'd:
>
>  We don't seem to have pinned it down, do we? The earliest citations all
>seem to refer to the article of (male?) Native Americans' attire and those

New York columnist Earl Wilson (1940s) did a piece on the G-string. I
recall reading it in his book in the late forties. Sorry to have forgotten
the title, but an aging memory has its problems. He wrote that the G-string
on the bass was low, hence the name of the article worn by showgirls
because it was worn low. He also commented about the article appearing in
low places.