, 1886-04-13
MAKING UP THE A c
VIVA, an English Magazine Va. Of the
Art-striking Enects-woolen Noses.

What an English Magazine Says of ths
Art-striking Enects-Wooisn Noses.
3 Making up the face, as 1t is called. is
an art in itself; by it the old can be made
10 look young. OF at least younger, and
the young old. by these arts the famous
Dejazet, when 80 years old, could play
successfully a young page. Formerly a
burnt cork, IA piece OF chalk and a pot OF
rouge was all that was necessary; now
your well graced nctor has his make
up box, or dressing case, containing
stores of violet powder, fuller's earth,
chrome yellow, blue, crayons, lumber,
cosmetic, black enamel, Joining paste"
with other unpleasant things.
All have their purpose. Are you the
hunted villain skulking from justice in
the woods ? you must rub your cheeks
and chin thoroughly with thick blue
powder, to leave the idea that you have
not been able to shave for q week. Or
should you be an aged crone or bag. a
few blue streaks on the arms or hands
suggest the well marked veins Of old age.
To be particularly youthful or lover-lke
you must whiten your face thoroughly,
rouge well up to the eye-lids, and then
draw a little brown streak under the
eyes, which lends %brilinncy. An old
man has a very a disagroeable task be-
fore him. He must rub his checks and
chin well with fuller's earth; then with a
camels 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 IN what is
oddly called his white bald wig" the
bald portion of which is fixed to the
forehead by joining paste"
A striking additional effect is produced
by giving the effect Of teeth being want
ing, which at first sight seems an almost
impossible thing to do. But in your
makeup" you find your black enamel,
with which you paint over a couple Of
teeth; in a few minutes it sets and hard
ems, and a most satisfactory and disa-
greeable 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
Grape hair" which is gummed pm tc
cheeks, and when dry can be trimmed
and combed like real whiskerB. As re
CARDS the nose, there is an elegant way
of treatment, namely, by fitting on a
w~ell-modeled papier mache one; but
there is the more rough-and-ready mode
of dealing with it. 3D..
We read In one of the text books on
the subject the following grave direc-
tons: an some low comedy characters,
such as Bardolph, ETC.. 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 1t down to the shape
and size required, then powder it well
with rogue 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 powder, mix it with water, and
work it up into dough; fix II 70 the nose
with spirit gum, mold it to the shape and
size required, and hen powder 1t with
rouge to match the checks. etc. Blotches,
warts, and pimples may be made by
sticking on small pieces OF wool and
coloring them either brown or red" We
may thus fancy our unhappy actor com
plete, his wooden nose stuck on with gum,
his eyebrows and whiskers well glued TO
him, his black enameled teeth, his cheeks
plastered with rouge, white, and lumber,
his bald wig fastened to his forehead
with ~joiring paste" and we may
wonder, indeed, how he can find spirit
or even ease to utter his words.-Corn-
hill Magazine.