Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1876-02-11
NUEE WOMEN,
A Rather Strana e but Honest
Way Of Making = Living.

A Rather Strange but Hone
Way Of Making = Living.
1t seems q grange. Gays the Phi
'elphis Press. but nevertheless Il il
true fact. that there are many young
'iies who earn their livelihood w acti
or posing a live lay figures for The
academies. AT first glance it sec,
dresdfuliy shocking and vulgar. that
dies should appear before party Of w. ul
mr." perfectly nude. I, is u queer mo
Of making money, but were It not t
tn &c l.d,es there would not be any
The fine figures which are cliisten,
Dianas and Venuses, but are only su,
30 fur ~ th~ ehape and comliness of Il
form Of the subject goes.
In conversation with q promine,
member Of the Pennsylvania Acadcu
lot Fine Arts, rel orter of the Sunds
Press learned most strange things col
ccrning the world Of art. He said it ",
Extremely difficult to obtain young /
dies who would adopt this business, an
only upoL the most sacred promises th.
t'feir individuality would not b. reveale
do they consent to take the positio.
Indeed, said the gentleman, '.th,s rul
Is 20 well enforced that there was on
lady who appeared before our class f..
four years before I knew who she was
These nude, live figures only appear b
fore the life class Of the academy q
sketching. Formerly they appeared be
fore gentlemen alone, but in the ne,
building bo' b ladies aud gentlemen stud
together. No one except tn. members q
thu class are ever admitted to the rom
where they are studying from Z figure
"nly the best artists are taken into mcm
bership IN this mysterious body.
The method Of the studying pursued i
something like the follow ing The lady
proceeds to room adjoining the class
'ocm, especially adapted for her. At
given signal she appears before the AZ
sembled guests upon platform, maske
AID shroudcd ~ drapery. She Is ther
placed in proper position required for th.
study; and soon after The dcft handlers
of the brush proceed to depict her form
She is "sys1. Icy a.sbels sbl8Eelsf of the class; should
any of the bold ones break this rule, they
are Immediately and Forever expelled.
Indeed the whole proceeding SD soon
assumes an ar of business that the ar
Lists. according to their own statements,
forget the lady who IS exposing hcr
charms is alive. OF course there is Il
shock experienced by the new conner j"
the clas, the first time he is present al
the meeting. but 1t soon wars Oft.
The ladies' who follow this strange
mode Of making living are IN evcrv in
stance respect .ble. They arr generally
led to il by the tempting offers Of the
'arge pay which is given for their work.
Oitenlimes ladies IF wealth, who are
proud of their charms, and whose vani-
" exce.si their prudence act in this Ca
psci,y for eom- skilled artist. T. th'
ce;ebrrxted picture vf the Nine Mlse-
which created such furore few years
ago. the figures there represented were
If living subjects from different parts o'
the globr, one being reported the wife of
y We .lthy resident Of New York. and an
other If large merchant of Ch,csx". l
Il related of the Parsian artists iha, they
seem totally unconcious Of the presence
d the ,nodcl until she is ready to leav'',
when they strain every nerye 10 ascer-
tain If D. ssib'c who she IS. But some ot
the holder Of these girls calmly sit down
before the class and proceed to lace "
her shoes with 10 much nOnciialance as II
she were at home. Very fortunately
ln,weyer. We have not arrived at ll.l
stage uf fshsnelessness IN PhiIade phia.