![]() Got to spend a bit in advertisement, of course. “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. The Body in the Library was the 2nd Miss Marple murder mystery, published in 1942 and written of course by Agatha Christie. ![]()
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