Fantasy for Sale by Sarah Tomerlin Lee
· All the sorcerers, wizards, stargazers, magicians and plain and fancy witches of old could not offer the enchantments that a maiden today can buy for herself ("at her favorite drug or department store"). For instance:
She can wear a coronet of hair for midsummer night balls by simply sending in one lock of hair to Joseph Fleischer, 724 Fifth Avenue, who can match every head in the world.
She can turn her lips rosy as a rose and have them taste like fresh mint with Harriet Hubbard Ayer's delicious Mint Rose lipstick. $1.25, * at Stern. Or she can have them the color and the flavor of a ripe red apple with Milkmaid's Candy Apple lipstick $1,* at Altman.
Her nails can twinkle with shimmering pink stars set in polish with a Chen Yu Jewel Manicure. $1.50, at the Hudnut Salon (or she can buy the ingredients from Chen Yu).
She can confound her public with two luminous veils-one, Charles of the Ritz' "Liquid Veil," $3 *; the other, an airy mask of tulle which matches the complexion exactly, $1.95, at Lord and Taylor. On her travels she can wash her face with a large pink fragrant cloth, which before she put it in the basin was no bigger than a marshmallow. Schiaparelli's Bath Sponge, 10 for $1.75. Saks Fifth Avenue.
She can turn her skin to velvet with Marie Earle's magical Petalinn, a lotion with a very secret ingredient. 2 ounces, $1.75,* at Bloomingdale.
She can have a lovely flowered flowerpot, a May queen's proper accessory, filled to its leafy top with delights. . . cologne-liquid and solid (twentieth-century magic), talc, dusting powder and sachet, all in Lucien Lelong's halcyon "Spring and Summer" fragrance. All for $7.50, * at Altman.
She can wear the spirit of fresh English violets (long after violets have had their day) and eat them as well. Shelley Marks's true and touching Violet Flower Water. $3.75, * and Candied Violets, $1.50, at Lord and Taylor.
DRAWINGS BY MARGARET GRAHAM
*PLUS FEDERAL TAX
· All the sorcerers, wizards, stargazers, magicians and plain and fancy witches of old could not offer the enchantments that a maiden today can buy for herself ("at her favorite drug or department store"). For instance:
She can wear a coronet of hair for midsummer night balls by simply sending in one lock of hair to Joseph Fleischer, 724 Fifth Avenue, who can match every head in the world.
She can turn her lips rosy as a rose and have them taste like fresh mint with Harriet Hubbard Ayer's delicious Mint Rose lipstick. $1.25, * at Stern. Or she can have them the color and the flavor of a ripe red apple with Milkmaid's Candy Apple lipstick $1,* at Altman.
Her nails can twinkle with shimmering pink stars set in polish with a Chen Yu Jewel Manicure. $1.50, at the Hudnut Salon (or she can buy the ingredients from Chen Yu).
She can confound her public with two luminous veils-one, Charles of the Ritz' "Liquid Veil," $3 *; the other, an airy mask of tulle which matches the complexion exactly, $1.95, at Lord and Taylor. On her travels she can wash her face with a large pink fragrant cloth, which before she put it in the basin was no bigger than a marshmallow. Schiaparelli's Bath Sponge, 10 for $1.75. Saks Fifth Avenue.
She can turn her skin to velvet with Marie Earle's magical Petalinn, a lotion with a very secret ingredient. 2 ounces, $1.75,* at Bloomingdale.
She can have a lovely flowered flowerpot, a May queen's proper accessory, filled to its leafy top with delights. . . cologne-liquid and solid (twentieth-century magic), talc, dusting powder and sachet, all in Lucien Lelong's halcyon "Spring and Summer" fragrance. All for $7.50, * at Altman.
She can wear the spirit of fresh English violets (long after violets have had their day) and eat them as well. Shelley Marks's true and touching Violet Flower Water. $3.75, * and Candied Violets, $1.50, at Lord and Taylor.
DRAWINGS BY MARGARET GRAHAM
*PLUS FEDERAL TAX
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