Show NOUN MAKES FALSE FACES FOR biff U IDA E 0 complete emeji edep to moles mustaches and complexions completions Complex ions mm MASKS ARE hemn J PAWED IN oils sculptress models I 1 pace ace as it was wai orld lil anally a flap working from photographs and h d from the patient then copper mask light as paper Is made more than 2000 diff disfigured gu I 1 red too terribly to be seen an american sculptress mrs maynard ladd of new york philadelphia and boston has just opened tin an atelier in the latin quarter to make false bases tor for french soldiers whose vis ages have been so horribly mutilated that the men cannot appear in public unmasked working from photographs taken of her subjects before they were disfigured find from the patients themselves mrs maynard laynard li ladd f first models the face as it was originally in clay then a thin copper mask as light as paper Is made by an electrolytic process after which it is slivered silvered the shell like mask is then painted in oils to resemble the skin and comp complexion lexton of the man identically the lips are made slightly parted permitting a cigarette to be thrust through the aperture holes are perforated through the nostrils for breathing and apertures aper tures are left for the eyes unless the subject has been blinded usually mustaches are placed on tiie the upper lip and spectacles are worn vorn bars reaching back over the ears t to keep the spectacles in place also serve to hold the false face on more than two thousand french have been disfigured so terribly that facial reconstruction is necessary before the men can be seen in public usually these soldiers are the victims of the germans liquid flames or blazing oil though many were wounded by high explosives and shrapnel all of these men will be treated eventually by skilled french surgeons who have made wonderful strides cutting grafting and restoring shattered countenances many must wait but there are only a few savants savanis capable of performing these operations and the treatment Is very slow and tedious As a result only a small proportion of the mu mut lles tiles as the dis figured inured soldiers are called have received treatment and many may have to wait two and three years before their time comes for the reconstruction mrs maynard ladds false faces are designed to be worn by these men during the time that they are waiting tor for their treatment to begin and during the course of operations that will be performed upon them the copper masks will last indefinitely and may be washed and cleansed with soap and water rubber and gelatin masks have been experimented with in the past but they have not given satisfactory results because of their fragility their falsity was always plainly apparent because they were not constructed by experts three mut mu lles tiles have been assigned to me to begin on said mrs maynard ladd in her studio at 70 his bis rue notre dame des champs as she worked on a clay model of the head of a pallu whose entire lower jaw and left cheek had been shot away and whose nose was blown off in the fighting on the chemin des dames last summer now this case Is interesting because the patient has his eyes so the false face will not include a forehead it will have a chin like the soldier had before he was wounded dand and it will run back to his throat then there will be the regular nose and the mask will run up to below the eyes the alie man will wear spectacles which will mill help to hide bide the juncture of the mask and the flesh noses reproduced in cases where a mans nose remains it will fit snugly inside the space left eft in the nose on the mask which will be made large enough to accommodate the real member in cases where the nose has been shot away however and there are many like that hat the mans normal nose will be reproduced exactly as aa it was before and there will be through the he nostrils for him to breathe 1 I am going to make all of the masks with the lips slightly apart this will obviate the grotesqueness of hearing a man speak through closed lips and will also permit a buttle mu mut tle to smoke while wearing his mask further it will give a more cheerful aspect as though the man was smiling su illing capt derwent wood an angll english h sculptor originated the idea of making these artificial faces for men whose appearance would be so ghastly that they could not get work or even appear on oa the street because of their frightful wounds he has been making I 1 masks 31 asks for more than two years and has achieved some wonderful results lie he always makes masks with the mouth shut however and at first dit did not pay enough attention to the painting of the artificial faces after they were made in copper As a result the men had such pink and white complex ions that the unreality of their coun tenancies ten ances became apparent even to complexions completions Complex ions cut but by studying the matter closely and experimenting continually capt derwent wood has reproduced com plex ions entirely getting the dark swarthy tint in the faces ol of the men with heavy beards and reproducing moles and lines on the skin it must be understood that we do not noi make artificial faces for mutilated soldiers but that we sculpt masks absolutely sol reproducing the countenances of 0 these disfigured men as they were before being woun wounded dod to american soldiers have yet been terribly wounded like that so nothing of the kind hind has been started in the united stat states eq rut but I 1 am connected with the department tor for the file mutilated of the american red cr cross oss and eventually when 0 our ur men go into the trenches I 1 shall be ready to do what I 1 can tor for any of the poor fellows who may be wounded in the face the masks may be used temporarily temp ora permanently or there are many patients waiting to receive the attentions of doctor Mo Morest ln the great french surgeon and ot of doctor coulomb the wonderful french oculist clio have done so much in restoring countenances dr joseph blake earned a wonderful reputation in facial reconstruction during the early part of the war but lie he has been so busy on other forms of surgery recently that he has been unable to give much time to it too terrible to be seen some of the french mu mut lles tiles may have to wait two or three years before they can begin their treatment under doctor Mo Morest ln and without one of these artificial faces they can only go out at night as their wounds are too terrible for them to appear in public places on the streets in the underground rall railways ways in motion picture theaters and in cafes and of course they cannot find employment because of their ghastly appearance many of these cases cannot be treated successfully by surgery and they ayi use the artificial faces permanently 11 mrs maynard ladd arrived isparis in Paris from america only a few weeks ago and lost no time in getting to work on her new plan she lived in rome for some time before the war and lias has been in parts paris several times since hostilities tili ties broke out she has done many heads and busts for well known people in italy france and the united states in 1907 she did a bronze ep entitled tItled the soldier of which aich general pershing was the model it depicted a united states army officer standing at rest she has also done some tanagra figures which have been favorably commented upon by leading critics |