Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-07-15
HAIR WORN BY ACTORS.
Gossip About Fechter, Booth and Rose
COghIaB.

New York Tribune: A wig-maker's shop
is a curious place. The heads of hair and
boards that hang up in glass csses have more
interest than ordinary shopwares, and tbs
customers that drop in are almost always
sure TO have odd traits OF character. "You
might almost fancy that a wig has intellI-
gence undsr it," said Mr.. Hellmer, of He'll
mer & Glu,h, whose chop is near Wallack's
old theater. He took down from a shelf a
box full of wigs, which looked like 30 many
human heads. To demonstrate what a complete
transforms alton is made by a wig he put one
with long white hair on his head and huug
a flowing gray beard on his chin. l, gave
him the appearance of Rip Van Wrinkle after
he has taken his long sleep, or Of King Lear.
Then ne put on a black wig with long black
hair, ragged and forked at the ends, which
gave him n fierce aspect; The beard was long,
sweeping almost TO his waist.
"This would do for a weird enchanter,"
said the wig-msker, "or for a villianous
Jew"
As he took out one wig sitter another from
the box, Mr.. Hellmer was tr ansiormed into
a sleek millionaire with a shiny bald head,
an Euglish equire, a man about town, a griz-
ely aud rugged person suggestive OF mick
o. the Woods," a foolish boy and an lrishman
with coarse, rad hair that might pass for
"Pat" Rooney. Another box contained wigs
for women. There were yellow wIgs 10 make
the wearer look youthful sud blooming on
the stage, and wigs with crisp black hair,
suitable for the sparkle and dash OF a French
adventures. The cap 10 which the hair Is
attached il msds to resemble the color OF
flesh, ard comes well down on the forehead.
SLOW is the cap made TO correspond With
the color OF the facet" asked the reporter.
''The face is made up 10 correspond with
tha vic - vaa he rapIy
"Do the actors sually wear a wig on the
stsge?"
Some Of the parts they play with then
own hair, but usually they have a wig fol
each character in their repertOry, as they
wish to change their appearance each time
they assume a part"
Care bea DIS Torn 10 the same m auner al
wigs?'
fletcher would never hang a beard 90 hi
chin. He always had his beard made up
each evening when he appeared in a chsrsc'
ter requiring 4 beard 90 his face"
Chow was this done?"
az went 10 the iheater and pasted single
hairs or his face with spirit gum. A DearC
raj beard. George Edgar was also very par
| ticular about his stage beard. When b.
played some OF his stage character g his beart
was also made every night"
The wig-naker pointed to a collection oil
photographs hanging on the wall. Among
| them were tnos- If Rignold, Kste Clax'on
Clara Morris, Rose Coghlan and Mrs. JOIN
Wood.
"Thsy all have wigson, be said, ~"al,bougi
you would not ,hins H."
"Does RJs- Co.hlan always wear q wig?'
sometimes she appears with her owl
! hair The Lady Teszle wig, which sh'
wore on the mig ht that Wallsck's new thea
ter was op=ned, was the most expensive
| ever made for that character. One of Clari
| Morris's wigs cost $50"
"Do actors frtqdently require the servic'
| of the bair-drss4ei? ?"
Some ot them have their haiT-arssse
every nig6t. Aimee was one of the most fas
| tidious actresses thstI have ever served. Sht
always wore false hIir, and never wanted i
dressed twice IN the same tsshioo. Whel
| Ofenbach was here IN 1876 he had his hail
dressed every time he appeared 10 public
But wigs are made nos 20 substantial tbs
they do rot require ss much dressing an
attention as Tier did formerly. L inside tn
blonde wig for-Chzrles Fletcher 10 play" dam
let" in, which vas severely condemned by tn
critics. For my part, l think that wss III
right color, for Danes, you know, are tow
headed. Booth never wears a wig in thi
character, ia which he il quite right, for b
has q classical head and his own hair Ia be
coming 10 the part"