." When You Come to the End of a Perfect Time," by Dorothy Parker, was originally published in the Nov 1917 issue of Vogue.For additional of the most effective coming from Trend's repository, register for our Fond memories e-newsletter here.It all started when I traversed the French grey threshold of Mme. Claudine, beauty expert. Around that opportunity, I have actually always considered on my own pleased. My lifestyle was actually but without treatment and also sorrow, and I recognized nothing of the bitterness of labour. However that is actually all around currently. I will never ever be actually the innocent gal that I was actually before Mme. Claudine, charm specialist. came into my lifestyle. I may household pet over it, however I will certainly never be the same.You see, I have actually consistently possessed a yearning to become wonderful. It was a veritable obsession along with me. Due to having people say to me, in early youth. "Don't you look after-- beautiful is actually as handsome carries out," or even "Certainly never you mind. dear, it isn't constantly a quite experience that draws in the men," I developed fairly brutal concerning the thing. I took every rather woman as an individual affront, as well as each time some extraordinarily amazing animal passed me, I murmured, resentfully, "' There, but for the style of The lord, go I!" However, though I yearned with all my soul to become gorgeous, I never took any kind of action regarding it. I failed to recognize precisely what to carry out. I recognized that there were actually far excessive beautiful women within this globe for elegance to be a plain gift of attributes, however I possessed no suggestion exactly how it was obtained,-- that is actually, I possessed no concept until I went to see Mme. Claudine. Mme. Claudine's mauve and French pray beauty salon was actually a deceit-fully unbusinesslike spot, cloying with the odours of myriad creams and also grains. Mme. Claudine herself was high as well as dark and superbly repainted, suited up in a grey garment that appeared it had actually been placed on along with a comb. She had a fashion however at variance with her appeals, for she was actually vigorous and professional, as well as she communicated volubly, in a clear, somewhat loud voice.The Etceteras of BeautyWhen females cease wishing to be actually stunning, and also Mme. Claudine is forced to discontinue her service as an appeal expert, one more contacting is awaiting her. She may end up being a broker for "The Lifestyles as well as Characters of the Planet's Greatest Composers," in fourteen quantities thus unmistakable an ability I have certainly never observed. In half an hour she had marketed me more lotions, creams, cleansing soaps, lotions, and also home appliances than I had actually even recognized existed. When the case consisting of all the articles was actually transferred in my venue that afternoon, I can certainly not believe that it secured my acquisitions. I believed that some one had actually played a joke on me as well as sent me a Ford.Mme. Claudine was actually nothing otherwise complete. She set down a diet regimen listing, rigidly omitting whatever palatable, she created a set of exercises, as well as she gave me a folio of guidelines as to the exact use each help to beauty that I had actually gotten. It appeared that the vital part of the treatment was that it needs to be actually used during the night, right before retiring. The final hr, prior to I went to bed, was actually to be the busiest hour of the time. She offered me the feeling that every thing would certainly be actually spoiled if the rites were con- ducted by daytime. It has to all of be actually done during the night,-- the exercises very most be undergone, the ointments applied, the creations to deliver elegance nearer must be donned. Those were her valid points to me, "Remember, in the evening, just before you go to sleep.".