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| Cat compacts |
Back in 1930s America (there was that Depression, remember?) store customers were always happy to get something for free.
One “freebie” was the paper compact, a cardboard-encased compact mirror given free to women, always (of course) bearing inside it an ad for some store or service.
Some of these compacts bore the face of a cat on the inside, perhaps because most women find cats appealing and perhaps because cats (like mirrors) are associated with grooming.
