The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-03
/ BERNARD CARTON, Partisan phi
losopher, writer: and lecturer, and a
student of human nature, has turned
j his attention to the fair sex and is
making a study Of how they spend
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stuuenC OF human nature, mas Curneu
Ss&S495 his attention to the fair sex and is
-. making study of how they spend
He has found that 1000 hours of the average
woman's life are spent in viewing herself, not
only in her mirror, but in the surface of all kinds
of queer refectors And this between the age
of 3 and go. Ten months of fifty-four years of
her life are given to looking at the arrange
ment Of her hair, the tilt Of her hat, the hang
OF her skirt the effect Of certain colors, the
makeup" Of her face-by which she means, M.
Carton states, the arrangement of her features
as made by nature-the fit of her bodice, the ad-
justment Of her belt and at her whole general ap-
pearance. As M. Carton states his observations
they are:
Approximately the extremist in this reflector
habit stands before the mirror, or some article
with shiny surface, three hours out of every
twenty four and she acquires the habit at the
: early age of two and continues to be victim
=, to it as long as there is reflector and she is
about to be reflected =
: Working on this average, and I have been
moderate in my statement as every society wom-
Ian will acknowledge, this woman at the top of
the list views herself for 1895 hours in 365 days.
" If she lives to be IS and commences to try her
dlmples before pier glass at the age of g. as
she undoubtedly will, in those 63 years she will
have gazed at her reflected image for no less
4. than 6S,985 hours or 4139, 100 minutes by close
) calculation.
l. This startling array of figures put side by side
I with the fifteen minutes day of the very busy
woman, totaled and divided gives the average
OF 700 hours. to- every woman. A pretty good
= showing tor such occupation.
1t is amusing to note the number of queer
things a woman will utilize as mirrors. Of course
there are the miniature hand glasses carried in
the purse, in the muf, in the opera bag, worn on
the chatelaine at the side, attached to the fan
and even fastened in the lining of the hat, but
] these 1 will pass lightly in favor of the odd
substitutes for the bonafde mirror. -
All Sorts Of Mirrors Popular
Z The plate glass store window, especially the
one which reaches to within few inches of the
ground, is witness to many amusing evidences of
woman's vanity, if this unconscious viewing OF
$ herself can be termed vanity.
zs l took my stand in front of these traps one
day and proceeded to take notes. Nine out OF
every ten women that passed gave backward
glances to catch the hang of their skirts. The
& entire ten gave themselves quick survey and
u six out Of the number walked deliberately up tc
Z the window, patted their hair, smootned down
i their jackets, gave their skirts a twist and
1 walked serenely on, seemingly unconscious that
they had given the onlooker the impression that
they were putting the finishing touches to theil
: toilettes which should have been attended tt
before their dressing tables on the public high
way.
Even the little tots, pirouetted, fuffed theil
tiny skirts, twirled their curls smiled and dim
pied at their reflections in comical imitation O.
their elders A snap shot of a mother and hel
two children madeSa funny picture. The woman
carefully arranging the folds Of her skirt
while the baby put here curls first behind he
ears and then shook them front again, soberl.
studying the effect. The older little girl cranet
her neck to catch sight Of herself, and for full.
two minutes the pantomime continued. Then tn
funniest thing had yet witnessed occurred Tw
charming girls, attred most alluringly, marche,
straight up to the window and took leisure
view of themselves, from the plumes on thei
new chappeaux to the tips of their paten
leather boots; they smoothed here, straightene
there, rearranged side comb, pulled out ha
pins and put them in again and as they seeme