The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-08-13
THE ART or MAKING UP.
Paints, Powder, Putty and Glue
Among the Accessories.

Among the Accessories.
From the New York World
Making UP an actors face requires the
hand and the training Of an artist. There
are many good actors whose talents are
sadly dlmmed by the fact that they have
no intelligent idea about making up their
faces. On the other hand, there are a
number of very ordinary actors whose
sixth in Disgusting their personality has
brought them TO great hight in their
profession.
The first thing to be done in
making up the character Sven
cline well into the face all oven and then
wipe it thoroughly off. This fills the pores
and makes the skin pliable. The nose is
moulded out of nose putty" a prepara-
ton of fuller's earth and tallow, which
when warmed can be pressed into any
shape, and will adhere to the skin. 1t
is carefully nodded on the face, and this
requires some time and trouble, for the
shape of the desired nose must be life
like, and must be smooth.
This accomplished, the next thing is
the flesh tint. For this character the best
tint is made by mixing Spanish brown and
a light flesh tint on the face, smoothing
it down with the fingers until the tint
is perfectly even all above the beard line
over the eyebrows are gummed false ones
made of black wool. which. when the
glue Ga mixture of varnish and alcohol is
dry, must be trimmed with small pair
of scissors to the requisite shape. The
glue used Is called spirit glum, and will
not loosen with perspiration. The shad-
ing around the eyes Is done with black
and brown, line Of the former fully half
an inch wide being placed around the
edge of the lids, and the brown being shad-
ed thickly for three-quarters of an inch
outside of that so as 10 make the eyes
very deep and brilliant
This brown shade is carried with an
admiXture Of carmine, down from the in
ner corners of the eyes to below the cheek
bones, and shadow is made from the cor
ners of the eyes to below the cheek bones.
and shadow Is made from the corner
of the mouth. The nostrils are enlarged
with carmine placed in the inner corner
of the eyes. The under lip is painted a
vivid red and made much larger.
The face is then ready for the beard
This is so made that 1t fits over the chin
like a cap, and is held in place by a little
glue under the lip, and by an elastic band
passing over the top Of the head. The
growth of beard high up on the cheek
bones is made with wool glued on to the
face.
The mustache is made in one piece, and
is glued firmly to the upper lip. The wig
Of long, black hair, has a forehead piece
pasted down so that it cannot slip back.
The last step is to go over the light parts
of the face with a bit OF chamois or a
hard hare's foot and powder, 10 take of
the gloss, and Svengali is complete.
For a character like Sir Geoffry
Champneys in "Our Boys" fourth
there is not so much TO do
The complexion is forid the red being
deeper around the base of the nose,
around the outer corners Of the eyes and
at the center Of the checks The eyes are
lightly lined with black, process very
rarely well understood. The best way to
do it Is to make a smooth little pencil
out OF a match blacken this with black
grease paint, and draw It along the edge
Of the lids Never use charcoal, as IL
looks dirty The crows feet at the cor
ners Of the eyes are not made with black
"a very common crror-but they are pro-
duced by putting on q layer OF dark red
or brown, and over tnnf laying on the
flesh tint. leaving a streak Of the under
color wherever a wrinkle g wanted. The
use Of black on the face makes the sub
feet look az u BE- mad had N encounter
with Piffsburg SCOT On "a fog8y day.
The eyebrows and whigkcra are made
With iron-eray wool. glued 0n, the grease
being carefully wiped on whore the glue
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