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                                                        Exhibit 5


                                   November 17, 1995




Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549

RE:  The Dial Corp Registration Statement on Form S-3

Gentlemen:

     This opinion is delivered in connection with the
registration by The Dial Corp, a Delaware corporation (the
"Company"), on Form S-3 (the "Registration Statement"), under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, for 312,462 shares of the
Company's Common Stock ("Common Stock"), together with the
associated preferred stock purchase rights ("Rights").

     In arriving at this opinion, I have examined such corporate
instruments, documents, statements and records of the Company and
others as I have deemed relevant and necessary or appropriate for
the purposes of this opinion.

     I have assumed the genuineness of all signatures and the
authenticity of all documents submitted to me as originals, the
conformity to original documents of all the documents submitted
to me as certified or photostatic copies, and the authenticity of
the originals of such latter documents.

     Based upon the foregoing, I am of the opinion that the
Common Stock to be sold pursuant to the Registration Statement,
together with the associated Rights, when sold in the manner
referred to in the Registration Statement, will be legally
issued, fully paid and nonassessable securities of the Company.

     I hereby consent to the reference to my name in the
Registration Statement and further consent to the inclusion of
this opinion as Exhibit 5 to the Registration Statement.  In
giving this consent, I do not hereby admit that I am in the
category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of
the Act or the rules and regulations of the Securities and
Exchange Commission.

                                   Very truly yours,

                                   /s/ L.G. Lemon