Flattery From the Mirror

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXVI, Issue XXI, 25 May 1901, Page 997

Flattery From the Mirror

Does your mirror do you justice? You may think not. Or perhaps you would like it to flatter you just a little. If so. you can arrange it so the glass will reflect it in a more complimentary manner than usual. If you do. you only have to know the milliner's oldest secret, and the thing is done. Did you ever notice the softest drapery of pure white hung about a mirror? That is the trick. After your mirror of faultless glass is thoroughly polished, frame it in pure white gauze, with the material gath-

ered in the centre at the top and falling wavelike on either side. Then notice the effect. The true tints of the complexion will lie there—a little emphasised. The expression of the countenance, the light of the eye. the colour of the hair will be accurately reflected, all softened and made more harmonious than your mirror showed them before the gauze was used. You may believe that that subtle bit of white, material makes the glass tell nearer the truth than it did without it.