Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-03-06

secrets OF the Dressing.Room ~ Re-
vealed by Jerry Taylor.
From the PHILADELPHIA Nevx

From the Philadelphia News
"See here! I have letter from An amateui
asking me to give him directions how TO make
up for an old man, and don't know any better
way than telling you everything about 1t, and
letting you tell everybody" Thus spoke
Jerry Taylor. stage manager of the Walnu,
Street theater, to a NeUs reporter yesterday
afternoon,
NV Then star enters his dressing-room," said
Mr. Taylor, "he finds the contents of his dress
Ing case or makeup box spread out before him
on table, in front Of glass that Is hung
eetWeen two lights. He has ready to his hand
SUCKS OF grease paints of all colors. and COS
metics pencil brushes, spirit gum for sticking on
noses or whiskers, and a hare's foot. Now, sup
he takes s STICK Of she % grease paint
warns 1t slightly and rubs 1t all over his face,
just the same as a scene painter sizes. his
canvas before painting the picture on it. Then
if he is going to make up for some historical
character he has a picture of the original
before him and he must line his face according
10 IL. otherwise he goes to work and makes
the face he fancies. After the first coat of flesh
colored paint he covers his cheeks and lips with
wide apart at the top and almost converging
between the eyebrows and straight line be-
tween them. These lines are put on with
Indian ink applied with pencil brush. Crows
feet with three little lines at the outer corner Of
the eye gives them the old wrinkled express
sion. Two parallel lines on each side Of the
face one beginning near the inner corner of
the eye and the other beginning at the base Of
the nose just at that wrinkle back of the nose,
face and slanting downward, give the length
ened expression to the face. A line across the
chin, blended downward at the ends, with the
short stroke in the dimp1e, completes the lin
ing required with an ordinary old mans face,
Different old man characters must of course
be given different expressions about the mouth,
and these are made with lines to suit the ex-
preston. To make himself look as II he was a
couple OF weeks without shave is the simplest
thing imaginable. All he has to do is to burn
newspaper and rub the ashes where the bar
Der puts the lather and he will have strong
two weeks old black beard. He can tone that
down by rubbing in ground chalk.
ITO make the arms thin q line of brown or
green grease paint run along the veins will
make a fat round arm look like that of q shriv-
character the same ground work is laid on; YER
cheeks with the hare's loot. The eyebrows are
drawn on the under eyelid, extending from the
inner corner OF the eye to a little beyond the
outer QUITE corner and right under the hair line of
the lash. In blackening the eyebrows the
iauies frequently use the SCOT OF gas smoke,
collected by holding piece of glass over the
least harmful.
For a snub nose a small line drawn over the
nose and another drawn under the point of
the same organ will give it beautiful snub,
out II he Is the unfortunate possessor of a natu-
raj snub he can't take it Oft with all the lines
ne can draw. He has to build it out with putty
or dough. An actor cannot enlarge his mouth
nor diminish the size of his ears with paint
10 take OH the grease paints cocoa butter is
generally used. 1t Is applied over the paints,
and the whole mass rubbed Oft with a dry
towel, after which the face is washed with
water. raise noses OF paper are seldom worn
any more. Dough, putty and cotton, shaped
and made as the wearer Wills is the rule nova
days. Hollowness of the face is made by rub
ping paper ashes on the cheeks, and the eyes
eye-lids.
Burnt cork artists have the easiest makeup
USED on the stage All they have to do is toget
a few corks, burn them completely grind them
me TO remove the grit and apply damp. They
paint their lips with rouge and they enlarge
their mouths by rubbing off the cork about
halfinc on each side They seldom moisten
The cork with anything except water, as grease
and things like that would make the cork stick
INTO the skin. Grease paints and cork never
hurt the skin if properly applied"
What to Do When Dress Catches Fire.
The following letter appears in late number
OF the London Times:
SIR: Will you grant me space to explain
briefly what, l think, should be the first thing
to be done by girl or woman whose dress has
caught fire, and similarly the first duty of any
one who goes to her rescue?
girl or woman who meets with this acct
dent should Immediately lie down on the
Moor, ana, SO. any one who goes to her assist
ance should instantly, if she still be erectmake
her lie down, or if needful, throw her down
INTO horizontal position, and keep her in it.
SPARKS NY upward, and HaneS ascend. fun1-
ton from below mounts with fearful ranidItv.
and, as result, well known to EXPERTS tie
fatality or Disagreement in these lamentable
cases Is due TO the burns inflicted about The
BODY, neck, face and head, and not to Injuries
OF the lower limbs. Now, the very moment
mat the person whose clothes are on fire is in a
horizontal position on fiat surface the flames
still ascend, but only into the air, and not en-
clrciing their victim. Time is thus gained for
further action, and, in such crisis in fight
against fire. few seconds are precious, nav
priceless Once in the prone position the per
son aInlcted may crawl to a bell-pull or to a
door, so as to clutch at the one or omen the
other TO obtain help. The draught from ar
open door into the room would serve to blow
sle names II any, away from the body; or
again, still crawling. the sufferer may be able
to secure rug or tablecover, or other article nj
hand, to smother any remaining flames. saw
remaining names, for as soon as the horizontal
position is assumed they have no longer much
to feed upon, and may either go out as the
phrase is, or may be accidentally or Intention
any extlnguished as the person rolls or moves
upon the moor. In any case, not only Is time
gained, but the injury inflicted is minmized.
In the event OF the conditions not being those
Oh sen nep put OF assistance from another, if it
De a man who comes to the rescue. having first
and instantly thrown the girl or woman down
it Is easy to take off his coat and so stife the
diminished flames with this or some other snit
able covering, the flames playing now inward
from the lower limbs or lower part of the body
of the PROSTATE fellow creature. Ii it be a
woman VINO PUSHES TO give aid, this last named
condition suggests that the safer mode of rem
derlng 1t Is to approach the sufferer by the head
anu ming something thence over the lower part
OF the body, for fear of setting fire to herself
III. IN these fearful accidents the horizontal
position be assumed or enforced, there would
be. in short, comparative immunity and limited
INJURY. III not, what must happen? The fire
VIII mount; the flames land it is these which do
the INJURY will envelop the body inside and
outside the clothes, and will reach the neck and
head, and then, indeed, they may be smothered
by coat or wrapper, or rug, while the victim
Is 1rlghtfully disfgured or is doomed to perish
For many years / have urged these views
Whlle occurring on injuries from burns and
once mad an occasion to illustrate them prac-
dent. Some dressings Of a very infiammabie
character caught fire at the bedside of a patient
ia one OF my surgical wards; they were prom t-
~ seized by student, who threw them into,
the middle OF the ward and endeayored to
stamp out the flaming material. But this con.
tanning paraffine and resin adhered To his
BOOTS, ana his legs, as he danced about were
getting uncomfortably hot. To his astonish-
ihent, and to the undOubted surprise of every
one In sight, caught him by the collar of his
coat and tripped up his legs Instantly the
flames became harmless, and were extin-
gulshed by nurse throwing jug of water on
them. "
have often thought that on the approach of
the winter season there should be at every
school, whether board, voluntary or nriyate
whether for girls or boys, an address If not an
actual demonstration by means OF suitable
models, pointing out what should be done in
these special calaInities. two upright models
were prepared alike and simultaneously set ON
fire, one being thrown down after two seconds
and one after thirty seconds, or at any other
TWO diherenttimes, the memories of children
would receive a'lasflng and it might be q ser.
viceable impression.