The herald., 1898-10-09
faces her passionately" upon the hero

aces her passionately" upon the hero
e's makeup.
ri faut souffrir pour etre BELLE" On
nights making up Is misery, the
" rolling OF In pellets, while the liq-
umake- up for the hands. neck and
al to which I have alluded. is always
| INC ID to turn black upon the skin
anu yariably ruins the dress Of the
iaoyho wears 1t, as well as the coat
sieev,f the male performers. I have
trleo sorts of different prescriptions.
cheap 1 dear, but have never yet
olscoVe one that was really satisfac-
Tory. Nmount Of washing ever keeps
the Skin lily clean while these make
ups are ise; black smears appear by
gay oouhe nails, between the fin
gers anu tut the throat; the villain
Gus STUN Is ID and water proof, and
always weiee a part in which can
wear gloves l keep my hands clean
curing 'he r"f piece. have even,
win mea"n I am ashamed to own,
zone wlthou' X and arms makeup
atoeether III Ca where I have had to
proVioe my owesses at my own ex-
pense' anu con'ed myself with less
dazzingly white &c thor NV COL
leagues for the sakf re.,,rg NV dress
cream curing 'he When, however.
the fhahase' ~ He'd the costumes
/ have smeared mys md NV gowns,
as gaily as the rest.
Masculine makeup 20 INV GOV u,;,,
forgive me for saying on ,nfnits,y
more elaborate and ar, +h,rg NAV
the pink and white and II. ord yellow
ideal of beauty which a. .ctresses
strive to attain. What ooor eyer
could or would equal NJ ,aarbohn,
Tree, for instance, in the v,t,,,ty tho
absolute perfection of his dr. ont stage
appearances? Mr.. Tree Is ia
handsome or ugly. stout OF ,,,r,
tuous or absolutely diabolical nreor-
ance at will. l have never see
tor who can transform himself 80.
oughly and yet look at a short NJ,
so lifelike as he. How he cont,s ~
l have not the least idea; in intesr
he appears to make light of this We
markable gift. He has light eye,5d
light hair in his favor to start with,
his results are marvellous.
Certain careful character actors
about the world perpetually on the lod
out for good make-ups" in the stree
in trains and street cars. everywhere
fact, taking mental notes of curious a
typical personalities, and In many
stances making rough sketches of a.
such they may meet from memory.
that when called upon to impersona
a fresh character they can turn to tn
collection.
Amateurs always makeup badl
they fail to "join their flats !. e.,
blend the complexion of the fact into
whitened neck If men they wear mu
taches in powder parts and invariat
fail to conceal their own hair at the ba
of their wigs; If women, they over-rous
bringing the color right up to the low
eyelids instead of toning 1t off, as col
comes in real life; they also make t
very great mistake of putting on t
much paint and powder about the mout
which should be left as free as possib
for two reasons; first because paint
apt to turn black upon the upper Ii
and second, because it Is impossible
express emotion facially unless the mu
cles of the mouth have full play.
After Nine. Buses first appearance
America a good many Of our actress
tried to initiate her by discarding max
ups altogether; but no skin, howev
brilliant, can stand the unnatural gla
of the footlights and look anything b
palid. dirty and unwholesome, and
is always a marvel to me that, in the
days of artistic mounting and settin
those villainous footlights, which di
tort nature and caricature beauty, ca
not be done away with altogether.
The loveliest woman in evening dres
once she closely approaches those fat
footlights, becomes (unless she be a.
normally stouD little better than
study in collar bones; no natural beau
and no makeup, however artistic,
proof against them. They are, NOR
over, terribly injurious to the eyesigf
and in some cases where an actor or a
tress has to sit or stand for any leng
Of time in close proximity to the
throughout a heightened run, they So
dom fail to produce serious pain al
injury to the sight. Only an actor ma
ager has the right to absolutely monop
lie a position in the middle of the stag
but upon all and sundry I would In
press the dictum: Keep away fro
the footlights."