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                                                     Exhibit 23.1


                  INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT

     We consent to the incorporation by reference in this
Registration Statement of The Dial Corp on Form S-3 of our report
dated February 24, 1995, which report expresses an unqualified
opinion and includes an explanatory paragraph referring to the
Company's change in the method of accounting for postretirement
benefits other than pensions in 1992, appearing in the Annual
Report on Form 10-K of The Dial Corp for the year ended December
31, 1994, and to reference to us under the heading "Experts" in
the Prospectus, which is part of this Registration Statement.




DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP
Phoenix, Arizona
November 17, 1995