The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-08-02

get into the eyes. Inc lasneS are
merely tinged, you know.
1T is odd how tastes vary in choice
| of color for the eyebrows Few people
have any confidence in natures original
selection They fancy that dark eye
brows and lashes give one and express
sion to the face. This is mistake
where nature has not laid a plan that
includes every tint and feature in a
general harmony. I notice that brown
and black are favorite hues for eyebrows
and lashes and that persons who apply
the co,or usually have to be told to rub
the pencil in the direction in which the
hair grows"
How many know that cover pages of
magazines serve as instructors in the
art of makeup? Lucy Cotton says they
do, and she ought to know, because in
the theatrical world Lucy Cotton is
known for the smoothness of her make
up. 1t Is said of her that from the
front row her makeup looks the same
as from the middle and the back Of the
house.
How do you manage it?" she was
asked.
"A good many people ask me that"
she replied. Ina Claire showed me this
makeup when / played her part in The
Quaker Girl and l always study the
magazine covers ana try to make my
self look like a painting. study how
colors are blended by the magazine
artists and that helps me to make up.
There's wonderful lot to be learned
in color blending and shading on those
magazine covers. They teach the most
delicate finish in makeup.
When | first went on the stage ]
put on heavy makeup. but after Ina
Claire showed me the way that suited
my type | found that the light makeup
was best.
First I rub in cold cream to cleanse
the skin and make the founda ton soft,
and then / use flesh colored grease
paint. Every one doesn't put on grease
paint, but ! do because 1t makes the
surface smoother. over that founda-
ton l apply the under rouge, running
1t just little up on the nose to impart
narrow nose effect and just touching
the inside OF the nostrils with 1t to bring
out the nose sharply.
Sometimes also color the lobes of
the ears. Then. too, If | think some
character will be better expressed by
acc, ntuating that little depr, ssion en-
lending from the nose to the centre Of
the upper lip l put rouge on that, just
little shadow and line penclled with
cameFs hair brush, using blue grease
paint for the shadows. ! do the same
thing to bring out a dimple, sometimes
deepening ii with rouge cosmetic and
sometimes with blue grease paint. ]
like that best for shadows. and put on
only the least bit. 1t makes the dimple
conspicuous without showing the paint
in smooth makeup.
"Afterward I powder my face and fol-
low that process by taking rabbits
paw and lightly brushing my checks
upward. No, / don't claim that my rab-
bits paw came from the left hind foot
of a graveyard rabbit killed at midnight
under a full moon. for that's the true
conjure paw. but l do assert that moth
ing equals a rabbits paw for giving
perfect last touch to theatrical
makeup.
I'm making up FOR the stage lots Of
little things have to he done. For in
stance ! dip the end Of an orange stick
in rouge paste and touch each corner
Of the eyes. THIS brings out character
and expression and also makes the eyes
appear larger Then | take "A bit Of the
rouge on my finger and rub it on the
bow of the lips, just outlining the bow.
I'm stage makeup rouge should be
applied to the lips in such "A manner as
TO give them the outline which best fits
the character to be portrayed, and the
study of how color is used by artists in
their pictures of different types of girls
is a great help. | buy all the magazines
with girls on their covers just so as to
learn how color can be most effectively
applied. and every body says I put on a
very smooth. natural makeup.
Besides enlarglng the appearance Of
the eyes through the use of rouge |
also take the camers hair brush with
the cosmetic to lengthen the eye by
drawing out the corners. Then / take
the soft, dark cosmetic and brush the
eyelashes until they are fringy.
IL usually add depth to the eyes by
rubbing lI,tle blue-just the tiniest bit
in a soft shadow-ahove the eye and
beneath the under lid.
An this sounds as though ii took one
forever to make up. but | can put a
makeup on in a very little while. The