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Show NEW FACES FOR OLD. The American lied Cross has undertaken under-taken varied tasks. These range from .iUmlng the socks of tho soldlors to soaking new faces for thoso disfigured ky war. Mrs. Ladd, tho wife of Dr. ldd, now doing scrvlco In Itcd Cross hospitals abroad. Is working In her Paris studio making musks to cover .disfigured faces. A photograph of tho soldier showing how ho looked before being wounded Is obtained and then a mask of copper or silver Is made to re-Miublo re-Miublo It and replnco tha pnrt that Is gone. This Is mudo us lifelike us possible pos-sible nnd held on, ns u rule, with bows behind the cars llku spectacles. The soldier runnot eat or sleep In these masks, but ho can sco nnd breathe through them. Sometimes n noso ts put on so llfellko that It cannot bo detected, de-tected, and sometimes It Is a chin or In rare Instances almost tho entire face. This great humanitarian work enables the victim to mlnglo with people with-(lout with-(lout being mado conspicuous or con-( con-( sclous that ho Is being avoided. |
