The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-07-15
ART In FACE MAKEUP
HENRY IRVING TELLS. OF THE
MOST Effective METHODS.

terials and Colors-Simple Lines Pro-
duce Great Effects.
To gain an interview with Henry Irving
requires a good deal OF patience. How
ever, one morning | met him by chance as
he was coming from the theater intro
duced myself and quickly delivered my
petition asking him to allow me to be
present some evening in his dressing room
while he was making up. was convinced
that an actor like Irving could teach me
more of the art of making up in one hour
than | was able to pick up in months Of
practical experience. | made my request
SO urgent that he could not refuse it. the
more so as he seemed to be in great hurry
and anxious to get rid of me
A few evenings later the stout ianitor
growlingly let me enter The day before
had sent an appropriate present to his mas
ter, including n note reminding him of his
promise.
At that time "A revival of the Merchant
of Venice" was the attraction nj the I.y
ceum
Entering the dressing room with its mir.
rors. watdrohes, screens and toilet tables.
on which wool. wigs, powder boxes, bottles
OF all sizes and sticks OF grease paint were
lying in great disorder. found the actor
already dressed for hi, part. bat his face
was not yet made up. lie nodded to me
and beckoned his dresser. mere boy. to
proceed in his work.
No set rules can be laid down for making
up faces" began Irving, seated comfortably
in an arm chaie "A painter might as well
try TO give TO his pupils in few set rules
the drawing OF Raphael or the coloring Of
IL iltlan. Every IheSplan must study
these things Tor himself as they cannot be
taught. The ordinary teNtbooksare value
less nevertheless, nilSht be able to give
you lie" valuable hInts.'
WIGS AND hEARpS,
In the meantime the Httie dresser had
cohneu the Hiyiock " ~ ana now handed
1t TO irving, VINO seized 1t at the temp,
ana drew II down on ms head, and theu
holding one hahu On the part SO rs not to
remove it again, pulled the poll Of the
WIZ downward with the other hand. This
is the only right way to put on a wig.
The object OF making up is not to mask
the FACE, but to aid ana emphasize its eX-
precision. This is the most important point
in our art and should never be lost sight
OF. +" he resumed, undergoing the unpleas-
ant procedure of having his entire face be-
smeared with cold cream and tken care
iully wiped on with a towel
The best materials for boards Is soft,
raw wool, like this, and he seized small
lump of dark brown and mixed it with a
lighter shade. mot put up in braids as
very often sold at the wigmakcrs. Good
wool II pulled should not tear, even If
drawn IN long STRIPS to the thinness of
SPIDERS web lioldlng the wool in the
left hand he modelled 1t with the right
until 1t had the desired shape of goatee
and slight muStache. Then the boy dipped
piece OF white glue into water, held it
over the gaslight and applied 1t to lrving's
chin aud upper hip
Only few dots, Irving advised, they
are sufficient to attach beard. y The ex-
IRENE thinness. which allowed the skin to
shine through. added vastly to its natural
appearance
ANA now the brows' elAculated Irv-
ing
False browse inquired doubtfully.
They are as easily put on as postage
stamps on letter, the little dresser al
lowed himself TO remark. You simply
daub them with little spirit gum and
slap them ~ place.
Hush, SAID his master, with FAINT
smile. To show you how Tar the change
OF single feature OF face can alter its
expression let us consider tie eyes; they
will do as well rs any other part.
EFFECT or SIMPLE LINES.
And he suggested "A few methods of dis
guiSes. To make an eye look obliquely
short line with brown running down at the
outside and up at the inside corner Of the
eve is drawn. To enlarge an eve a brown
line Is drawn along the upper eyelid. To
counterfeit eyes that have been weeping
rose color is used, for the expression of
grief light gray (antimony) Eyebrows
that begin near the root of the nose and
slant upward imrart the cunning, diaboli-
cal expression of Mephistopheles. \
strong black dot at the inside corner of the
eye heightens this effect. The eye Of Il
mailman is represented by red line under
the eye also by reddening the space be
tween the upper cyelid and brow.
Sternness, such as is desirable in Shy
lock, may be acquired instantly in drawing
two vertical lines between the ewes. BY
far the best advice was that the color of
the brow should always be darker than
that Of the hair. and the color of the hair
darker than that of the beart or mus;ache.
He had now come to the drawing of
wrinkles The two between the eyebrows.
,s mentioned above and two from the nos