Santa Fe New Mexican
November 2, 1980
FOR BETTE MIDLER, comedienne and star of Divine Madness
Is it true you give away every stitch of your clothing to charities? – P.M., Vancouver, Wash.
”¢ If you mean the clothes I wear on stage and TV, I try to recycle them, giving them a current look. If you mean my personal stuff, I send it off to the South Seas, where an entire tribe of Micronesians are distinguishable from their neighboring islanders by the fact they are all wearing corsets and pedal pushers.