IN THE 1920'S THE MIRROR BECAME AN ESSENTIAL PROP IN
ADVERTISEMENTS, ESPECIALLY TO SELL COSMETICS TO MASSES OF
WOMEN WHO PREVIOUSLY SHUNNED PAINT
natural loveliness
the magazines say,
Tangee powder.
Mothers and daughters
in matching hair nets,
posing in compacts.
"She need not worry"
with this or that
powder she'll be ok,
distinguished,
feminine. Her skin
has a Palmolive
glow. Her lips,
perfected, too
perfect to say
what she means