Little Falls transcript., 1886-04-09
How Actors e.n1ake Up,, Face.

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is an art in itself; by it the old can be
made to look young or at least young
er, and the young old. By these arts
the famous Dejazet, when 80 years
old, could play successfully . young
page. Formerly q burnt cork, q piece
OF chalk, and q pot of rouge was all
that was necessary; now your well
graced actor has his "make up" box,
or dressing case, containing stores Of
violet powder, fuller's earth, chrome
yellow, blue, crayons, umber, cosmet.
ic, black enamel, Joining PASTE"
with other unpleasant things. All
have their purpose. Are you tho
hunted villain skulking from JUS
tice in the woods you must
rub your cheeks and chin thor
oughly with thick blue powder, to
leave the idea that you have not been
able to shave for a week. Or should
you be an aged crone or hag, q few
blue streaks on the arms or hands
suggest the we'll marked veins Of old
age. To be particularly youthful and
lover-like you must whiten your face
thoroughly, rouge we'll up the eyelids,
under the eyes, which lends brilliancy.
An old man has very disagreeable
task before him. He must rub his
cheeks and chin we'll with fuller's
earth; then with a camel's hair brush
proceed to make three dark streaks
between the eyes, with long lines from
the nostrils to- the corners of the
mouth, then get on what is oddly CALL
ed his t'white bald wig" tho bald por-
tion of which is fixed TO the forehead
by Joining PASTE" A striking addi-
tional effect is produced by giving the
effect of teeth being wanted, which at
first sight seems an almost impossible
thing to do. But in your "naake-up"
you find your black enamel, with which
you paint over a couple of teeth; in a
few minutes it sets and hardens, and
most satisfactory and disagreeable
evidence OF old age is the result. A
mode of attaching whiskers was the
old-fashioned one OF hooking them on
to the ears. But there is an article
called '.crape hair,' which is gummed
on to the cheeks, and when dry can
be trimmed and combed like real
whiskers. AS regards the nose, there
is an elegant way OF treatment, name
ly, by fitting on a well modelled papier
mache one; but there is the more rough
and-ready mode OF dealing with it.
We read in one of the text books on
the subject the following grave direc-
tions: "In some low comedy charac-
ters, such as Bardolph, &c., it
is necessary to alter the shape
of the nose in order to give it
that bloated, blotchy appearance so
noticeable in drunkards. You must
first gum on to the end of the nose a
piece Of wool, press it down to the
shape and size required, and then
powder it well with rouge to match
the rest of the nose and cheeks. The
cheeks may also be enlarged in the
same way. The other, and perhaps
the better way, is to take a little pow
der, mix it with water, and work it in
to dough; fix it to the nose with spirit
gum, mold it to the shape and size re-
quired, and then powder it with rouge
to match the cheeks, &c. Blotches,
warts, and pi,nples may be made by
sticking on small pieces OF wool and
coloring them either brown or red"
We may thus fancy our unhappy act
or complete, his wooden nose stuck on
with gum, his eyebrows and whiskers
we'll glued to him, his black enameled
teeth, his cheeks plastered with rouge,
white and lumber, his "bald wig" fas-
tened to his forehead with 'joining
PASTE" and we may wonder, indeed,
how he can find spirit or even ease to
utter his words!--The Cornhill Maga-
zine.