The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1886-05-20

Making up the face, as it is called, is
an art in itself; by it the old can be
made to look young, or at least younger,
| and the young old. By these arts the
| famous Dejazet, when 80 years old could
| play successfully young page. For
| merry burned cork, a piece of chalk
and pot of rouge was all that was ne
cessary; now your well-graced actor
has his makeup" box, or dressing
case, containing stores of violet powder,
| Fuller's earth, chrome yellow, blue,
crayons, umber, cosmetic, black enamel,
Joining PASTE" with other pleasant
| 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 a week. Or
should you be an aged crone or hag, a
lew blue strcakS on the arms or hands
suggest the well-marked veins of old
age. To be particularly youthful and
lover like you must whiten your face
thoroughly, rouge well up to the eyelids,
| and then draw little brown streak un-
der the eyes, which lends briiliancy. An
old man has very disagreeable task
before him. He must rub his checks
and chin well with Fuller's earth; then
with a camePs 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 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 wanting,
which at first sight seems an almost i'm
possible thing to do. But in your ''make-
up" box you find your black enamel.
with which you paint over a couple of
teeth; in few minutes it sets and hard
ems, and most satisfactory and dis
agreeable evidence of old age is the re-
suit
A mode of attaching whiskers was the
old-fashioned one of hooking them on
to the ears. But there is an article call
ed .'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, namely by fitting on
well modelled paper-mache one; but
there is the more rough-and-ready mode
of dealing with it. We read in one of
the textbooks on the subject the follow
ing grave directions. ''In 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 piece of wool,
press it down to the shape and size re-
quired, 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 little powder,
mix it with water, and work it up into
dough, fix it to the nose with n spirit
gum, mold it to the shape and size re-
quired, and then powder it with rouge
to match the cheeks, 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
complete, his woOlen nose stuck on with
gum, his eyebrows and whiskers well
glued to him, his black enameled teeth,
his checks plastered with rouge, white
and umber, his ''bald wig" fastened to
his head with 'joining-paste," and we
may wonder, indeed, how he can find
spirit or even ease to utter his words
CoriihiH Magdzine.