She sings, she dances, she is an expert ventriloquist and a hypnotic spieler of commercials, she had her first book (The Shari Lewis Puppet Book) published last week; at the age of 24, she makes more than $75,000 a year, and children write her letters: "My mother says I have to cat spinach if I'm going to grow up as big as you. Please stand up so I can see how much I have to eat."
Even standing on her toes, tiny (5 ft., 95 Ibs.) Shari Lewis is hardly likely to inspire a spurt in the spinach market, but...
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