pasteboard or cloth masks, representing human faces, usually with distorted features. They are made as follows: The sculptor or modeler, with his moist modeling clay, forms in high relief half a face, with conventional features. This is done in order that he may arrive at the proper proportions and distances; but as soon as the regular features are made he begins to distort them. A wad of clay is put on to the end of the nose, and a twist, punch or pull transforms it into whatever shape he desires. The chin, mouth, cheeks, lips and forehead are changed to suit. The modeler is careful to form his model so that there will be no undercuts, or surfaces that curve under, for a hollow plaster of Paris cast is made of the model, and this cast is the mold in which the pasteboard false face is made. If the model has undercuts, the pasteboard cannot be drawn from the mold. The mold, or hollow cast, is made by pouring plaster of Paris, mixed with water, over the face of the model. The workman who does this first dashes the thin plaster into the cracks and crevices of the face and then fills the mold up until it is one to two inches thick. When the plaster is set, it is taken from the clay model and is ready for the workmen who make the pasteboard faces. The pasteboard is soaked in water until it is soft and mushy. In this condition it will conform to every curve and mark in the plaster mold. The first layer is pressed into the mold with the fingers, great care being taken to cover completely every bit of the surface. When this layer of pasteboard is pressed into shape, another is laid on, and thus the face is built of successive layers. Flour paste is used to hold the layers of paper together. After the faces are dried, they are daubed with paint, and the hair, mustache and whiskers are glued in their proper positions. See MASKS.