Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-02-26
BEAUTY TURNED TO MEHCAN.
TILE ACCOUNT.


IN. Y. Cor. Gin. Enquirer
great deal OF nonsense has been written
about women who serve as nude models for
artists. The effort has been to make them ro-
mantle by describing them as virtuous exhibit
tors Of their persons. have taken some pains
TO learn the truth, and am ready TO assert,
without fear OF contradiction, that no decent
female gets her living as an artists model In
New York. There Is no chance for doubt on
the subject 1 have also made the singular
discovery that the same women who uncover
themselves ia mems studios Without blush
VIII only do so before the female class OF the
Art League when closely masked. They have
no shame In regard to the opposite sex but
Will not serve their own unless protected from
recognition. 1t was not OF these creatures
but Of slightly similar employment
for girls with good forms and faces
that OF wearing fashionable things
in the millinery, dress making, cloak maklng
and hair establishments Hundreds OF girls
thus turn their good looks TO account In this
city, not only In retail places. but Ia the whole
sale departments OF the largest houses. A
cloak Will sell far quicker when displayed on
the form OF an enchanting live figure than
when dumb thing Of wire and cotton with a
paSteDoard face, is inside Of it. This may be a
mild prostitution OF female beauty, but it has
The eountenance OF the best firms I'm several
lines or business. The inmates OF a Pasha'5
Harem are not more carefully chosen than ara
these mercantile models. They must not only
possess fine forms and faces but a graceful
carriage and polite manners are also required:
for lady-like aspect is as valuable as beauty
for this purpose. The wages are never less
than the same persons could earn with the
needle, and usually more.
ONE PARTICULAR BLONDE
with the sweet face OF a Marguerite, and the
tall, wlliowy. long legged form OF the gentle
maidens In water color pictures, is said 70 re.
ceive $40 week In Murray Hill robe aud
CLOAK concern. Any thing and every thing
looks well on her; no style of garment IS I'M
becoming. and she has the department OF an
ideal Princess. She is the daughter OF Ger
man beer salooner In Avenue b. At sixteen
she applied for work In this concern. Her
suitabIeness for model was seen at a glance,
and she was engaged at s. a week. Her paw
has been frequently raised. In consequence of
enucementS from rival shops until ft has
reached higher figure than is paid TO any
other employe. She is now twenty. She IS
considered worth more than her cost, because
foollsh buyers, seeing her attractiveneSs In
garment, fondly imagine its possession would
somehow make them look the same She
is good girl and saves her money. The same
cannot be said OF all who are similarly exposed
to fiattery and temptation. Some o. them get
vain and gi1dy with the consciousness OF their
beauty, and desire to own such finery as they
wear. Then comes disgrace and plunge
DOWNWARD. In the millinery and hair stores
the requirements In model particularly con-
Germ the head, and several stores contain won
derfu exhibitions OF facial loneliness OF various
types In ore millinery concern this feature
or the business has been thoroughly elaborated
and systematized. Ii a brunette customer an.
pears a brunette girl waits on her, SO that she
may see The colorS In conjunction with COM
plexion like her OWN. BLONDE girls IN turn attend
to blonde shoppers. For showing dresses shane
Illness OF bust and waist is the chief REQUISITE,
AT the time OF closing certain millinery store
IN 18th StreeF, the scene at the door is like that
at the rear OF a theater during the run of a
ballet spectacle by reason Of the fellows wait
lag to escort the girls home.