The New York herald., 1874-08-25

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Perhaps II would be possible to live comfortably
for 81 600 year. and that py rigid selr-denai a
LADY might ccntrtve to exist upon half OF that
amount 'i9 f
"a KRRPMe HOUSE.
If an American lady artist Will not live in q
boarding house, she should hnd companion will
ting to snare expenses with her. Two young ladies
can rent q furnished room at from 50 TO $40
month IN the neiRhhOrhood OF the Rue de Seine,
which ts the Bohemian quarter of Paris. At the
Hotel du Mont Blanc, In this street. o modest room
may be had for the Same price or . little lower.
the ladies'. II forced to exercise vigorous self.
denial, may there buy bread, cold meat and other
necessaries at the prces but II they do not
ike to live 4n 90 cheeriess q manner their case
viii stand thus:-They may obtain their coree and
milk, duly sugared, at . cr6merie, or milk shop,
~ the rate Of twenty centtmes qour
cents the half pint; pat OF butter
viii cost them five centimes lone cent?; small
loaf Of bread, suficient lor meal, viii cost ten
confines two cents, and 1t 10 usual to give i've
centimes lone cent, to the waiter, 30 that they
may breakfast in . warm Soom very well Tor forty
centimes (elaht cents,. Cremeries are much fre-
quented by American lady artists; and that of the
Roe de pOratoire. opposite the Louvre. and near
the Protestant church, is one Of the best OF them.
1t ls clean, nice and respectable A beefsteak or
q outlet and potatoes or eggs cost fifty centimes
item ceuts) rice, with sugar and milk, twenty
centmes -four cents) glass OF wine, twenty GEN.
times q plate Of roast meat, seventy-fve cenrimes
(niteen cents). One may dine there very decen tiy
at something dnder two francs, or forty cents,
and the cremeries are frequented by many rich
curmudgeons.
THE COST OF PRIVATE STUDIO,
with good light is from 500 francs to 150o francs
year Tor one uniurnished room. The price OF
models who sit for lady artists is four frahcs to
woman and nve francs for man for the space OF
four hours Good models are very abundant in
Paris and they are all extremely proud OF the
quality for which they are sought One picture
often requires many models, and models Of excep-
tional perfections sometimes charge as much as
ten francs an hour. Very nne models are also
frequently hired by the day at fancy prices.
An American lady artist who means serious
work usually passes ner day in attendance at Ju-
HANS studio till noon. She then takes hasty
breakfast and goes TO the afternoon class at Ju-
lan's or Chapelin's or to the galleries at the
Louvre ana the Luxembourg, where she pants as
long as the light lasts Admission is to be obtained
to these galleries without charge, and they are
open from nine to I'VE Tor artists only. The usual
hour OF dinner ts about seven O'Clock.
THE ADVANTAGES OF PARIS
are many. IL 16 Cne OeSt SCHOOL Vi art IN tne
world; it has better professors Of painting than
any other European capital; living is cheap. mod
els are cheap, amusements are plentiful, and
an American LADY artist who comes to
Paris gets away from the nattery OF her
friends. AS soon as sne can do anything
worth doing she will always find ready market
for good pictures but she will never be able to
sell bad ones. Artists who have reputation q,
home do best In Italy. because there they are sell
dom troubled with h0sule critlcism whereas
French critics really sting ike hornets, and are
often unjust, sometimes venal. The disadvantages
OF Paris have been much exaggerated. and no
American lady need fear that she will be molested
while she respects herself II American ladies do
not always make much of their studies in the
French capital It is that they are almost always in
too great hurry. They do Dot stay here long
enOugh they come for q year, whereas the most
earnest worker cannot expect to do anything
worth doing under ive or even ten years.
A DssmvEp COMPLIMENT. o
cannot concluoe tnis article without paying a
we'll deserved tribute to n. Julian for his courtesy
and right leeing In admitting ladies 70 study In
his school he has In every way considered their
feelings and even their preudIces tor he has also
opened class for the draped model because great
many young ladies' with more nicely than serious
devotion TO their profession object TO study from
the nude. should add, also that the expense o
studio is not absolutely necessary, for . lady
artist who did not require instruction from q
master might copy In galleries without paying
anything; and even II sne did require instruction,
Nj. Barry has government class which is
free during the summer months for the study
OF animal life. 1t is held in the library OF the
Jardin des Plantes, and the pupils who study
there draw only from skeletons; but they may
studies to him for remark or correction. Finally
/ may observe that some French artists will re.
ceive private pupils to work IN their studios with
them at cost OF about $50 a month; but this
method OF learning IS much more expensive. and
they do not nave tue benefit Of seeing OCher work
or comparing 1t with their own. IL good, there
fore, that they should bear IN mind the tact that
IS pupil really learns more from other students
than from teacher. .t.I
ao' PARIS GOSSIP. t3