." When You Come to the End of a Perfect Time," by Dorothy Parker, was actually initially posted in the Nov 1917 problem of Vogue.For even more of the most effective from Vogue's repository, join our Fond memories bulletin here.It all began when I traversed the French grey threshold of Mme. Claudine, appeal expert. Up to that time, I have actually consistently considered on my own delighted. My life was actually but without care and distress, and I understood nothing of the bitterness of labour. However that is actually throughout now. I am going to never ever be actually the upright girl that I was prior to Mme. Claudine, elegance expert. entered my life. I might animal over it, however I will certainly never be the same.You see, I have actually constantly possessed a yearning to become attractive. It was actually a veritable fixation with me. As a result of having people state to me, in very early young people. "Don't you care-- good-looking is actually as handsome carries out," or even "Never ever you mind. dear, it isn't regularly a pretty encounter that entices the guys," I increased fairly bitter about the important things. I took every rather girl as a personal affront, and whenever some extraordinarily amazing animal passed me, I murmured, resentfully, "' There, but also for the grace of God, go I!" But, though I longed along with all my soul to be gorgeous, I never took any sort of action regarding it. I failed to know specifically what to do. I realized that there were actually much way too many wonderful females in this particular planet for appeal to be a simple gift of attributes, but I possessed no suggestion exactly how it was actually acquired,-- that is actually, I had no suggestion till I visited Mme. Claudine. Mme. Claudine's mauve and French pray beauty salon was a deceit-fully unbusinesslike place, cloying along with the smells of myriad creams as well as powders. Mme. Claudine herself was actually tall as well as sulky and also skillfully painted, dressed in a gray dress that seemed it had actually been actually put on along with a comb. She possessed a method primarily at variance along with her appearances, for she was speedy as well as businesslike, as well as she spoke volubly, in a clear, rather loud voice.The Extras of BeautyWhen females cease desiring to be actually attractive, and also Mme. Claudine is actually required to terminate her business as a charm professional, another phoning is actually awaiting her. She can end up being an agent for "The Lifestyles as well as Letters of the Globe's Greatest Composers," in fourteen volumes so unambiguous an ability I have certainly never viewed. Asunder a hr she had actually marketed me a lot more creams, ointments, cleansing soaps, lotions, and also devices than I had actually even recognized existed. When the instance containing all the posts was actually deposited in my venue that mid-day, I might certainly not believe that it held my purchases. I presumed that some one had actually played a joke on me as well as delivered me a Ford.Mme. Claudine was actually nothing otherwise extensive. She set down a diet checklist, rigidly excluding every little thing tasty, she created a series of physical exercises, as well as she offered me a folio of instructions as to the particular use of each help to beauty that I had obtained. It seemed that the integral part of the therapy was that it must be actually applied during the night, prior to resigning. The final hour, prior to I went to bed, was to become the busiest hr of the day. She offered me the opinion that everything would be ruined if the rites were actually con- ducted by daylight. It must all be actually carried out during the night,-- the physical exercises very most be experienced, the lotions administered, the contrivances to carry beauty nearer has to be worn. Those were her last words to me, "Remember, during the night, right before you go to bed.".