Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 227, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 September 1919 — Pool of Water Served as the First Mirror [ARTICLE]

Pool of Water Served as the First Mirror

Brushes were probably Invented much later than the comb. But the mirror, the one toilet article without which woman could not exist, must date from a very early period. Perhaps a clear pool allowed curious woman a first view of her face, though we must not say that she is the only vain creature to exist, for a certain gentleman named Narcissus gazed at his reflection in the still water, and gazing, fell so in love with his beauty that he pined away and died.