Savannah morning news., 1885-10-16
REALISTIC MAKING UP"

Eyebrows. Eysissnes and other Natu-
raj Adornments Renewed by speei~i-
ists.
"vanitv is the strongest point with
some peo-le," said a professor whose bus
mess is. renewing legs, arms. eyebrows,
noses, eyelashes. etc-, to p reporter ior
the Nex York u1f ans E1prcss recently.
THE operation OF renewing eyebrows and
evelashes. for instance. ls rot at all COM
Portable, but vet ron see plenty Of people
come here and submit o. 10. even thougn q
they are tOlersniv well supplied 10 these
essentials. We use real hair aud 2 need e
so irethat Is almos invisible. Iue mar
is threaded br0ugn this needle ami run
through the skin."
Il suppose this business is for the most
part confined 10 tde gentle SEX inquired
the porter.
Not by any means. IL is altogether a
mistake 20 81 0pOse women more vain
than men Nol long ago bad an order
from young man OF inis city for three
quarter inch dark brown ash. Il Is
positive fact tnat young fellow, even 10
an ordinary ten-minute conversation. VIII
close bis ewes at least ten times 10 display
bis long siiken lashes. II sou VIII step
this way / will s1Ow YOU through our op-
Grating rooms" and entering a door the
professor led he way through a suit OF
spacious apartments.
number Of young men were working
at small tables. Esch table was covered
with curious-iOOking instruments. On
some OF the tables were roses in various
stages of com pletiOn. Some were just out
IF the mold, others were moulded aud
turned and awaiting the professors I'M
ishing touches. AT one table two girls
were thresding needles with fine, silky
hair, am sewing them in little squares on
thin, trans aren't gauZe.
These girls" said the professor, ''are
making some OF those beautiful -arched
eyebrows YOU So often see in bathrooms.
These sewed on the net are less expen-
sive kind aud are only used on special oe-
casi0ns. Tue real brow is very expensive
AID can only be made hy person OF great
skid. | have an Operat ou 70 perform this
afternoon, and If YOU Ike | wli explain
u you how it is perform l." leading tue
way into an elegsntly-iurnjshed room N
y hich was large chair, similar 10 those
used BY dentists. "rha patient sits here"
the professor continued. "In this cusn-
ion TO my left are stuck a score or more OF
those needles you saw being threaded.
+ sen st tch leaving only two strands Of
nair. 70 facilitate the operation a number
OF NEEDLES must be on hand. As each
thread is drawn through the skin over
the eve. II is cut so that when the first
stage of the operation is over it leaves
tue hair bristiing out an inch or 50. pre-
senung a ragged, pOrcupine appearance.
Now comes the artlstic work. The brow
must be arched and cut down with the
utmost delIcacy. A number Of hours ls
required 10 GOIJ."
1t must b. very painful and tedious -
"T0ey don't say it's a picnic excuT-
sion," laughed the professor, but eye
brOws, small as they are. ase very impOr-
tant in the makeup Of the face. You have
no idea bow odd one lO0ks when entirely
denuded Of hair over the eyes. The pro-
cess I have described is painful, but it
makes good eyebrows. and adds a hun
dred per cent. 10 the looks Of a person VINO
was without them. 1t is, too, SO much
some people use, especially people who
have only more pretenses Of brows, CON-
prising few col0rless hairs"
'Do your Observation-Disclosures eye
brOws last%;
For years. There is the advantage
The only caution 70 observe is in wash
ing, not to use too much friction. Other.
wise they are perfect, aud can be brushed
every morning and look as well as the
natural brow"
could not this same principle be ap.
piled % bald heads:"
Il have made some experiments that
way, but they were not very successful L
The great difficulty is the space TO be GOV.
cred and the tighiuess OF tue skin, which
is not halt as flexible as the skin of the
brow. But l think I can overcome these
difficulties sOon."