The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-10-09

There is no excuse for a a make
up" So uns the legend to be read
weekly in the advertising columns Of
a leading theatrical newspaper. Yet
bad make-ups abound both on and of
the stage. Despite precepts n awful
examples. IL seems that some women
will not learn certain simple truths;
as, for instance. that theatrical rouge
should not be used i'm the open air by
daylight: that the eyebrows should
never be made more than a shade
darker than h natural hair OF the
head at its darkest; that bright red
lip-salve makes the teeth look abom-
inably yellow unless they happen to be
exceptionally white: that none but the
blondes of blondes should ever wear
dead-white powder; that liquid make
up Of any kind should never be used
by daylight land as sparingly as possi-
BILE by night; that hair. IL dyed at all.
should be constantly watched less the
roots 'betray one" and. last and most
important of all. that the lower eyelid
should not under any circumstances be
darkened.
This last may sound to the uniniti-
ated an astonishing admonition. but a
well-smeared under-eyelid makes any
woman look either d~isreputable OF ex-
tremely IN, and usually both. and de-
prives the face of all expression. III.
on the other hand. the pper eyelid
be darkened, and not with black but
blue shading. and the eyelashes alone
blackened. the black being carefully
cleaned away from the lower eyelid.
an infinitely better effect will be pro-
duced, and increased expression tpar-
ticularly of the languofous eastern or
der) be given to the eye.
Blue or gray eyes are more effective
on the stage than very dark ones. A
pair OF blu eyes. delicately shaded on
the upper lids. with the eyelashes care
fully b~lackened and afterwards combed
out. get over the footlights" In a re-
markable way; whereas large n nat
urally handsome black eyes are apt
,unless blue or black makeup be prac-
tically eschewed and the compilations
be most carefully toned) to look. In
stage parlance. like burnt holes In a
blanket"
Undoubtedly fair skins light hair ard
light eyes are far better materials with
which to produce stage beauty and ef-
fectiveness than brunette attractions.
a dark woman's nose continually
stands in her light. IL she makes II up
with white powder IL shines as a pillar
Of salt: If she tones IL down to suit the
black eyes and hair. IL Is apt to look
red and hilarious. Doubtless this fact
partly accounts for the great run on
peroxide OF hydrogen which has reached
such a distressing point on the stage.
Very few d~ark-haired actresses have.
however, the courage TO remain so. At
least a dozen leading actresses have
exchanged their dark tresses for gold
during the past few years. and the re-
suits are in all cases successful and
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Ladies of the chorus in travelling COM
Sc operas are. alas! AZ a rule. deplor-
ably ceaseless in their use OF golden
hair dyes. and a side view of the heads
upon which the lustreless brown at the
roots becomes merged with the start
ling suddenness into vivid yellow at
the ends. recalls nothing so much as a
~cocoanut shell dressed with endice.
Another form OF theatrical makeup,
popular. but extremely difficult to man
ipulate with discretion. IL the dark line
at the outer edge of the eyelid. which
r. supposed 20 give length 70 the eye
and to suggest a sweeping eyelash.
Far too often. however. eyes which
would naturally be pretty and express
Eve are heightened ana narrowed in
effect bv this means until their charm
is wholly destroyed; and not long ago
j was worried during the entire per-
formance OF a farce by the makeup
OF the lady who played the heroine.
and who. with c-ream-colored hair Inc
a strawberry ice complexion. had
adorned the outer edge Of her blue
eyes with what appeared at a distance
TO be realistic representations OF the
domestic blackbeetle.
A regular revolution has been effect
ed in the dressing room by the now
almost universal use Of wig paste or
grease paint" Certain old school act
ors and actresses still resent the sub
ftitution Of grease paints for the dry
powdery make-ups of former years. A
few Old-time actors whom 1 have met
prided themselves upon their use Of