The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1884-12-14
MAKING WAX BEAUTIES.
AN ART IN UHICH MUSCLE SERIES ~
THE PLACE or GENIUS.
Initiating the Faces or POPULAR Actressrs-
Models Cnst In beautiful Heads
TO set or the Art OF the DresSmnker.

Initiating the Faces Of Popular Artressrs-
Models Cm.t In Nouids-B snutifui Heads
60 set on the Art OF the Dressmnker.
Small revolving tables in some of tho show
windows in Fourteenth street serve to attract
crowds OF well-dressed women all dav long.
After q look at tho table each spectator Is sure
to glance Mt a mirror at one side the window
and then put up her hand to give u touch TO
her curls or bangs or back hair. On the revolv-
Ing tables are four wax busts with long hair
done up to show theilatest style OF the Paris
hair dresser
Those figures are all imported" said MIR.
Paul do Spotte. who was formerly engaged in
the business Paris once had the lead in
man uacturing them. but OF late Vienna takes
the front both in quality OF work and in low
prices. London has one factory and n few arc
made In Berlin. but the work there is not irst-
class. Tho leaders strive always to get up
something new in form and feature; to present
tho face Of u favorabe actress. for instance
and that Is expensive. .
:. 1t must require an artist to make the faces."
An artist OF muscle chiefly Ihoy are cast
In clay moulds., Sometimes popular actress
will consent TO have p,astsr st OF her head
is taken from some sweet taco in the Morgme.
and sometimes n model 3 made by hand. The
iractive form and that particularly indescrh-
able pose which chnractcri2cs the miliincrs
ns as The 5ead rs Sas 1df is When
ready it is three feet high and very heavy. The
caster stands six or eight monlds well oiled in
within El'ichs Is sSsreni"a kettle ii 4 meitsi
melted wax into tho mould. which no then re-
wolves, and turns go that the wax as 1t coolss
S the mex, %onIi BY the Time h. sets ilrC%sR
inner coats are made of cheap wax. Japanese
wax is used to advantage. Parafllnc and terra
nn Are nns wnrm the e to as Of all
paced muslin saturated with stiff wax. to give
me figure s,reng,h After the cast Is made the
Then the eye, sockets are cut and glass
Syes are put in This rn ~ MOB l0S
Anderson even. II the wax Mary were cross
eyed. After that, the hail. is arranged. For
until the eye forms fork. handle as bgas
alsad rens i put over the point Pig needles
hairs are used in those parts not exposed to
the, eye. The hair is co,nbcd out and laid
operator , punches the iork;down on tho ends Of
the hair carrying 1t firmly into the wax.
and SETS the hair, but around the edges small
needles are used and one hair Is set az q time.
Next the eyebrows are put in. This Is a
Judgment in the selection of the right lcncth
and lhickness Of the hair as well as the proper
arranged and g. ven tho proper curve. Tho
operator works in room heated up TO 90.
mine ands bismuth powder. A stubby camcls'
hair brush rubs in the color. The coiorinG is
delicate Job. because the color must be in
cord with the style of beauty. whether blonde
or brunette. Last Of all. delicate blue veins arc
marked on the forehead and then he figure is
sent to the hairdresser, who makes UP the
style Of the hair
What do the figures cost ?"
A wholesale New York importer OF millinery
buys the ordinary figure in Paris for $40 but If
1t has very light hair he pays s15. 1t is packed
for hi m by putting tissue paper over the face.
then layers Of cotton batting. and then brown
paper. This bundle is then placed in the mid
die Of n bundle OF hay. which has y strong box
around it. The freight to New York is about
81 for each figure. About one out OF six Is
broken on the way. When the figure gets here
tho Custom House man steps in and says.
This wax figure is hair: il it is not hair. ut
least hair is the component material OF chief
per cent nd valorcm.
After paying the duty and allowing for tho
risk OF brenkage. the figures sell here at retail
for from s75 to 300: II they have arms for
full-dress figures they cost 1925. Twenty
years ago they cost doublo that amount. They
are an expensive article for "a show window.
The temperature Of the window must be
looked after so that they don't melt. The light
OF day fades the colors so that they must be
touched VI once q month or 30. II one cracks
1t can be repaired. There are two Italians in
the city who repair figures, but the crack can
mover be wholly concealed. Some OF the MILL
nerS repaint their own figures