The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-02-05

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Your eyes are hardly dark enough for the
| rich olive skin
The striking medium had never ex-
| cited the patients admiration. so she
said ''blonde" in the same tone she would
use in calling for royal consomme and
/ porterhouse steak.
Turn your head and let me see your
! profile. Yes. and your nose must be
heightened slightly and brought down. 1t
| Is little inclined to pug / must do 1t
| before j apply the makeup"
| This was true, but not very fiattering.
4 The woman began operations with a stiff
! fer putty, called nose putty" that is
1 also used in filling up hollow necks and
| rounding thin arms to the right proper
| ton. Then she produced a tiny vial filed
| with soft pink liquid that is purchased
| at players supply houses and called
stage makeup" only for the stage IL is
| almost white. She thrust a small ladle
| in and brought forth the makeup on
| y. This she applied with her finger rub
! bling 1t in evenly and with care about the
face and neck and close around the eyes.
not neglecting the eyelids nor the ears
| which so many women who make up
themselves forget
When the face fas half covered the pa
tient glanced at herself in the mirror
Heavens she exclaimed. Il never knew
before ] had such horrid black skim
for it did look black and ugly by con-
tsast
When the makeup was all on the wo-
wen smootaed and evened IL by a 1t nile
rubbing with a flannel towel The face
then presented the appearance of n crude
half-finished canvas portrait. But the sub
ject began to feel better for her nose was
pretty shape and length and all her
wrinkles had disappeared.
Now begins the most particular part
of all, said the "beautiiier.''
Her victim watched her anxiously
While she took small bottle of liquid car
mine and put some of II on her fingers.
Getting too much she rubbed il off on n
towel. This she did several times until
she had the right amount. and then the
victim checks began to assume a lovely
glow as the woman rubbed the carmIne
on, pausing occasionally for a fresh sup
ply She just touched the chin and deli
cately plnked the ears and the sides Of
the neck Just below the ears were also
given delightful touch, as were the lips
But ! look ROUGH" said the expert
menter - ~
"You will be as smooth AS marble when
i have finished my dear
A bottle of black India ink was next
brought into use. The operator took what
resembled small piece of sealing wax
and dipped 1t slightly in the ink.
Now hold very still and do not wink"
she said. as she made dive AT the
clients eyes. Under the circumstances the
client could not help winking As . re-
suit great streak of black ink marred
the liehtness under one of her eyes and
the operator FASTENED 10 get II wet sponge
and remove 1t. Strange to say. the make
up did not come off. This greatly alarmed
the victim, and she thought of enameled
faces and wondered If hers would look
so. While she was thinking thus the wo-
man blackened her iashes. and producing
pencils darkened her brows
Just one thing more. the powder"
THIS she put on with a chamois skin,
rubbing very lightly so as not to disturb
the earmine.
long. full-length mirror occupied one
end of the room. As the subject stood he
fore II and viewed the loneliness reflected
she smiled In great wonder and murmur-
ed, Is this IL She viewed her figure
slowly, letting her eyes fan to her feet.
Yes, her shoes. she remembered buying
them, her gown with the ribbon trimming
and her new belt but--not her face. That
beautiful, smiling countenance without IL
trace of age was not hers. She had never
seen IL before. but it was beautiful-very
beautiful
Sinking into Il chair within range of the
mirror she asked:
DO many women come here?" As she
spoke she looked at her watch and saw
that the 20 minutes had heightened into
an hour.
Yes" the proprietress replied al
make mp many actresses and many So
ciety women az well. Saturday and Sun
day are my busiest days. The women are
mostly old. for the older women get the
vatner they become, and some OF them
have nothing but Il backbone to work
on and | fill out their necks and arms
with the nose putty and their hollow
cheeks as well. and take away the wrin-
kles with the face putty. and when I get
through they are very beautiful and look
almost as young as YOU do now. 1t is 4
great art.
II have some queer experiences. An ex-
tremely homely woman about 60 years old
came here the other night about 10
o'clock and insisted that l make her up
as quickly as | could, for she was going
to be married at midnight. | worked fast,
but she was 50 ugly il took me an hour
and "A half and that left her half an hour
for other arrangements. | would like to
know how she managed.
There are three girls about p who
come every few days, They are about
the same age. and each a distinctly diff
ferent type, so l have to bring out three
sets of makeup for them. They always
come together and never speak even a
first name. When / have To make necks
and arms | always charge extra.
She stopped speaking, and for Il minute
there was silence. A brilliant thought en-
tered the experimenters head.
What will | use to remove my COM
plexion? Or will il just simply wear off?"
oh, no, You must not keep il on over
il hours or 1t will get very hard and pos
sibly injure the skin. Take a flannel tow ,
el. saturate ii with gasolene and rub your +
face lightly and then wash with soap
and warm water"
Nothing could have surprised the Vie
tim more. Her hair seemed to stand on
end and little cold ehills began to play
hide and seek up and down her back at
the mere thought Of rubbing gasoline On
her face. She arose Immediately and b. f
gan putting on her things. Paying the
woman and bidding her a quick. short
goodbye, she hurried home. Soon she was
rubbing her face with a f
flannel towel and gasoline before the
complexion had time TO harden. Her
nose came off i'm her hand. but she toss 4
ed it To one side. The wrinkles" rnbbe d +
up and were rolled about her face until +
she began To wash vigorously with wa
ter.
When she was properly cleansed and a
generous amount of cold cream used she