European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 17, 1958, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thomas Behr adds finishing touches to life army photos the mask is the thing by Ernie staff writer besides giving their boy friends Pic Tures of themselves to carry in their Berlin girls Are sending them life masks for their bedroom this new gimmick dates Back to the time of ancient funeral when death masks were made of the deceased for now the die is cast while the subject is though Thomas Behr has been making life masks in Berlin for the past 25 his appointment Book is now bulging with big and Little during the past few Behr has made masks of movie actress Lilli Singer Caterina the Prince of Nigeria and other Berlin in his feature Section on the the professor has saved several Hundred masks of his famous one reason for the sudden interest in having a life mask made is that a new fast drying plastic has been developed by replacing slow hardening in the having a mask made was a nerve racking the subject had to hold still for 20 minutes and breath through a Small tube protruding through the when the mask was the subjects expression would often the discomfort of the ordeal and another try would be Behrs subjects find no trouble in holding a smile because he can make a snapshot in plastic in two or three minutes with his new plastic first he oils the applies the plastic and from the Calls it the Nega can reproduce a face in any sire the customer pretty smile before the for the customers who like the Behr will reproduce the masks into Gold scatter pins and recently he had an order to make a pair of cuff links from although Berlin girls Are giving life masks to their boy the professor said he has never made a mask of an perhaps the fad will catch on in Amer he As soon As people learn How simple it is to have a mask made with the new plastic official Points to scale showing balconies resting Between the Amu a portion of the masks the professor has saved from some of his 12 the stars and stapes church5 was conceived on of of the to below Barcelona family designed