The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1886-01-08
\ T lINTED CHORUS.
ONE o. TH= ARTS PRACTiCED g.
HIM. THE SCENES.
How the Eyebrows Are Arched. tha
1;Ioom of Youth Given to the Cheeks
and the Ruby Stroke to
the Lips.
T"IIncls Biu,sn New York Letter. I

Eleven young women stood in row.
There ou mt to have been an even dozan,
but something was the matter with the
missing twelfth. This was behind the scenes
on stage devoted to a well-knoGn bur.
lesqus entertainment The eleven were q
chorus. They were unciad in q manusr
usual to dramatic shamelessness. But it II
about their faces tiat am going to writa
Their features averaged pretty. The popu-
lar conceit that uglfnes, in private life can
by theatrical devices be turned into beauty
for the footlights to shine ON Is a fallacy.
There are some smooth. shapely actresses,
vita regular faces, who can paint on
coat of youthfulne IS, but that is excsp-
tional the general rule being that visages
are at disadvantage under a glare that
discloses and magnifes every popularity.
The eleven were not employed on account
of talent for they were little more thar
fgurante' so the manager had easily in
sisted that they should be young and
comely
CHASTITY COUNrENANCES.
When I saw them they hal just emerged
from their dressing room, aud were within
ten minutes to appear before an audience.
They looked we'll, except that their counten-
ances were glastly white.
w U6G OH edEHQ U16 u1atl6E Will tu0IIs
asked. "stage fright"
Not much," was the reply; "you couldn't
scare them with an audience OF Booths and
Ir,in,s. They've not had their bloom put
on vet Here is their painter Watch him" I"
Tee girls ranged themselves facing a
strong light. A man with palette and
several brushes went up to the one at ths
one at the end OF the line. She stopped her
d., hui hon n:ra1 holH hor
face expires .ionlessly still The artist dab.
bled q brush in the smutch of.black paint
on the pallatte ami dettly shaped her eye
brows ami rimmeI her eyelids. Then he
took up brushtul of red. spotted her
cheek; AMI covered her lips. Stepping
back pace h, gazsl critically at his job
The girl grinnsd so suddenly and mechan-
ically that got the impression that she
la gone daft; but that was quite in the
way Of profs ,sioiial duty AMI wa' intended
to show him how she would look when she
smiled at the audience, SO that he could see
how to outline the red of her lips This he
did with a few rapid strokss.
READY FOR EXHIBITION.
Finally he rubbed the color on her cheeks
until 1t blended satisfactorily with the
white groundwork, gave her a critical ex-
animation from distance Of dozsn feet,
and she was ready for exhibition she
thereupon dr1ppel OF the eni of the line,
and the sams op.iati IN varis1 only as the
difference Of the subject required, was re =
peated on the next girl The mans move
ments were wonderfully quick and dexter
ous, and the eleventh charmsr was finished
in a space Of time that may as well be
called a jiffy. All except one accepted
his treatment blindly and fell to CAB
bling with one another unconcernedly;
but the thInnesE and mo angular Of the
lot procured a hanI glass. viewed her
paintel face in it. and said snappishly to
the decorators: "You've made fright of
me, as usual Why didn't you pu5 the red
closer up under the eyes, as|you did with
Estelles Do you mean to spoil all my
mashes?"
20, no, my dear" "rsspo1 le thu man; ava
want you to bewilder 'em. But you wouldn't
do it il the color was on the=edgs OF your
sharp cheek bone. leaving your holl,w
checks white. Estslls's fAcs is rom AMI
yours is long. You'll parllyzs 'sm, just a
I've fixed you"
Every evening these fascinators submit to
the brush Of the discriminating artist IL
left to taemselvss they wouli daub with
the paints in mann.r mors comical than
lovely It is within his province. too. to
regulate their wigs. and to Sc, that they do
not disarrangs their toilets to suit their own
inexpsrt fancies. Uniformity of apparel IL
requisite, AMI the weareri, in this low stage
rank, are not permitte SO mich in l:vi Luz
ality as would be eau Ell by tran sferring
ribbon from the hip to the shoulder