![]() ![]() ![]() Got to spend a bit in advertisement, of course.” Colonel” “No wonder the people who turn out these creams and messes make a fortune.” “Easy money, that’s what it is,” said Slack. They do exhibition dances, and one night it’s a tango and the next a crinoline Victorian dance and then a kind of Apache dance and then just ordinary ballroom, and, of course, the makeup varies a good bit.” “Good lord!” said the Colonel. But these professional girls, they have to ring a change, so to speak. They know what suits them and they keep to it. “In private life, sir, so to speak, a lady keeps to one or two distinct shades, one for evening, one for day. ![]() ![]() “Do you mean to say,” he murmured feebly, “that women use all these things?” Inspector Slack, who always knew everything, kindly enlightened him. Bottles of lotions-astringent, tonic, soothing, etc. Eyelash black, mascara, blue stain for under the eyes, at least twelve different shades of nail varnish, face tissues, bits of cotton wool, dirty powder-puffs. Hair lotions and “brightening” applications. An untidy heap of every variety of lipstick. Rows of jars of face cream, cleansing cream, vanishing cream, skin-feeding cream! Boxes of different shades of powder. “Colonel Melchett silently marvelled at the amount of aids to beauty that women could use. ![]()
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