The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-03-24
THE MYSTERY :.
OF A MAKE up
Transformation Of Pretty Girl Into
WrinkIed Spinster in Way
Down East.
Down East.

"A ,netamorphosis in makeup is accom-
| plished nightly in "'Way Down East" by
Ella Hugh Wood, the one-time newspaper
woman who appears as Martha Perkins
| in that play at the Academy of Music.
| The change made is SO absolute that only
| the person who has seen the actress and
the acted can fully appreciate the wonder
! OF it. Miss Wood is a remarkably pretty
girl of quiet and sympathetic manner;
| "Marthy" is a gossip-vendng spinster
whose face and figure are ample excuse
| for her solitary state In no single point
| are the two alike, yet skilled use of the
paint stick has given this hstrionic Jekyll
| the bower of becoming Hyde at twenty
minutes notice.
| Miss Woods features are admirably
| adaptd to the remodclinS process. Edwin
Booth. who she somewhat resembles, once
congratulated her on that fact. She has
! an aQuiline nose, large, dark eyes and d
generally mobile countenance Thus en-
| dowed by nature, she readily has improved
| upon the instructions given her by Geo.
Wilson when both were together at the
Boston Museum. Miss Wood still treas
| rrcs the remnants of d stock of cosmetics
| which Mr.. Wilson brought from Germany
| and which he presented her ut Inc
! time They are among her choicest pos
| sessions.
The successive steps taken in the trans
| formation arc no secret. In TACT MISS
| Wood has d sort of pleasure in telling OF
her method The makeup was not plan
| ned until she had become thoroughly I'M
| bued With the spirit of the part TO pc
| PLAYED, when close study at the mirror
| showed her Just what marks should DC en-
! asgerated in order to secure the deSireu
result She has never departed from the
| formula upon which she then decided
| Miss Woods complexion is quite swartnE
| and, therefore her first move IS III lhe
direction of substituting for it ono III &C
| cordance with the auburn locks OF marina
| Perkins 4 generous layer OF pale Pms
! is s,read over the skin the foundation OF
| cold cream being omitted because OF d
| nlentit,de of natural oil. This PINK 10
| blended with yellow until Miss Wood mas
| the hue of a woman. who. Tor loftF ca
| and more has been exposed TO inc I'D d,
winds OF New England. Eye oro"s ana
| Inns are treated with the same coihoi'ia
(tion. When this labor has heen i'liisntu
the face is expressionlcss and ready 1ol
| evidences of character.
These evidences are supplied Win III .,le
aid of 2 blue and a brown pencil Inc
lines all are straight. not Il curved ii,ie
| is drawn on the visage. Two tiny s'reaha
| NJ hl,1e and brown are traced ABOVE the
| nose two deep ones wich beslh uliuei
/ the cheek bones and i'll the middle OF tns
| cheeks and the two deepest, being haue
an both sides of the nostrils, contribute d
.prunes and prisms' appearance qulle IA
keepinc. Finally d few light touches are
placed under the lip. and the several iiiss
are carefully blended, not with ptosn
| h,,t with the fingers. y lheral naSi' ~
! rod in front OF the temples supplies t''s
! hectic flush common to inhabitants oi
! cold countries The whole make up ti'e',
| &c covered with drop chalk and MISS "ooo
| is readv TO don her wig.
| This wig is the conclusion which rei-
ders appropriate the traces OF Via. Ia
| heen done. Before it has been assumes
the dobbed face looks highly comic u'ioel
the luxurious black hair OF ITS owner:
] once this hair has been covered VIZ q
| light cloth and the cloth with "a reuuisii
name. the actress begins really TO iesein.
| ,,,a the woman who comes 10 iiii'iu ..
| ,,,antion q New Hampshire splnstefhoou'
,rra nrining OF the cork-screW cur!s o NC
tho ears complete the metamofpnosls' ,: lne
white powder is busted away oit'e lne
ava drawn over the eye brows. a u u ~
a;,I,,ed in black cosmetic is applied 10 ti'e Z
lasbes and Ella Hugh Wood IS prepared
oe+a,, on +he stage as Martha ferhiiis'