The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1880-03-16
NUDE MODELS.
Nature Unadorned in the Uni
versity Art School.
Comparative Modesty of Male and
Female Subjects.
How q Refined Lady Was Led to
Pose for Pay.

How q Refined Lady Was Led TO :
Pose for Pay.
.. LOUIS TIn..--
Science aud art are tWo sh xmeieas sisters,
allow their d~voiess 10 recognize moth
ing like modes,y in pursuit Of the ends 80
which they would lead them. In science
The pnblic has long ago come Z" recognize
Ihis a. a necessity, and it ro longer expert
rnces shock when told ihst the student
Of anatomy bends ~i,h his -cAlpel over the
nude cadaver, SEPARATING the nerve from
it, tendon, exploring the rubtleiies Of the
human fcrm dead, for the eoo.t vi the lis- |
ing. But there are still to be found extani
those Of the race Of prudes Who forbid srt |
to spread her beauties unadorned T; Who |
would put panisleiies on the Venus de Milo, |
and who deny that the 6g-leaf is sufficient
clothing in ihi. climate even for the insen- |
rib.e creature of marble. Of this class 10
the lady-on of the upper ten ii -. Louis
who vas
SHOCKED BEYOND MEASURE
To learn that an acquaintance oil herr, IN
artist in high--tandine, Vas accustomed to
paint the female beauties in that state in
which they are ssid to be sdor"ed the
most. She expected that he would have
been thrown into dead faint at the sight.
IL IL . necessity with the arii-t who would
attain anything like excellence that he
have hrs nude n,odel.. male AL female.
But this nude form IL To him . model
nothing more, melting feelings IL 10 say
different from those awakened bv the Piss-
ter cast from which he hxs drawn before
he came into the life classes. II he has
o;her feelings al first sight they are socn
lot, and he comes To regard the form be.
fore him only a. something which he must
reproduce upon his canvas.
Th,s statement Is born out by ihe Tact
that there il no ILstsnce On rsc"rd at even
the slightest approach To immoraiiy in The
intercourse between art students and their
models. On the other hand the feelings Of
the model. themselves, male snd female.
when tis-, brought under the scrutiny 81
closely ol,ss rssnl eyes Is r subject Of inter-
-. e. the stud, ut al human nature.
THE srByscT or MODELS
IN the different cities - ore which has
often i-~n nandivd by the pres, but this IL
. ,or;ion which has been entirely neglect
Ell. Here in StLoni-, at Washington Cni-
ver-iiy. ,h-re Is an AT school, the peer oil
anv in the Uoion IN almost every respect.
Some Interesting facts have come e. the
writer, srd he L-reay gives them To the
pnbi.c: Tie mo.i-l- employed in tie life
ri.---ro.u, are r--I~c,sbi. and moral peo-
r:--.he ~"mer especially 81, for . vicious
lite i~,l- -" quickly upon the beauties Of
female ioriu that in ouly short time after
entering her nefarious calling, the cyprisn
i. utterly unfittei Tor u-e As . model. The
female models are respectable women whom
sheer and bitter poverty. the poverty which
means starvation. has driven to sacrifice
every FEELING 81 modesty which they may
have acquired in early training, for the art
-,ndent j. often put in doubt whether women
have by nature that snPrr abundant mod
e-,y Usually ecn-idered nn attribute 4" n~r
sex. lie IL forced almost To the conclusion
tina; thew h,ve not. and unwilling a. he
NAV be, IL obliged Ia admit TO himself that
IL there is such a thing a. natural modrsiy
i, is po--s in . greater degree
BY NAN THAN WOMAN.
The statement is boldly made BY srti-'s
who have studied mol only in the ART school.
Of this county, hut in Europe, that the fe-
male model soou b~com-- perfectly insidsr-
ent. not TO say -sh.meIe-s. while the male
model never does. The nude model "
10 ade To poe on platform under strong
lirh, in front Of the life class. R.st il 81.
10. ed them at -hor; intervals, during which
the male model either r-iirrs behind the
screen provided or covers himself. No
IN .ti-r how respect able aud viriuous the
female, sitter -he has posed three or four
times she negi.cis this altogether, apPar-
emily forgetting that she is not in full dre-s.
Among the models employed 1t Washing
ton university during the past year wss
one, a beautiful anu mode-t girl, whom ne
ces .iiv forced 10 make the choice between
bring an ar; model and the life OF the pave.
Wisely che cho-e the former alIernstive.
When first Iced out under the Il ere Of gas
in front of clo.eiy scruiiniziug eyer, she
tainted dead away. and wxs in danger Of
faintine sgain though the whole course Oi
the evening. The next time she was re-
quired TO po-e il wa nece-ssry to sprinkle
water in her face and allow her frequent
intervals of rest. The third time she came
through all right and hogan TO manifest IN
interest in the sketches. at last asking that
they he shown her When this WIS dore
she prof~sss! herself extremely pleased
with them. Finally, On the 9th evening.
{ instead of Ee,irin. Behind the screen in the
! interval Of rest SLOWED her every fifteen
minutes, she brought book with her ard,
seated in a picturesque position, read in
full view Of the ART clss-, like Mother Eve,
NAKED AND NnT ASHAMED.
! Til. rule obtains not in few instances,
but in simo-, every instance.
Once in Jest. while occupying Temnner-
alive position as professor in one OF the
leading colleges of the United States. q hus-
band. said compiimen'ing his wiies form,
that IL abe were TO desire to become On art
model, che would be eagerly sought after
by artists. The words, forgotten by him -
.oon rs spoken to the lady we're winged
words" She treasured the compliment up