Page 006 Bare Knees Epidemic A New York special says: Evidence that bobbed hair and rolled down stockings were reaching the epidemic stage was seen today with the opening several more exclusive New York schools for girls. Statisticians estimated that in one Brooklyn school the longs ere tied with the shorts and the rolled downs with the rolled ups. While not daring actually to dock their locks a la Greenwich Village, several young teachers were found simulating the fashion of New York's Latin quarter by pulling the hair over the ears and rolling it under all around the head.