When I was six or so, the shoe department of the local drygoods store had special mirrors along the floor. They were only boot-bootheight, and the bottom edges were mounted a few inches further out than thetop ones, so that shoppers could easily model the footwear while standing.If you stood back from the mirrors a bit, it looked as if the floor took asudden slope, like they were tiny doorways leading into an oddly-tiltedhidden showroom just behind the racks of saddle oxfords and tassled loafers.