New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-02-29
THE MAKING or MiSKS.
From The Chicago Record.


The ingenuity Of the people who make false faces
apparently is ilmitabe, for 1t Is seldom that more
This Is because 10 600 ard more different mouds are
made and new models are turned out every day OF
the year by the modeller, who begins the making
Paris is the principal centre of this odd industry.
In tho Frenth capital are the men and women who.
10 use a trade term. turn out the most ar'istlc
some some modeers make nothing but noses from one end
OF the year to another. and the nosemakers are d.
yi!ed into their special lines, such snub noses.
long noses. buIbous noses and turn-up noses.
such, model the entire face but conhne their crea-
tive work to special expressions. and this SUBJ
division Is carried out through the entire Industry
nothing but turn-up noses. another Will paint only
grlnnng faces and another will paste on nothing
The sculptor or modeer with his moist modelling
clay first forms in high relief ha!f face with con-
rive a, the sna ns ,ssn but
deft ringers begin - dlstort them
A wad Of clay slapped onto the end OF I nose
punch and a pull transforms It into bumped pro-
tuberance which promises 10 evoke many merry
re rapy changed By the skiiui manpaa tons Of
the m N96 finger Ing Ups; mine. =. .,, =.
form M that viii i easS
for hollow plaster OF paris cast Is made OF tho
Sa sHs fs cast St %as
undercus. or surfaces which curve under the PASTE
The mould or hollow cast is made by pouring
plaster of paris %ads thin with mater over the sr fac;
Of the face ace ann and then builds the mould up until is
W" model ' Rs'sf as fSi the
in water until it il 80 soft that ii is mushy. When
In this condition the plastic material VIII eonto!m
to every curve, sinuosity and mark IN the plaster
The first layer is pressed into the mould With tho
every BIT OF surface. When this stratum Of paste.
board, which might be called the skn OF 'ne d ia on
IA lie 10
and tho fac, built Of these successive sSs5ss
until the fun thickness OF the MASK 70 Tn.
moulds. with their paseboard hl'hs' are 'a'a away
T9sy ss Are ssa5 SR on %
the dryps Is has me sy sss ppsd
ths mould Me and carefully examined II there any
II. TsrH ,ur" isd over to the W
Iainters u ,, ,, u,,,,.r yho III.
the modellers, work without modes. Each has her
own specially. and with brushes Of different widths
sns The painters work rapidly, for, exag
ceration and yrotesqueness are the Fundamental!
s ACCURATE work IS not desirable:
The entire outfit of the painter consists Of three OF
four brushes and a few elementary colors, ana
the work is more Ike daubing than painting.
attached TO this trade are wsmaks ,r who provide
finished. The wigmakers also furnish the wool or
fur for animal heads and they make the false
boards which are worn frequently instead OF false
faSs. at O MASKS such as donkey and
bear heads. made up OF several sections. which
these call for models for each section. The very
latest thing in masks Is the electric false face IN
The material OF wsich the nose is made is semi
the nose becomes luminous. The wearer Of this
unique mask carries a small storage battery. and
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