The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-07-08
STAGE CARICATURE.
BEFORE A MIRROR GETTING READY
TO COUNTERFEIT IRVING.
A Faithful TraFesty of the Noted Eng.
lish ctOr-MaIsing Up with Putty,
Powder and Burnt Cork
A Funny Picture.
New York SUM-

A gentleman who saw certain actor
make up for Irving, thus describes the
process
~The actor, said he, possesses an oval
face, which is remarkably smooth and
free from lines. Divesting himself of all
bis upper clothing but his knit under
shirt, he put on an old smoking jacket,
and then seated himself before a moder
ate-sized mirror With a towel he rub
bed all the powder off his face and then
he took a peculiarly prepared lump of
putty. and with 1t built a false bridge on
his nose that made it much more prOmi-
nent Next he picked up rabbits foot,
and dipping it in Ia. er light brown
ish-loOking powder he gave himself that
bilious color the Irving has When this
was well rubbed in and Blended with the
skin he took cork, and. charming it in
the gaslight, rubbed little of its black
ened surface on the middle of each check.
This he spread and rubbed in with his
fingers until it gave him a very haggard
appearance Then with a brush he drew
a couple of dark lines extending down
ward from the corners of his mouth,
lighter ones from his nOstrils and below
the inside corners of his eyes, and a
couple on each side of his throat. These
were spread and widened by rubbing them
downward with one finger Grimacing
in the glass; he observed their effect, and
those at the mouth he intensified Then
he put on his wig, and the effect was ex-
tremely realistic, though l sat but few
feet from him
i had this wig made by an artist who
studied Irving's head of hair Do you
know, said he, his hair is naturally as
straight as mine, but he has his dresser
curl il every morning
a little yellowish bears grease paint
artistically hid the line of demarcation be-
tween wig and forehead. Now said
he, III put on the finishing touch
With that he took another rabbits,
hrst used. he covered his face and neck.
Very little of the powder was used, and
that little was well rubbed in. When he
had finished he handed me photograph
OF Irving, as he did so exclaiming In the
choicest Irvingese:
Look at this picture, then OF this
did so, and my admiration for the
art OF the burlesquer was unbounded.
tBut you have not looked at the photo
graph while making up exclaimed
don't need to any more. he replied.
i have him down so fine that I can see
him IN my minds eye all the time.
de told me, too, that Irving was quite
offended for awhile because he burlesqued
MIN at performance where both ap-
peared. He said: He was looking at
me from private box with President
elect Cleveland, and Grover laughed
heartily and nudged him in the ribs with
MS elbow. Afterward was introduced
70 nm In the Lotos club by Whitelaw
held. and he asked me to give an imita-
non Of him then and there, but 1 hadn't
she gall to do it. l thought it wouldn't
6e respectful either to him or Mr.. Reid.
never saw him NAV but five .tiuas in
a., but was so Impressed the first time
mat could initiate him then as well as
Just then he dotted his jacket and put
On On The rest of his Hamlet dress and then
nv cigar and began smoking. 1t looked
100 TG comical to see Hamlet, and such q
hamlet, smoking a Reina Victoria "