The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1890-08-16
THE ART OF MAKING W.
A NOTED WlGMAKER TELLS HOW
DISCUSSES ARE EFFECTED.

maker of Covent Garden, has recently ex-
planned that he is constantly in the habit
Of Disgusting persons for purposes quite
unknown to him. Being Of opinion that q
few more details about his "unholy art"
would not be without interest, we dis
patched q representative to see Mr.. Fox,
who went to business at once:
"You would be astonished,' he began, "to
know the number of people who come here
to be disguised. 1t has grown into a part of
our regular business. Men of all classes
come-gentlemen, detectives, amateur de-
tectives, and do not doubt that I have
disguised on many occasions some Of the
greatest criminals Of the day. Of course it
is none of my business to inquire into the
purposes for which these DISCUSSES are as
sumed, though sometimes I I'm told. The
people who come generally have some tale
to tell on the first occasion, but I take
these tales with a grain or two Of salt. A
large number Of private detectives and
even Scotland yard men come to me, and
as I know their business I ask no ques-
tions. That they should disguise them
selves is perfectly legitimate. However, as
Twas saying, sometimes I am told after
ward what the disguise was wanted for.
MANNER OF DISCUSSING.
"Why I have a customer at the present
time who comes in sometimes two or three
times a week. He is made up as a middle
aged man and goes out of the shop so COM
pletely disguised that none Of his friends
know him. Idon't know what his object
is. He seldom stays away more than two
or three hours, then comes back, resumes
his natural dress and appearance and I
hear no more of him till he comes again to
be disguised. fancy it is a case of cher
chez la femme but, of course, it is no
business of NINE"
"Do you ever have ladies to disguise?"
"No. In fact, I think I may say never.
You see the art of making up comes nat
ural to almost all women. I think it is
born in them. They all understand how
to beautify themselves. And if they want
to disguise themselves they prefer to trust
to their own ingenuity. A change Of dress,
a veil, an alteration in the mode of doing
the hair, a pair of spectacles and there you
are; detection is almost impossible"
"Now, Mr.. Fox, how do you set about
Disgusting a person?"
"Oh, it is very easy. We change the ex-
preston of the face by deepening shadows.
alter the shape of the eyebrows by touch
ing with a trifle of color, put a little hair
on with spirit gum, change the fashion of
the hair on the head, and sometimes throw
into prominence the bones and muscles Of
the neck. Making up for the street is to-
tally different to making up for the stage.
For daylight use we must employ as little
paint as possible. A piece of burnt paper
produces a lovely and most delicate color
which we use for deepening shadows, and
it is imperceptible to the naked eye of the
ordinary observer.
II can produce the appearance of a chin
which has not been shaved for three or
four days in a very simple ann The
then covered with a thin layer of spirit
hair is then dabbed on to the chin and
cheeks when the gum is nearly dry. OF
course the things to be avoided are to leave
the gum shiny and to have the hair dabbed
on in patches. Practice makes perfect,
and an adept hand never makes these
blunders.
M1NoR POINTS OF THE ART.
"Crepe hair may be used for whiskers or
beard in an absolutely undetectible man
ner if carefully put on and trimmed after
ward. But I prefer, instead of using wigs
or false hair, to alter the dressing Of q
mans w hirsute appendages. Thus, in
your own case, by turning up your mus
tache, by showing your upper lip, just al
tering the set of your eyebrows a little and
by deepening the shadows o nyour face and
neck a little you would find your face COM
pletely altered. But there is one important
thing in effecting a disguise which you
must not forget. It is not alone the head
and face which must be altered. The at
tire, the dress, must undergo just as COM
plete a change. A turned down collar, a
different suit of clothes, boots and hat, and
even the pocket handkerchief needs to be
different from that you usually carry.
Why, do you know that the very manner
of carrying a handkerchief in the pocket
has been sufficient before now to detect q
person through a clever disguise?"
GLOW long does it take to effect one Of
your startling disguisesw
"From ten minutes to half an hour, &C
cording to the character to be assumed and
the amount of work required. This also
! regulates the cost, which is from half q
guinea upward. In ten minutes, for half
q guinea, I will disguise you so completely
that neither your own mother, your wife
nor the editor of your paper would know
you. As I have said, I prefer not to use
| wigs-of course their use increases the
| cost-and I always demand a deposit If I
loan them. Yes, sometimes I get sus
picious characters; then I notify Bow
street.
During the Jack the Ripper scare I must
have had hundreds of customers. At last
it got such a big thing, and I took such an
interest in the affair, I sent across to Bow
street, and several of my customers were
Swallowed. One was followed to Mentone
and another to New York. They all pro-
fessed to be amateur detectives, but ]
fancy some were anything but that, and I
even dare say that the gentleman himself
may have passed through my hands moro
than nee. It is quite a common thing for
large publicans, who WI a number Of
houses, to disguise themselves and vidt
their various places to watch and see Il
there is any shady business going on with
their responsible representatives, but I
think the majority Of my. customers are
jealous husbands, who think it necessary
to keep q sharp eye on their wives."-Pall
Mall Gazette.
To Col. Dom Piatt belongs the credit Of
having started the crusade against s'The
Car Hog" Five years ago he contributed
an article to the American Press Assocta-
ton under this title. It had a wide circu-
lation, and it had q good effect in toning
down Tho occanfricitioa If n0rcine fra velera