I remember once hearing a capital gag at the Gaiety Theatre on this whisker-spirit-gum question. I believe it was by Mr. E. W. Royce, and it was during the burlesque days of Edward Terry and Nelly Farren. Royce's moustache came off; he was supposed to have been driven on to the scene in a conveyance. He picked it up and proceeded to stick it on again, quietly remarking:-- "Dear me! I really must be moulting; Unless it is the carriage jolting!" One of the most effective make-ups on the stage is that of the Jew--and the really marvellous change which may be obtained in three moves is well illustrated in this character. The face prepared and painted, the wig joined to the forehead with grease paint, the actor proceeds to put on his nose, again finding the spirit gum handy. Such stage noses are invariably made of wool, coloured to suit the complexion. The beard--which for such characters as these is always a ready-made one--is fastened to the face by means of wire over the ears. He shrugs his shoulders, opens his eyes, leers, and--there is the complete manufactured article. [Illustration: "THE MANUFACTURED ARTICLE."] _Portraits of Celebrities at Different Times of Their Lives._ DR. MACKENZIE. BORN 1847. [Illustration: AGE 21. _From a Photo by P. Thompson, Edinburgh._] [Illustration: Age 35. _From a Photo by P. Thompson, Edinburgh._] [Illustration: PRESENT DAY. _From a Photo by Window & Grove, Baker Street._] Doctor Alexander Campbell Mackenzie, Principal of the Royal Academy of Music, was born at Edinburgh, and sent to Germany at the early age of ten to study under Ulrich Edward Stein. Four years later he entered the dual orchestra at Schwarzburg-Sondershausen, and remained in Germany till 1862, when he came to London to study the violin under M. Sainton. The same year he was elected King's Scholar at the Royal Academy of Music. The composition which made him famous was his opera, "Colomba," based upon Mérimée's celebrated story. This was produced with great success by the Carl Rosa Company at Drury Lane in 1884. His subsequent and most noted works are his second opera, "The Troubadour"; "The Story of Sayid," and in 1890 "Ravenswood" was successfully produced at the Lyceum. He was elected Principal of the Royal Academy of Music in February, 1888, in succession to the late Sir George Macfarren. THE BISHOP OF LICHFIELD. BORN 1839. [Illustration: AGE 7. _From a Crayon Drawing._] [Illustration: AGE 19. _From a Drawing._] [Illustration: AGE 23. _From a Photo by Bayard & Bertall, Paris._] [Illustration: PRESENT DAY. _From a Photo by H. J. Whitlock, Birmingham._]