PAINT, POWDER, AND ACTRESSES.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VIII, Issue 2474, 11 December 1886, Page 2

PAINT, POWDER, AND ACTRESSES.

'Well, 1 suppose actrosses adopt the same process as fashionable women V 'Not a bit of it. Actresses havo to follow simple and quick methods to make up lor a stage apponanoe, The actress wishes to make a g6od a appearance usually washes her face in water and then in bay rum. Oriental cream or a whitish liquid is noxt applied with'a sponge. When the face Is dry it is then'powdered with the finest chamois skin, Then the background as it were, is ready, and carmine la delicately distributed with a fine velvet sponge over tho features, The lips next receive attention by tho homojpathio application of a red liquid. All of this is done with increditablo swiftness and without any apparent effort to obtain artistic effect. The particular part of the toiletnow begins—penciling the eyebrows A small camel's-hair brush, is moistened with the finest India Ink, and work on the eyebrowß is fairly inaugurated. 4 delicate line jb also drawn under the lashes on the lower lid. This is the way the actress prepares to make her appearance upon tho stage when she'is personating a character that does not re-■ quire her to look older than she really,», ; In that case, of course, she uses cosmetics and paints to produce wrinkles and the necessary aged appearance. Load-pencils No. 1 are frequently used instead of India ink to pencil the eyebrows. The enamelling process, which originated, in France, is very rarely restorod to on accountof its baneful effects. . It gives the face a ghost-like, waxy look, end is far from being beautiful. It is & perfect art,. though,' and frequently very old acfcreßsescan'Jbuiid* new and youthful face for the stage with enamel. Used to a great extent it fills the pores of the skfn and poisons the muscular glans, producing disease. Some of the great and successful actresses, have outfits that a. harem of Oriental women might envy. %6 enumerate a few of the articles:—plycerina, India ink, powders, lead pencil, sponges, powderrpuffs,.. crimps; frizzes, chamois skinß, puffs, braids,; hair-pins, piece of steel for short curls, tooth paste,;bay rum,'" Florida water, nail brush, tweezers : for pulling out. grey .hairs, cardamom see, dyes, aromatic pills for the breath, 1 invigorates, sheet of. ino for curling hair, two hand glasses, besides other articles. The effect,of long years of painting a face is quite" .visible and able by tho generally Appearance of the skin. I would advise every actor and actress to pay a great deal of attention to

scrubbing their faces after the perfor£ mance. They do wash the paint oft, but oftentimes, beir/g in a hurry, they do not wash hard enough. There is m art in 'jmakingup' as well as acting.'—New York Mai} and Ezpreas.