Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-04-07
The drtistic Girl,

It would be delusion to suppose that
she enters the Toem. 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 you at once, like
well-trained hurricane. She is expansive,
eloquent Of voice and of gesture-were /
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-
t1on can be taken. She speaks good En-
glsh with an elegan. pronunciation She
IS perfectly fresh and frank, and has
habit OF saying what she thinks, which,
charming as it is now, augurs i'll for the
man destined one day to call this thing of
brightness his own. She is this morning
clad in enthusiasm, ana 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 op-
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
IS, ana has just come from Heatherey'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 warnings
toward music and pocsy are of a very mild
nature, as compared with her enthusiasm
TOR 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 deris-
| 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 week in the
season, but wherever she may 60, her ar
tlstic 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 cx-
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 UNI
f1lnching courage. Ranged on opposite
sides, they debate with much vivacitv
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 girl 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, K. A, Or Scumble, A. r. A., in
PRODUCES her portrait into an Academy
picture with a catching title, such as "Ask
Papa" or "The Mitten," cat Last" and
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 will
certainly be informed Of her identity
with Stodge's or Scumble's model.-AH
the Year Round.