New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-11
THE Preliminary Steps in the
| Mask Process

In the workshop we encounter lance
eorporal who, as a civilian, was sculptors
rsulder by trade-a job not learned IN
ay He presides over a bench, litter OF
,s.sric indictments, a bag Of plaster OF
vans. some plasticine, sink and geyser
"a, IA. water. In the studio we find the
sszlp.or but a sculptor attired as a cap
an in the British army; and likewise some
q his odd sculptures, frail little painted
hts Of human visages, some with neat mus
nesss and pairs Of spectacles attached 10
than. and on the walls frieze Of souve-
,;rs in the shape Of casts Of those same
vsagss. with photographs Of their owners
IL the Aesh-the before and after rec
ords which SO promptly demolish the crltl-
,isns Of the theorizing director.
sWhst exactly happens to the man VINO
goss into that room with gargoyIe race
and week or two later, after various proc
,,,es. is able 10 emerge with face when
4. few wards distance is almost a repllca
o. the one he wore before he was wounded
When the healing is pronounced com
pets the man can be turned over 10 the
Masks for Facial Disbursements experts, not
before he enters the room, IS seated IN
chair and very carefully scrutinized' lie
has been asked TO supply, if possible por-
tai. OF himself as he was before he Weht
% the front. Generally he can do so-tnaI
last photograph which the wife or sweet
heart eoaxed him 20 endure develops an uh-
foreseen value.-and this portrait guloes
the sculptor in some Of the factors ne must
weigh In deciding what type Of mask Is pest
suited 70 the Individual; later, TOO, the pOI-
Trait will be Of priceless help in the mask
finishing touches
The decision arrived at, the patients face
is prepared for moulding. He has lost per
haps, one eye, slice OF the adjacent cheeA
and the TOP part of the nose. In such
ease the whole o. the upper half OF tne race
including the entire nose and the surviving
eye, must be moulded II is FIRST painted over
with oil. The eyebrows are smeared WIN
yssens. The mustache, If any recel'eS
the same treatment. This is 70 prevent 'he
plaster o. paris, which Is about 70 De apPAeu'
from sticking 20 the hairs. Meanwhile our
lance corporal has been deftly mixing the
plaster Of paris with warm water IN Oo"'
"A minor preparation which nevertheless
nsnds eraftsman's knowledge, for TINS S 10
stances behavior is fckle. Soon u IL oi inc
proper consistency, and the patient, leaning
back In bis chair a. though on the POM u
being shaved a. barber's, closes ms one
, remaining eye and has snippet Of ti''1
paper placed On It's oily lid 70 protec' It.
n similar snippet protects the hole "hieH
eree contained the other eye. QuieHiy mn
o. plaster is brushed on 20 the race; heSs'e'
dellops Of plaster are applied 70 thb hi",
toon the face looks as though iS up ~.
features had been very richly iathsTeo'
lstasr grovs thicker and thicker, more &nV
more solid, drier and drier AZ iehg'h ''e
s1zety correct moment, as recoShN'"
hs lance corporal. has arrived ana nv
tsetss ard lifts on from the psuen'
aisintly Bteaming she'll Of plaster tns nm,
i7r'sce 81 which IL n negative feP''eSS -
re gargoyie which b. 20 Dc fs'1''.,.
tzisrs.IsaA 4 minute later the g~tEo' ~
timer, none the worse, has mao 'ns ~,
'2>nEed Or and IL ready 20 70 DseH ~ 90.
Etf9-or " his home-Untl ne Sh@" w
cured % pay bis next Wait A.,.t,eo
After various adventures have =
u, 10 which softsosp and soakinsS ~ ga. a
wrt. the plaster Of paris nega'Fe -. a.
tAsNr 81 paris positive. Inis poo'ta a..
~ few lmDsriections-rnin lufnps 'Ana ,,,s
bts-zmDothed Of; then snothsr
"a made from 10. From THIS sseDhp III,
e Eq1esze' 81 plsssieios ~ tAESN' 49,.
~ teehaeai name FOR these 'H'.IS 81
~'Lsr beautiful and bustlike worn EhVr'n
f4sh aa urvalriv one az squeeze hn'" NJ,
bsf 's.,eoze.s .bev are; ard when you "
.bh III. wssks fer Pacial Dithgnrsmen %
rssm Il h rarely That you will not mo :
sssssze being !absrsd upon b. the pfsS'''
Ez gsalss u the place. a., IN.
~ r. Don The squeezs. 10 The hI't ~
stsnee nat the zeY.DtOF ezerclsss h's mr..
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