Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-08-13

A NOTED WlGMAKER TELLS HOW
DISCUSSES ARE EFFECTED.

very important Item Ia Disgusting
Person-Cost of the Work.
MIR Charles H. FOX, the celebrated wig.
pnakcr Of Covent Garden, has recently ex-
plrined that he is constantly In the habit
Of Disgusting persons for purposes quite
unknown to him. Being OF opinion that a
few more details about his "1nholy nrt''
would not be without interest, we dis.
patched u representative to see Mr.. Fox,
who went to business at once:
you would benstonished, - he began. "to
know the > lmbcr e people wis cGme here
TO he disguised. 1t has grown into a part of
our regular business. Men of all classes
come-gcntlemen, detectives. amateur de-
tectives and ! do not doubt that | har @
disguised on many occasions some of the
greatest criminals Of the day OF course it
is none ofmy business to inquire into the
purposes for which these DISCUSSES are as
sumed, though sometimes / am told The
people who como generally have some tale
to tell Oh the first occasion, but | take
these tales with grain or two of salt. A
large number of private detectives and
even Scotland yard men come to me, and
as ] know their business | ask no ques
tons. That they should disguise them
selves Is perfectly legitimate However, as
was saying, sometimes | aM told after
ward what the disguise was wanted for
MANNER OF DISCUSSING.
why, have II customer at the present
time VINO comes in sometimes two or three
times week. He is made up us u middle
aged man and goes out of the shop so com
pletely disguised that none-of his friends
know him. don u know what his object
Is. lie seldom stays away more than two
or three hours, then comes back resumes
his natural dress and appearance and
hear no more of him till he comes again to
be disguised fancy it is a case of cher.
chez Ia femme, but, Of course, it is no
business Of mine"
DO you ever have ladies to disguise?"
No In fact, think | may say never,
You see the art Of making up comes nat
ural to almost all women. / think it is
born in them, They all understand how
70 Deautiiy themselves. And If they want
to disguise themselves they prefer to trust
10 their own ingenuity. A change of dress.
veil, an alterations in the mode Of doing
the hair, pair of spcctaces and there you
are; detection is almost impossible"
Now, Mr.. Fox, how do you set about
Disgusting personY'
"Oh, 1t Is very easy We change the cX-
preston Of the face by deepening shadows,
alter the shape Of the eyebrows by touch,
ing with triie 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 Il lovely and most delicate color
which we use for deepening shadows, and
it il imperccptible to the naked eye Of the
ordinary observer
81 can produce the appearance of chin
which has not been shaved for three or
four days in u very simple manner. The
faCe is first toned to the requisite shade
then covered with Thin layer of spirit
gum; then II quantity of finely cropped
hair is then ddbbcl ON to the chin and
checks when the gum is nearly dry. OF
course the things to be avoided are to leave
the gum shiny and to have the hair tlabbed
on in patches. Practice makes perfect
and an adept hand never makes these
plumbers,
MINOR POINTS OF THE ART.
Crepe hair may DC used for whskers OF
beard in nm absolutely undetectiblc man.
ner ii carefully put on and trimmed after
ward. But ! prefer instead of using wigs
or false hair, to alter the dressing Of Il
mans own hilsutc Gppcndascs, Thus, in
your own case, by turning up your mus
tache, by showing yonr upper lip, just al.
tering the set of yourcyebrows II little and
by deepening the shadows on your face and
neck little you would find your face com
plctely altered. Bat there is one important
thing in ciIectin% n disguise which you
must not forget. Ii - not alone the head
and face which must be altered. The at.
tire, the Arcss, must undergo just as com
plete change 4 tu.ucd down collar,
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 u handkerchief in the pocket
has been sufficient before now 60 detect
person through Il clever disguise"
How long docs il take to effect one OF
your startling dsguiscs?'
From ten minute, TO half an hour, nc
cOrdiug to the character to be assumed and
the amount OF work required This also
regulates the cost which is from half
guinea upward. In ten minutes, for half
guinea, | will disguise You SO completely
nor the editor of your paper would know
you, As | have said prefer not to use
wigs-of course their usr Increases the
cost--and always demand a deposit if |
loan them. Yes sometimes | get suS-
picious characters; chen ! notify Bow
street,
During the Jack the Ripper scare must
have had hundreds of customers At last
it got such a big thing and took such an
interest in the affair, | sent across to Bow
street, and several of my customers were
shaduwcd one was followed to Mcutoue
and another to New York. They all pro
fessCd 10 he amateur detectives, hut !
fancy some were anything hut thGt, and |
even dare say llla, the gentleman himself
may have passed through my hands more
than once 1t is quite a common thing Tor
large publcans, who own number of
houses, to disguise themselves and visit
their various places to watch ans see If
there is any shady business going on with
their responsible representatives, bat !
think the majority of my customers are
jealous husbands who think 1t necessary
to keep a sharp eye ON their wives. Pail
Mall Gazette.
To Gel Dom piatt belongs the credit of
having started the crusade against Tine
Car Hog Five years ago he contributed
an article to the American Press As~ocig
ton under this title Il had wide cirrr-
la;iou, and it had a good effect in tuuiug
down the ccccntricitirso Ut purcinc travellers.
But, as ia the cnsc of liberty, il requires
atcrnal vigilance t. reform tbs cav hog
There i "A new crop every year