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Show How It Started Br Jean KGwton Why Do We Say "Mirror"? ANY globe-trotter can tell you exactly ex-actly how many miles it is from Home to London. He will also tell you that in between is Paris, and If he knows his fashions, he will Inform In-form you thnt It was In Paris that the first "mirror" forerunner of today's to-day's mirror was used. Cut, you nmy ask, what has Rome and what has London to do with it? This is what it has to do with it : Our word "mirror" is rooted in the Latin "miror" meaning "to look with wonderment." The first mirror undoubtedly un-doubtedly was a limpid pool, and sometimes the reflection there was in- deed something to look upon with wonderment Of course, it would be Paris that would find the first ready need for the "miroir" and in all manner of ornate designs. And it was the influence in-fluence of Paris thnt finally brought the use of this Indispensable article of the toilet to London and from there to America. (tel. 1931. Bell Syndicate.) WNU Service. |