The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1880-06-22
CLEVER, RESPECTABLE, vIRTUOUs

CLEVER. RESPECTABLE, vIRTUOUs
GIRLS.
1t is a we'll known fact that women
of loose character will not a rs
models. One Ut the most perfectly
formed women ever saw was one Of
easy virtue in New York City. The
artist "fiered her every inducement To
act as a model. but she would never
consent Such women are always
suspicious they tear you are going to
EXPOSE or betrav them in some way.
1t is the rare exception when woman
of this character can he induced T.
enter the siu,lio. Not infreqaently. :.
ladies Of wealth and fashion print
the artist to reproduce their sym
metry in marble or upon the canvas.
Even ROYALTY has craved the bon o:
having it, shay~-ly beauty thus g'ver
to all po-,erIty. Ii i-a fact Of history,
the sister If Napoleon desired that
Csnova should reproduce her lovely
form in marble. Tie celebrated
sculptor represented to her iha' this
would not be done unless. fnrp tin.
her royal station she should appear
before him in the nudity o! q mo,iel.
The Princess consented and Invested
of all covering. stood in the presence
of the great master and the result
was Canova's immortal Venus Vic.rix.
a perfect figure in which the exquisite
development Of the royal ladyis form
is destined to live for all time. When
the ladies at court saw the superb
statue. they quietly limited that the
Princess had been the model the
royal lsdy's reply was. with charm.
ing smile. 1.-The room was quite
warm enough" Tiiian's model Wa
his daughter, a fair young girl. who
at the age of sixteen had the symme.
try Of a Hebe. Riphaels model was
his mistress. the "Fornsrinr, n
gol.len haired woman whom he neve'
married. but whom he immortal ze,i
in all his representations ii feminine
beauty. The desire to he thus en-.
bal;ued for all futurity .xists here in
America as elsewhere. Ia fact ihi'
has become q craze in New York
City. know of numberl-ss instance:
where ladies Of The haui ton have
| volunteered to act as msleis. II j:
q point of honor with artists never Il
reproduce the face Of a model. unless
she be professional one. Instance:
If artists falling in love with their
models have been quoted time and
again. Lsrkin Mead. the sculptor
Get out from Vermont mere boy and
went to Italy to perfect himself in hi:
art. His model at Florence was
lovely young girl. several years bis
Junior.
HER EXQUISITE FIGURE
was reproduced in all Of his esrliel
works. She proved girl Of es;imab''
qualities he tell in love with hel
and asked her to marry him. Sh'
declined on the grounds that he wa.
her social aHd intellectual superior
he sent her to a convent and she wa
an educated woman in three year
time. They we're married aud Mrs
Larkin Mead is to-day one Of III,
lovelieSt and most charming ornament.
of Florentine society.
ARTISTS, however" resumed Mr.
Mulvany. 'are usually very indiffereD
to the charms of their models. excep
90 far As they contribute towar,
can.,'. ...aSr ' ss a: H :,S. Rnt yo,
this. An artists wife ought never {.
be initiated into the secrets Of III
studio. A Partisan sculptor recently
married young and beautiful wife
During the honeymoon she SURPRISED
him one day in his studio with |.
nude model posed before him. He
modification and anger knew N,
bounds. She considered it almcs
in6delity that her Gustave shoult
presume to fix his eyes on
THE GLOWING CHARMS
of any other woman. 4 storm en-
sued. which ended in a compromise Il
the effect that the wife was to come
every day and occupy a seat behind
screen from which she could Sc.
everything that transpired in III.
studio. This arrangement, however
was soon broken BY the wiie's de
claring that she couldn't and wouldn't
permit her husband to have ANYTHING
to do with strange women that sh,
would be his model, averse as shs
was to what her sense Of woms al,
modesty regarded as an immod.s'
display. The artist wss delighted
his wife happened to be superb,
formed and she is now the only
model admitted to his studio"
"What is the age Of the avcrae.
model ?"
"rhat is hard question to answer,
said Mr.. Mulvany ARTISTS do no,
consult age bu. development. Some
women are fully developed at eighteen,
some at TWENTY-FIVE and others moi
until they reach thirty years of age.
In Italy and France model. are much
v"unger than they are in this country
for the simple reason that women 81
that climate attain their full physical
dcvelOpment much Younger than
they do here. Well. l suppo-e the
age OF the average American model
is twenfy-twO years. Many of our
girls develop at sixteen. bu, it is hard
to get an American girl Of that age
to act as q model. In the large
cities models are frequently c"n PEELED
BY poverty to follow that profession.
If profession it NAV be called. On
my return from Europe ! became a
member Of the Artistic League. in