New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1878-04-17
The Artistic Girl.

~ "ooiu NC u oc1uSloH ~ suppose tnat
she enters the room. She is not one of
the soft, gliding creatures invented by
novelists, and supposed to steal into the
hearts as into the presence Of the hero.
Miss daw bursts upon yoll at once, like a
well-trained hurricane. She is expansive,
eloquent OF voice and of gesturc-wcre
quite sure that the remark would not cost
me my life, | would say she is noisy. Yet
there is nothing about her to which excep-
ton can be taken. She speaks good En-
glish with an elegant pronunciation. She
| is perfectly fresh and frank, and has a
habit of saying what she thinks, which,
charming as it is now, augurs ill for the
man destined one day to call this thing Of
brightness his own. She is this morning
clad in enthusiasm, and dark green of the
hue known as Morris green. Her figure,
very tall, slight and elegant, is freely
shown through the tight robe actually
strained over it; her fair hair is not laid
smoothly in any ineligible order, but
suggests that it has been brushed in OPP
posite directions by insane ladies' maids
A Rubens hat of astounding grandeur of
conception crowns this startling figure.
Miss Daw is armed with book OF sketch
es, and has just come from Heatherlev's
or the Slade School of Art, forget which.
She is full Of art and artistic talk--that is
to say, of art OF one kind. Her yearnings
toward music and pocsy arc of a very mild
nature, as compared with her enthusiasm
for the arts plastic and pictorial. Miss
Margery Daw has made good progress in
both of the latter. She has thrust aside
painting on pottery with scorn and sseris-
ion; she has advanced from water-colors
to oils; draws and models in the life
school. Whether she will become a sec
ond Rosa Bonheur remains to be SEEN
Probably as she has both beauty and
money, she will marry a broad-acred
squire and hunt three Gays a week in the
season. but wherever she may go, her ar
tistic instincts will go with her. This type
of girl mas been greatly On the increase
since the death of fancy work-a species
OF industry which produces, at great ex-
pense of time and money, a large number
OF entirely useless and worthless articles.
Our artistic girls are by no means free
from the faint OF esthetic cant, and plunge
into the mysteries Of decoration with un-
finching courage. Ranged on opposite
sides, they debate with much vivacity
and at great length the respective merits
of the systems now IN vogue, including
the style known as decoration by plot''
in which every thing is considered with
reference to the employment Of blue and
white china The artist girf is very proud
of knowing distinguished painters She
talks feebly to and of them, and has views
as to their method of work; but the sum
nit Of her ambition is reached when
Stodge, r. A.. or Scumble, A. r. A., in.
PRODUCES her portrait into an Academy
picture with catching title. such as aAsl
Papa" or @The Mitten,7 "At Last an6
so forth. Then she is supremely happy
and having sworn the artist to secrecy
quietly tells Jawleigh, Who is connected
with the press" all about the matter
knowing, the sly puss, that the world vii
certainly be informed Of her identit,
with stodge's or Scumble's model.-Az
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