^d* °,~ 7-.'*" A o * A '*7 ; ^o* *, ** v v: ^\."-I *oV? ... v-^v v^V V^ r^v _ ft A _ V^ A> ... Ok _^ *L^L'* ^ • i\?* o 0*0 <* W - # * • ^* zSBk- ** *m 0~ *■ 1 * s !!nL' ^ ••-•' A? V4. AT »J layed. Putting on the wig, an amateur can see how little paint is really required, and how little is to be done. It is to do that little well. Often the wig makes a great part of the character. A young actor, with a defined face, after adjusting the proper wig and matching with the right color, needs only the shadows, and they lighted up, to look as lie desires. A young actor without a marked face, if he wishes to play character parts, will be obliged to exercise all his skill and ingenuity to make up his face to look well. In both cases, the actors must put the shadows where they would naturally come. These shadings cannot be forced, for they look absurd, and on this account some have better faces than others for the stage. To find the true places for the wrinkles frobisher's make-up book. 25 ♦ and shadows, must be the first thought of the young actor. One means is to take a lighted candle, and having it as the only light of the room, and before a glass, observe the shades as they will come by variously turning the face to and from the light. A Good Stage Face should not be oval, round, but incline to long, oblong, such as where the cheeks slant from the nostrils to the cheek-bone, rather filled to roundness. Such a well-formed face, to show oppo- sitely, would be improperly painted, if rouge be applied from the eyes down too far, even if the face be so colored by nature. The effect would be lost. If painted so the expression is peasant-like, and to increase this farther in this direction, and have nothing lacking, would be to paint the eye-brows larger in their color, and yet, most amateurs do this and make a terrible mistake. If the Face is too Hollow, or Thin, put more red on those parts fallen in; the farther back the rouge, the larger and fuller the cheeks; put the rouge well towards the ears, and try the effect. Put dark red high on high cheek-bones, and lighter red in front of them. Put dark red on all projecting points, and lighter red on the sunken places. (See cut.) If the Face is too Full and Plump, do not put too light a red on it, for rouge, but rather a dark red, to make it appear smaller. Put the rouge near the nostrils, and do not extend it too near the cheek-bones. This makes the face seem smaller, or thinner. (See cut.) 26 frobisher's make-up book. To Make a Prominent Nose Smaller. — Extend the rouge from the cheeks on to the sides of the nose, but not too much. On the contrary, a small nose can be apparently increased by keeping the rouge farther from it. To still further increase the apparent size, take a lighter flesh color than is put on the face, and varying the width, from an eighth to a quarter of an inch, make a stripe down the sides of the nostrils. Tone down the edges of these bands, and blend them lightly to the color of the cheeks. To Reduce the Eyebrows if too Heavy. — Plaster them down with yellow soap, and then match them with the face with grease paint, and paint the brows over that, as desired, in their color. The natural form of the eyebrow is so shaped, or sized, that generally something is required in some way. The shape of a beautiful brow for classical type, is the small, slender, arched character, to allow the eye to lie open freely. It commences at the bridge of the nostrils lightly and slimly; it widens at the centre of the eye and diminishes towards the hollow of the temple, as observance of the paintings of re- nowned masters will show. The Eye. — To give the effect of lunacy, put strong red on the upper lid ; for crying , iveeping, put a soft, mild red ; for sorrow, put blue or slate, for young people ; for old, or played out parts, put over and under the eye, both lids. The Mouth. — After the eye, the mouth requires the most particular care in making-up. If you have a good mouth, be careful not to cover up the upper lip so as to conceal it; but rather show it together with frobisher's make-up book. 27 its corners, and reversely, try to hide it if poor mouth and broad upper lip, large and awkward. In the first instance, have a thin, or narrow mustache; in the other, have it larger, longer-haired, reasonably so ? so as to improve the mouth surroundings. A small mustache on a large lip looks comic. Do not cover all of the lip, but have a little flesh seen directly under nose-point of lip. With broad mouth or thick, make a less uncovering of the corners of the mouth. Free Mouth. — In the make-up of a mouth without mustache, the flesh color must not touch the corners of the lips, if any change is to be made in its confor- mation. If it is not of good form, the mouth can be changed in shape. You can paint it narrower if too broad by nature, or if certain effects be desired. This is done by extending in a special manner the flesh color on to the lips, and rouging them after that. Reverse effects are produced by enlarging the mouth with color. Do not take white instead of flesh color, as it produces an effect upon the under shape of the lip by destroying the concave. Be sure to apjDly rouge in all cases, or the lips will look purple as coming from a cold bath. Give the lips a centre point, beneath the nostrils, and make each side from that in a graceful curve. This is the natural shape until age changes it. For a young, healthy make-up, a slight touch of rouge to the chin, gives a fresh, blooming appearance. The Forehead and the Crown. — In a young part, to look well, the forehead should be made up high. If low forehead, the hair should be forced up from it, or a wig worn having a high forehead piece attached. If the hair on the crown is thin, take brown or black 28 frobisher's make-up book. muscaro and paint that part of the scalp or hair, and it will appear like a fullness of hair. A Juvenile Thin Face. — When the juvenile face was spoken of in the preceding pages, it was inferred as being full. If we wish to produce a juvenile thin face we have a difference in the work. Let it be for a serious character. Take for groundwork, as a basis, color number two, three or four, according to hair or wig, if used, and cover the entire face as before. Put a light half -inch breadth of shade from the middle of the cheek down to the chin-bone, and rub it gently wdth the groundwork color of the face, so as to appear soft and blended. Do the same from the back of the cheek, near the ears, in a downward direction. To express a crushed, hopeless condition, add a shade to the temples and under the eyelids, of dark brown or black. A Juvenile Comic Face. — To appear long faced, you must arrange the hair so as to show the forehead as if high and narrow. Touch the cheek-bones and tip of nose with light red, and tone down. Put a long half-inch breadth shade, or streak of pale red, from near the inside corner of the eye down the sides of the nose, and add a few lines; then continue close to the corners of the mouth, past the chin down to the neck. Then with the fingers blend all together. An old, Thin Face. — First, a ground color of six, eight, or up to thirteen, according to wig. Then put a shade or line for wrinkles, as high as possible at bridge of nose, and run past the corner of the mouth, tracing it down the natural wrinkle to the middle of the face, under the chin. Use dark brown. Shade the back frobisher's make-up book. 29 part of the face and upper part of the face with same color. The same with the temples and below the eyes, the whole of the lower lid. Shade the cheeks also, half an inch breadth. Touch the cheek-bones with dark red, and tone down as before. Comic Characters. — The comic face consists either of natural facial expression, or of the disproportion or singularity of certain parts of the visage, or coun- tenance. Learn to make them up from nature. The Nose will look comical when very plump and conspicuous, when turned up so as to show the nos- trils, or when long and pointed so as to hang over the upper lip. The Mouth will look comical when very large, and the lips very broad ; or, when very small, or crooked, or thick and puffy. The Chin will look comical when very long and pointed, or very broad. The Forehead will look comical if conspicuously low, or very narrow and high. The head can be treated best by the shape of wigs. The Eyebrow can be made to look comical in a variety of ways, by first soaping over as described, and painting to one's fancy. The Teeth can be made to look quite comical by painting some of them out, as if missing. A liquid preparation called Email Noir, comes expressly for the purpose, and is harmless in character. 30 frobisher's make-up book. To Make-up a Plump Nose. — Take grease paint, dark red, blend it into the color on the face, and shade with lighter red on the wing of the nose, also on the tip. Or the nose can be enlarged with the compo- sition already mentioned, and then painted accord- ingly. When the nose is made of composition, use the color of the face on the wings of nose, and paint the rim of the nose entirely around with black. Then mechanically contrive to push the nostrils up if pos- sible with a bent hair-pin. This can be very cleverly done by those who understand how. It repays a trial. Cover the points of the hair pin with little balls of sealing-wax; bend them into hooks and insert them into the nostrils; bend the middle of hair-pin over the bridge of the nose, previously putting a thread through the loop of the pin, and fasten the whole to a fore- lock of the wig, then cover the hair-pin and thread with the colors of the forehead and nose. A Long Nose. — A white dot on the tip of the nose makes it appear very long and pointed. An extremely long nose must be made of composition. Large Lips are made with an approriate red, and the corners of the mouth are enlarged with a line of brown. A few lines from the corner of the mouth add still further to its size. Make Wo little lines as a frame work; raise the middle of the lip with light red and frame this, (half circle,) with light brown. Redden the lips, then broaden them by a few lines and frame with brown; then lighten up the upper part of the lips with flesh color. Full Cheeks, Plump. — To paint full cheeks take lightest flesh color, number one, and make a disk like erobisher's make-up book. 31 the bull's-eye of a target, an inch in diameter in the centre of the cheek. Then take dark red and make a broad band from the corner of the nose, down to the corner of the mouth, keeping well down on the cheek to chin bone, and along the jaw, and around well, back to the ear, then Tiigh on top of cheek-bone up to the eye and corner, then down the side of the nose till it meets the other end of band. Then put a lighter red in the same manner, inside of that band. Now blend the centre spot to the inner band and blend the inner band into the outer. Tone all down so as not to leave any edges and lines, and still preserve the original colors in their respective parts of the cheek. Tone also the outer edge of the band into the oppo- site sides of the chin until they meet, and also, other sections of the face, as in other make-ups. The chin must be treated in the same manner, for it must be made full also. The red on the chin, however, should not be as dark as that on the face. Light flesh, first color, as before, then bright red under it, then under that repeat the first color. This brings the chin out. A Broad Chin — Take color number seven and put on, and partly under the chin, and then encircle it with a broad shade of a lighter color. A Crooked Mouth is framed with two lines of brown, by having one drawn, small line, from the corner of the mouth downward, and the other drawn from the other corner upward. The Humorist.- — Take healthy flesh color, number five or six (rosy.) Make forehead smooth, high, broad. Eyebrows drawn in curved lines. The wrinkles that run down from the nose to the corner of the mouth, 32 frobisher's make-up book. should be of a cheerful expression. Practice will find this line. It should be in a convex line, if possible, without forcing, to the end of the cheek, as if laughing. The hair should be light and curly. A Tipsy Man. — The same ground color as that of the humorist. Forehead, nose and chin a little red- dish. The wrinkle to appear as if grinning. The corners of the mouth are to be drawn slightly upwards by two small lines. The hair a little deranged on the forehead. A Drunkard. — The ground tone must be either quite pale, or almost brownish red. Eyes pinched, small, and nearly shut. The wrinkle from the nose, through mimic action, drawn straight to the chin blade. The mouth drawn downwards by two brown lines. The hair unkempt, and hanging low down on the forehead. WIGS, BEARDS, Ac. "Wigs for Old Age. — If no forehead piece, as partly bald in front, put on as in making-up for youth or manhood. If a forehead piece, paint the inside of the forehead of the wig, and also your own entire forehead; this will not only make the wig adhesive, but make it fit more snugly to your natural forehead. Besides that, in case of displacement of the wig, by accident, or by its moving upwards on your forehead, it will prevent the skin of the forehead, beneath it, showing a band of a different color. If the whole forehead were not painted and the wig should move up, a stripe of the unpainted section would be seen and thus destroy the illusive effects intended. After this frobisher's make-up book. 83 painting, place the forehead of the wig against your own forehead, take the elastic in both hands and pull the wig smoothly over your head, pushing your natural hair under the wig with back of your comb, except at the temples; this portion should be matched with paint. When the wig is finally adjusted, and closely in its place, match its forehead with yours as neatly as possible. Then paint the face as before mentioned, making a line on the forehead close to line of the wig, and powder all, including the painted hair at the temples. The Beard gives the face a certain form, if not as much character, as a correct wig, and great caution must be observed as to its kind, and the manner of its being put on. Perhaps the best kind is one ready made, on gauze. The next in order might be prepared for the occasion, each time, from sheep's wool or crepe d hair. The Color of the Beard. — The color of the beard and mustache are always made or prepared of lighter colors than that of the wig or hair of the head, never uniform, especially with full beard; observe persons in life. Note the shading of a full beard particularly ; you will see the lighter colors around the mouth, riff The Size and Shape of the Beard must be in pro- portion to the face. A person with a full face has more space than one with a thin face. The former will be obliged to cover more to make his face look narrow and smaller, while the thin faced person will have to omit more to keep the face looking full. For a slim face, put on whiskers back near the ears to make the face look larger than in real life. Keep the hair 34 frobisher's make-up book. well back while arranging it lower towards the chin. On a fat face put the whiskers forward, and keep them forward while going down towards the chin. This will make the face seem slimmer. Making the Beard. — This is not a difficult matter, but requires patience and ingenuity. "When using creped hair, pull off, or cut a section from the string, not exceeding generally, two or three inches in length for a side whisker; and for the chin and mustache, still less, according to size required. Hold one end in one hand, and with the other pull the hair to full length to free it from its braided shape until entirely separated and free, like the natural beard, and make the shape required. Paste the face with spirit gum where the hair is to be placed, just the shape needed. Apply the hair in neatly fitting sections, not the whole at once. First, the side whiskers, down to chin bone, then the chin piece, then the mustache, until the full beard is made. Hold each section a moment to the face with napkin, until firmly set. Have no grease paint where they are used, or they will be likely to fall off by not adhering well. After all the beard is on, neatly trim with scissors. For flat beard, use flat creped hair. For full beard and long, fasten long ends of creped hair to hang like beard; lighter color for chin. A nice beard, well formed, has three special points: One as from tip of lips, the others from the two cor- ners of the mouth. For gray beard, make a little lighter gray around the mouth. Mustache still lighter than beard. In using wool, take the comb and carefully draw through it, until enough has been collected in it for the purpose. Then cut off even with shears above the frobisher's make-up book. 35 comb, to make an even edge along the line of the pen- dant wool, in the teeth of the comb. Draw it gently from the comb. Spread it apart and apply it like the hair, with ends downward like the natural beard. Use spirit gum, which can be procured of the theat- rical wig makers, or dissolve gum mastic in alcohol, or use strong solution of gum arabic, the latter is not good if you perspire readily. To remove the beard, gum mastic or spirit gum being used, take cocoa-butter or vaseline, or alcohol, and apply to edges and gradually pull it off. The Eyebrows can be either painted with color, to match the hair, or made from creped hair, or wool, and gummed on. A painted eyebrow gives the face a happier, more jolly appearance. Creped hair gives to the brows a bushy character, but takes away jollity. For sinister characters have the eyebrows hang down, and over them to give shadow, make them look heavy and sunken. The eyebrow commencing at nose, and painted high over the brow, or made short, the rest plastered out with soap, gives a stupid appearance. A very black, narrow, painted, arched brow, gives the appearance of treachery, duplicity. Bushy brows, creped hair, commencing deep, broad in centre, curved up at end, shows the villainous, low, brooding charac- ter, Prefer painting generally to gumming. To Remove Grease Paints from the Face. To remove the grease paints from the face it is best to take either cocoa-butter or vaseline. The cleanliest way is to have small patches of white muslin, a few inches square, prepared with either cocoa-butter or vaseline, and warming one over the gas, wipe first all 36 erobisher's make-up book. the shadings and lines off the face and eyebrows, then take another patch, warm it slightly, and wipe the mouth, face, ears, nostrils, and even neck now. When all is clean, then wipe thoroughly every par^ with soft napkin, not harshly, however. It is best not to wash at the theatre. The warm, heated skin, exposed, shortly after, to the outer cold air is likely to suffer in consequence. A tender skin especially, is apt to change its complexion. It is even better not to wash the face after reaching home. The cocoa-butter softens the skin, improves it, and it is best to let it remain on the face overnight. N.B. — All the preceding make-ups apply to ladies as well as gentlemen, except in the use of exoras, the softer grease paints. The wrinkles, linings and shadings are all the same. / fbobisher's make-up book. 37 AN EPITOME OF MAKE-UPS. YOUTH. 1. — Costume or dress not around neck and shoulders. 2. — Apron or cloth around neck. 3. — Put on and adjust the wig if one is used, 4. — Rub the entire face and inner part of ears with cocoa- lDutter. 5. — Gently wipe face with napkin. 6. — Grease paint entire face with warm hands. 7. — Rouge top of cheek-bone, and hollow of ears. 8. — Draw line under eyelid and blend. 9. — Powder face with puff and dust off. 10. — Wipe off powder from brows and eyelashes with wet corner of napkin, and paint them. 11. — Rouge the lips and nostrils. 12. — Sponge and rub the neck, hands and arms, with the liquid preparation if used. MANHOOD. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.— Similar directions as to youth. 6. — Grease paint as before, but advanced colors. 7.— Rouge the middle of cheek-bone and ears. 8. — Draw line under eyelids, and perhaps, very lightly, two or three at outer corner of the eye. 9. — Draw shadows from corner of eye at nose, and from corner of nose towards chin; perhaps two small upright lines, as frowns, at top of nose. 10.— Powder face, and 11 and 12 as in youth. 1, 2. — Similar to youth and manhood. 3. — Paint inside forehead piece, and own forehead, and pull on the wig as directed. 4. — Match both foreheads with grease paint. 5, 6. — As in manhood, still more advanced colors. 7. — Rouge below cheek-bone. (There are different rouges. ) 8. — Line as before under the eyelid, make deeper, sharper crow's feet at the outer corner of the eye. 9. — Make deeper, longer shadows from the inner corners of the eye, and from the lower corners of the nostrils; add similar shadows to the corners of the mouth. 10. — "Bag ' the lower lids of the eye, as described. 11. — Redden the upper lids, if required. 12. — Knit the brows and shadow the creases. 38 FROBISHERS MAKE-UP BOOK. YOUTH TO MANHOOD. 13. — Hollow, a little, the bridge of tlie nose and tip of chin, and temples. 14. — Elevate the brows, and shade irregularly the wrinkks. 15. — Raise, or depress, as required, the skin of the entire face, and paint lines as needed, and, also, line the lower jaw, and the creases of the neck. All this done on the dry surface, after liquid. 15. — Powder over all your work and dust off. GREASE PAINTS AND MATERIALS. 1. -Pale flesh color. 2.— Light flesh. 3. — Natural. 4. — Rosy. 5. — Darker rose. 6. — Sunburnt. 7. — Dark sunburnt. 8.— Sallow, 9. — Healthy manhood. 10.— Sallow. 11.— Ruddy. 12.— Olive. 13.— Olive lighter. 14. — Gypsy. 15.— Moor. 16. — Chinese. 17.— N A. Indian. 18. — East Indian. Each 50 and 25 cents. GREASE PAINT PENCILS. White, for graying eyebrows and hair. Black, for eyebrows, mustache, etc. Gray or Slate, for hollow cheeks, temples, etc. Brown, for wrinkles. Light flesh, shade added to brown wrinkles. Red or Maroon for rouge, old men. Carmine, for brows, etc., when red wig is worn. Black and Bed, 20 cents; other colors, 10 cents. OLD AGE. CREAM EXORAS— (Ladies.) 1. — White. 2. — Rose. 3. — Brunette. (Greasepaints, soft.) Each 50 cents. frobisher's make-up book. 39 EOUGE DE PAEIS AND OTHEES. Rouge de Paris (youth). Rouge de Theatre, No. 6, light; No. 18 dark (old age). Rouge Vegetate, No. 8, light; 12, medium; 18, deepest shade; (youth, manhood, old age). For cheeks, lips, nostrils and ears, 50 and 75 cents per box. MASOAEO. Black, Brown. — For eyebrows, mustache, hair. Each 25 cents. CRAYON PENCILS. Carmine. — For light wrinkles, etc. Blue. — For veins in arms, and on back of hands; for blonde eyelids. Brown. — For wrinkles, &c, and under eyelids sometimes instead of grease paints, in parlor. Black. — Under eyelids, with black wig and mustache. 20 and 35 cents per color. $1.00 box of three colors. EXOEA POWDEBS. (Both Sexes.) 1, white; 2, flesh; 3, brunette; 4, gypsy. Used as the fin- ishing over the grease paints. Each 25 cents. LIQUID COLOES. 1, white; 2, flesh; 3, brunette; 4, gypsy; 5, Indian. For neck, hands and arms. Each 50 cents. Pomade, for mustache. 25 cents. Spirit Gum. — 1, very strong, 25 cents. 2, — Medium, 20 cents. WIGS AND BEAEDS. Court wig, Dress, Brown George, Judge, Ladies' Court, Ladies' Blonde, Ladies' red or auburn, Character, Crop, Fright, Negro. From $5 to $20. BEAIDED, OE CEEPED HAIE AND WOOL. For making beards, whiskers, mustaches, and eyebrows. 30 cents per yard. 40 frobisher's make-up book. SELECTED HINTS ON ACTING. Some have that mysterious, divine faculty, which exists independently of circumstances, of culture, even of intellect itself, which we vaguely call genius. But genius itself requires culture to produce art. The most expressive voice, the most perfect instinct, the most inspired soul, must still be taught and trained. Artistic genius is ever precocious, of magnificent capabilities, of intense impulses, of grand natural gifts, but it requires culture even of the beaten track, the technicalities, the restraints, the traditions, and the useful, if not altogether necessary convention- alities of art. Sometimes, the utter want of worldly tact, and knowledge of self, unless good fortune befall it, dooms it to obscurity by reason of groveling in the rudiments of an art with which it is imperfectly acquainted, coupled with the sensitive shyness which is so often a quality of the finer order of minds, which prevents ease of manner, and, consequently, of ad- vancement. Genius sometimes, too, works provokingly slow. But what results ! Like giants of old. In acting, the divine secret is the way to the inmost heart of every man at once. The headlong impetu- osity of genius that sweeps to its triumphs, carrying an audience wildly before it. An actor should consider his own emotions as materials to utilize, for should he make absolutely his own the passions of his role, he will needlessly fatigue and injure himself. The natural effect of a passion is to raise ourselves to the government of ourself. A certain excitation does not injure; but sinking one's self to the great depths of one's spirit is not always free from danger, if recklessly continued. To fire one's inspiration too much, is wrong, and eventually frobisher's make-up book. 41 weakens one's powers, even rendering them useless, brain as well as body. It is necessary to improve genius by study and meditation, and constant practice. The opposite opinion is only a prejudice of the mass. How to Speak in a Theatre. — If one speaks on the stage as in a parlor, in a modest tone, he would not be heard. The stage itself is like a room, in most re- spects, with this exception, that one side opens to a large space filled with spectators, To produce an effect equal in appearance of your room, face to face with another, it is necessary to raise the voice, and accentuate more clearly. To introduce in the lan- guage the purpose, without showing the labor and the pains employed, and without marring the character represented, and without seeming to have any care regarding the manner. There is a certain agreement necessary, and that is to take away all appearance in the effort. They are to be governed entirely by optical laws. Having the medium, the stage, isolated from the audience, illumined, and with all the agreements or conditions, the slope or incline towards audience, the scenes, the decorations, the actors themselves — for every actor is an agreement — it becomes a necessity to give an illusion of life on the assembled spectators, modified in the sense of this medium of the conditions of life. It is not possible to enter into the details of the necessary features; this is a S}3ecial study, full of technicals; but one point is essentially to be noted, that is, as the illusion of life ought to be produced on the audience, it is well to consider their intellectual status and their degree of culture. All audiences are not alike in these respects, and allowable variations can be made. The more refined are more difficult to 42 frobisher's make-up book. please, while the less refined need not have the same finished expression, but would be better pleased with the lines grosser drawn. The law of enlargement, of relief, in any case, is eternal, for it is a law of art; but the conditions change with time and the people. The rude manners of our ancestors made it necessary to greatly roll the eye as well as the " r." The softened habits of to- day have very sensibly decreased the necessity of such grossness. It is not necessary to destroy the truth of the theatre for the power of agreement, neither is it necessary for the force of truth to destroy the illusion of the theatre — the pleasure one goes there to find. This pleasure is made certainly of illusion, and also truth, but accom- panied by a sentiment of personal security, and the conviction, habitual and familiar, that one partakes only of an illusion. This sentiment it is not necessary to destroy ; and if reality or artifice takes its place too absolutely, all pleasure to audience is destroyed. In order to have an illusion of truth, it must be only an illusion. Rehearsals. — No number of rehearsals can be toa many. Under intelligent guidance do precisely the same as if theatre had an audience. Each rehear- sal as near as possible to an evening's performance without the costume. The stage must be set, the scenes correct, the properties in place, all complete, even trifles. A rehearsal should be very exacting. Again and again go over bits and sections until properly delivered. Give even the best of acting. Effects must be sought, because it is intentionally art, and everything must be perfected to that end. It must be a determination to act the very best, to give way to feelings in the most decided manner. frobisher's make-up book. 43 Few people have any idea of the vast amount of tireless drudgery, and the toil spent in the elaboration of the most minute details of acting and rehearsing- f great artists, necessitated beforehand. To witness a fine scene is pleasant enough, but few realize that the faintings, the embraces, and postures, here and there, have had to be tried in every possible variety, all over and over again. Sometimes a person will spend the entire day on the stage, speaking, laughing, crying, gesticulating, fainting, falling, dying, throwing themselves on chairs and lounges and re- citing sections of their parts. Sometimes a dying embrace will be rehearsed many, many times before knowing how, to a nicety, to pro- duce the most telling effect. Rehearsals of such matters are often very painful and tiresome ; sometimes amusing. Sometimes a phrase will be uttered again and again, until satisfied as to which is the best manner^ until finally found, after the most wearisome, fatiguing,, exhausting labor, to be the artistic expression of the most thrilling bit, perhaps of a scene. Then acting becomes actual life, except raised by an artistic stand- ard. The manner is the link between soul and body. Society and Acting. — Movements of the body and facial changes are visible effects of feeling, which, when the feeling is strong are uncontrollable. When the feel- ings are less strong they may be repressed, and the habit of repressing them is insisted upon as an element of good manners. This in part explains why the best actors generally come from the humbler classes. So- ciety restraining the language of expression, of course prevents its growth. But acting requiring a more can- did display, except in society plays, there will go along 44 frobisher's make-up book. -with the habit, which can be practised and premedi- tated, development of the means of display; so that besides the stronger emotions, the more delicate shades and smaller degrees of emotion will visibly express themselves, the emotional language w T ill be- come more copious, more varied, more definite, and obviously, sympathy will be proportionately facilitated. The vocal signs of sentient states will simultaneously evolve further. Loudness of tone, pitch, quality, and change of tone, are marks of feeling, and, combined in different ways and proportions, serve to express different extents and kinds of feelings. Not in excited speech only, but in ordinary speech, we show by ascending and descending intervals, by deviations of tone, by place and strength of emphasis, the kind of sentiency which accompanies the thought expressed. A simultaneous increase in the power of interpreting both visible and audible signs of feeling must be taken into account. If we suppose both these faculties exalted, both a more delicate perception of the signs, and a strengthened, constructive imagination, we shall get some idea of the deeper and wider sympathy that will hereafter arise. More vivid representations of the feelings of others, implying ideal excitements of feel- ings, approaching to real excitements, must imply a greater likeness between the feelings of the sympa- thizer and the sympathized with, coming nearer to identity. Practice. — Facility attends long practice, and loss of aptitude begins when practice ceases. THE i allege of fraianj anfi Jpng OF NEW YORK, No. 23 EAST 14th STREET, (Bet. Bkoadway and Fifth Avenue.) J. E. Frobisher, - Director, This Institution, modeled after the systems of the European Conservatories, and the only one of the kind in this country, is designed for the purpose of more liberally and thoroughly advancing the arts of ORATORY, READING AND ACTING, and it will be the endeavor of those most interested in its. welfare to make it preeminently worthy the support of the intelligent public, not only as a Metropolitan, but a National Conservatory of Speech as an art. It is especially intended for teachers, those desirous of be- coming public readers, young clergymen, lawyers and students of the dramatic art, wishing to acquire a scientific use of the voice and an aesthetic development of expression. For this purpose the Auditorium has been provided with a completely arranged Stage for General Instruction, Lec- tures; and also Readings and Acting by the pupils. Receptions, Readings and Dramatic Performances will be given at frequent intervals during the season, to which all pupils of the institution will be gratuitously admitted. COURSE OF INSTRUCTION. 1. VOCAL culture. BBEATHING, for Lnng Capacity and Chest Expansion. ARTICULATION, for Distinctness of Utterance. EOECE, STRESSES, for Strength of Voice— Endurance. PITCH, for Flexibility of Voice— Modulation and Melody. TIME, to Regulate the Slowness and Rapidity of Speech. EMPHASIS, for the Coloring and Expression of Sentiment. 2. ACTION AND ATTITUDE. GESTURE, Movements of the Arms, Hands and Fingers. POSITIONS, Lower Limbs and Feet. ATTITUDE, Dramatic and Statuesque, Posing. 3. THE PASSIONS. ANALYSIS— Illustrative Examples. 4. READING, RECITATION, ORATORY. Analysis — Criticism — Prose — Poetry — The Bible— Shakespeare — Selections. 5. ACTING. Character Studies — Rehearsals— Plays, etc. — Fencing — Light and iEsthetic Gymnastics — Military Drill, etc. TERMS. (Quarterly, in Advance.) GENERAL INSTRUCTION. Yearly Course — Class Instructions, - - $125*00 This will include, in addition to the regular daily and numerous special lessons, Lectures, Receptions, Entertainments, etc. PRIVATE INSTRUCTION. (Part Payment in Advance.) Per Hour, $2.00, $3.00, $4.00 {According to instructors, length of term and requirements of the Pupil.) Ten to twenty-five lessons constitute a Private Course, and may be received from one to three times per week. A reduction will be made where two or more persons form a private class. Special Classes formed for Teachers or Clergy- men when desired. OTHER SPECIAL CLASSES, Partial Course. (Full Payment in Advance.) Besides the regular and private instruction, special limited classes will be taught, day or evening. READING CLASS. Yocal Drill — Readings and Recitations — Number limited to fifteen in Class. Lessons of two hours each. $15.00 per quarter. DRAMATIC CLASS. Stage Business— Rehearsals— Public Performances. Lessons (weekly), two hours each. $15.00 per, quarter. SHAKESPEARE CLASS. (Advanced Pupils and others.) In this class the pupils will be assigned separate characters in the plays of Shakespeare to read or recite, subject to analysis and criticism. Lessons of two hours each. $15. 00 per quarter. Persons can join at any time, as classes are constantly forming . PRIVATE THEATRICALS, Etc. AMATEUR CLASS. A special feature will be made in arranging for ladies and gentlemen who may desire to have a strictly private class among their own acquaintances at the same rates as noted for the Dramatic Class. AMATEUR DRAMATIC SOCIETIES. Will be prepared for Public Representation, and management of stage taken charge of on the evening of performance, at reasonable rates. TEXT AKD REFERENCE BOOKS.* The Regular Text Books employed are: Fbobisheb's "Voice and Action," 268 pages, a complete system of Vocal Culture; and Fkobisheb's "Acting and Obatoby, " 415 pages, a very com- prehensive treatise, and compendium of notes. Both of these works are furnished at cost to all pupils of the institution. Among Books of Reference and general study, may be men- tioned: Rush's "Philosophy of the Voice," Bell's "Visible Speech," Austin's " Chibonomia, " Steel's " Pbosodia Ration- ales," etc., etc. The summer term is more especially intended for teachers, students and those unable to attend at other seasons of the year. N. B. — To further accommodate those not able to commence at the beginning of the terms, a special feature has been made of the elementary drill, so that persons can join at any time, and dale their term accordingly, and still progress with the regular work of the classes. * Other works than those mentioned as the regular Text Books will be pro- cured for such pupils as may desire them at the lowest cash, prices. Extracts from Notices if the Press. Long known as a Teacher of Elocution. His " Voice and Action " has been a standard work in its especial sphere. Within the past few years the number of misguided young persons who have come before the public to claim recognition as readers, with no knowledge of the principles of artistic elocution whatever, may be counted by thousands. A general diffusion of the ideas promulgated by Prof. Frobisher would render most of such inflictions upon the public impossible, by fixing a standard of artistic excellence. There exists the need for a radical reform in the elocution of many clergymen, lawyers and actors, to cultivate the art of speaking. His theories indicate that he understands the voice much better than most exponents of vocal culture.— New York Herald. The Teacher of Teachers in Elocution.— Programme. Mr. F: has furnished the stage with good actors and readers. — Brooklyn Times. Prof. Frobisher, under the patronage of some of the most spirited public gentlemen of the metropolis, has established a College of Oratory and Acting in this city. His success as a Professor of Elocution is an earnest of the bril- liant future of the College. Hundreds who are now practising at the bar, or acting before the footlights, bear testimony to the effectiveness of his method. — New York Herald. PRONOUNCED THE BEST BOOK OF ITS KIND. NEW AND IMPROVED EDITION. Voice and Action, New Features! New Selections! Impmed Diagrams ! +. _ BY J. E. FROBISHER, Director of the College of Oratory and Acting, of New York ; Author of " Acting and Oratory," "Serial Readings," "Popular Recitals." &c. 264 PAGES, - - IBY MAIL, $1.10. The long experience of its author as a Public Reader and Elo- cutionist well qualifies him to judge of the needs of those wishing to learn the art of Elocution. A Practical work by one who has practically devoted himself to the study and teaching of Reading and Speaking. The best manual of the kind in existence.— New York Atlas. The author is well known, and there is, we believe, but one voice as to the excellence of his system and his training. — Ch. Intelligencer. FROBISHER'S POPULAR RECITALS, - 25 Cents. For Sale at all Book Stores in the U.S., and at the College. Charles Meyer, ?HEA¥i$€AL — AND — qirbj&l to inn 123 Fourth Avenue, Bet. 12th and 13th Streets, NEW YOR K C I T MR. 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