FIVE MIRRORS.

Bush Advocate, Volume XXII, Issue 65, 18 March 1910, Page 3

FIVE MIRRORS.

WANTED TO MAKE THE BEST OF HER APPEARANCE..

"I have never boon accused of vanity, and yet I could not live without jive mirrors," remarked the girl whose friends say she always looks as if she had just stepped out of a baiiidbox. "That's why you never see my safety pins showing under my belt or my petticoat li-a.n-gi.ng dejectedly beilow my gown.

"No woman can keep up a trim appearance without a proper mirror equipment. When my friends ask how I manage to keep .my clothes neat amd uiirumpled even' to the end of a, busy day, my reply is that I take pains to see that they are put on right in the first place, and I couldn't see that if I didn't have my mirrors." "I find two quite sufficient," said the frowsy girl. "I have one on- my dresser and a handglass, and they answer all purposes." "That's just it," replied the first girl, warming to her subject "You know nothing about needing any more because you have never found out their value, and unless I miss my guess your dresser stands in the darkest part of the room facing the light. "In that case how can you see the bottom of your skirt all around ? You can't. The world sees you from every point of view, while you see yourself firom only one. "First of all, have a good light on your mirror. If the light is directly on the glass it will reflect better than if it is on you. Then- have it full length. It's like taking a narrowminded view of life to have a mirror that cuts you oft' at the waistline. GOOD MIRROR LIBERAL EDUCATION. "I have my glass fastened to the door between my bedroom and bath, so that I can swing it any angle and always find a good light. It's; a liberal education to see yourself from top to toe all at once Then you know exactly how you impress the world.

"It is every woman's business to keep herself looking as young as possible, and she cannot do this well without the aid of a triple mirror. The best place to hang this is on the frame of a window, where the sunlight or the strong north light can be counted on.

"If you think you are fooling the world by looking younger than you really .axe,' get one of these triple reflectors and study yourself when the light is strong and steady. Then ask yourself how well you have succeeded in your attempt at striking off a few years. Take a good look at your hair just back of your ears. The chances are that you will be amazeid to find, a little cluster of grey hairs which you didn't know were there, but which were evident to everybody else. That is the spot where these tiny tell-tale hairs make their first appearance on many women, and i£ takes the triple mirror to lay bare the defects. "Those tiny wrinkles just in front of the lobe of the ear, which you never discovered before;, will cause you another gasp of surprise and horror. They are signs of age and axe apparent to the world. "Of course, if you have employed a first-class masseuse it has been her business to eradicate them, and you have known nothing about their advent. But the majority of women do their own wrinkle smoothing, and the chanices are that only those who have learned the value of a triple mirror discover these first signs of the passing of youth in time to obliterate them. GREY HAIR THE TELL-TALE. ' "A Avoman who has no grey hairs may be of any age. If it happens that a feAV have already made their appearance, then, with the aid of a tripU'e mirror, the coiffure ran be arranged so that they do not sho\v, which is equivalent almost to having none at all. You can do a lot to keep yo'itng by massage and by paying strict attention to the arrangement of the hair. "Get one of the mirrors men* use for shaving. They have three looking gasses, from eight to fourteen inches square, and- hinged so that they can be swung at any angle. After that you Avill conteena yourself as much with the sides and back of your hair as you did formerly Avith the front.

"In addition to the triple glass you AA-ill need the usual hand mirror to help you to see the back of your head Under the best light. That makes three separate mirrors in which to study yourself from top to toe each time you dress. But these are not all. Tavo more are needed. One of these is a dentist's glass, about the size of a quarter, and mounted on a long pearl onivory handle. With this you can see how your teeth look; whether they are in. good condition or not. "The fifth mirror in the set is popular vanity, glass. There Avas a time when 1 high-minded Avomen scorned such feminine weakness as to go about armed with a vanity outfit, but you Avill find every carefully dressed woman of to-day depending on her vanity case.

"Mark my words. Whenever you sec a woman avlio is scrupulously dressed you may attribute it to one of tAA'o facts—either she has a treasure of a maid or she knoAvs the value of having the right assortment of mirrors."