The Washington critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1885-1888, 1885-10-05
ARTTFfCTfL MAKE UPS.


How the Want of Eyebrows and Eye
lashes IL Supplied.
"Vanity is the strongest point with
some people," said a professor whose
business is renewing legs, arms, eye
brows, noses, eyclashcs, etc. to re.
porter for the New York IuH dRd
EyprcsS recently. "The operation of
renewing eyebrows and cyclashcs, for
instance, is not at all comfortable, but
yet you see plenty Of people come here
and submit to it, even though they are
tolerably well supplied in these essen
tials. We use real hair and needle 50
fine that il is almost invisible. The
hair is threaded through this needle
and run through the skin.
81 suppose this business is for the
most part confined to the gentle seXY'
inquired the reporter
mot by any means 1t is altogether
q mistake to suppose women more vain
than men, Not long ago | had an or
der from young man of this city for
q thrce.quartcr inch dark brown lash.
II is positive fact that young fellow,
even in an ordinary tcn-minutc CONVEX
sation, will close his eyes at least ten
times to display his long silkcn lashcs
If you will step this way | will show
you through our operating rooms"
and entering door the professor lead
the way through a suit of spacious
apartments.
A number of young men were work
ing at small tables, Each table was
covered with Curious-looking instru-
ments On some of the tables were
noses in various stages of completion.
Some were just out Of the mould,
others were moulded and turned and
awaiting the professors finishing
touches. At one table two girls were
threading needles with fine, silky hair,
and sewing them in little squares on
thin, transparent gauZc.
"These girls" said the professor,
care making some of those beautiful
arched eyebrows you so often see in
bathrooms. These scwed on the net
are less expensive kind and are only
used on special occasions. The real
brow is very expensive and can only
be made by person of great skill. |
have an operation to perform this af-
tcrnoon, and If you like ] will explain
to you how IL is performed, leading
the way into an elegantly furnished
room in which was large chair, SINH
lar to those used by dentists. "The
| patient sits here the professor contin-
ued. "ln this cushion to my left are
stuck a score or more of those needles
you saw being threaded. Each stitch
leaving only two strands of hair, to
| facilitate the operation a number of
needles must be on hand. AS each
| thread is drawn through the skin over
the eye, il is cut so that when the first
stage of the operation Is over ii leaves
the hair bristling out an inch or so,
| presenting u ragged, porcupine appear
| ancc. Now comes the artistic work.
The brow must be urched and cut down
with the utmost delicacy. A number
of hours is required to do it,
1T must be very painful and tedi-
GUS"
"Thcy don't say it's picnic cxcur-
sion" laughed the professor, "but the
eyebrows, small rs they are, are very
important in The makeup of the face.
You have no idea now odd one looks
when entirely dcnudcd of hair over the
eyes. The process | have described is
painful. but it makes good eyebrows,
and adds n hundred per cent TO the
looks Of person who was without them.
| 1T is too, so much better than the black
ening and cosmetics some people use,
especially people who have only mere
pretenscs Of brows, comprising Il few
ColorlcsS hairs.
"Do your sewed-through- the.sllin
eyebrows last?''
| "FOr Vcnrs There is the ADVANTAGE
The only caution to observe is in wash
ing, not to use too much friction.
Otherwise they are perfect and can be
brushed every morning and look as
well us the natural brow
Gould not this same principle be
applied to bald hcads?'
81 have made some experiments that
way, but they were not very success
full, The great difficulty is the space
to be covered and the tightness of the
skin which is not half MS flexible rs the
skin of the brow. But | think | can
overcome these difficulties soon"