National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1882-06-10
MODELS FOR ARTISTS.
People who Pose for the Painters ia Now
York.

Aslightfi figure fitted in at the door ofthe Academy
OF Design the other day and disappeared into nn
inner room. She had rosy facc and bright eyes.
"That is one of our models" said the professor
rolling his eyes at the door, "a great change has
taken place in public opinion concerning the use
ofliving models" continued the professor. willing
to talk. "Ten years ago there was an outcry
against IT, People said It was scandalous. Posing
being new thing, 1t was hard TO get model OF
either sex. Now YOU can get hundreds, aud en-
gageme nts nro made weeks In advance"
"What pay do they get?'
"When the lifo class was first established We
had 10 pay $3.50 an hour; now the regular price is
so cents an hour. Models pose from twelve TO
twenty hours a week. They are changed every
two weeks so as TO give tho students n change OF
su bject. Men are better models than women. as
they are less easily fatigued."
"How long does the model stand without rest
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first. Stand IN one position FIVE minutes without
moving n muscle aud you Will get some Idea oi
how tiresomo II is."
"Do they show much embarrassment"
so much that tho muscles are as rigid as iron.
and they become drenched with perspration.
But after posing two or three times the embar-
rassment wears OIL. 1t becomes merely routine
business"
"Do many make 1t o profession7'
"There are several men who do nothing else.
They pose here at the Academy, at the Art STU
female models are young women who work I'm
p t6n ad Sras dhSy ~ tS Esssiyo
| can earn $40 week extra by posing. They In.
yarably give fictitious names.
"Some curious bits of romance have como under
my observation" The professor resumed. after u
pause. "a pretty little brunette came in one day
| and asked for an engagement. She was In strait
ened circumstances but did not disclose her his
| tory. She was so weet-iempered that she became
n great invorite. have mover seen any one so am
bilious TO earn money. She would pose eight
n Hnv M n orr Ia. fat iona
| but she wouldn't give up. Well, 1t turned out
that she was married woman. She belonged 70
n good family in New Jersey, and was u mere girl
when she married japanese, the son of an ex-
| minister from Japan. The husband spent all his
| money, was thriitiess and earned nothing. She
had to keep him. She frequently posed for artists
| in their studies. richly dressed woman camo
| in ono morning and inquired for her. The model,
she said .was her niece, and she intended to make
| her tho beifess TO her property II she could be
found. After Two days search tho model was
traced to u private studio, where she was posing
for an artist and his wife, This was tho last heard
alt is always the whip of necessity that drives
people into posing, One day woman Of refine
| inent made an application. She was handsomely
| dressed, wearing sealskin sacque and silk
| dress. Her face wus pale and careworn. and she
said she had not had enough to eat. Her story
| ing an income OF 900 year. When he died the
fortune they possessed took wings She said she
| had tried copying and other methods Of earning
living, but she had not met with success. Her
| figure had always been admired for It's grace Of
| outline. Why should she not poser"
"Do you have any boys for models 2"
lone of the best subjects we haye ever had was
| n young boy. He had II form like Apollo, Iii.
father was downtown banker who was ruined
by the panic of 1873. This model whom met in
the street yesterday, has now responsible posi-
ton as a bank clerk. One one of our students
posed last winer lie was from Maine aud hal
TO depend entirely on his earnings, This young
man Is one of the most promising students in the
| academy. All kinds of people drift in-peope
you would never dream Of one of our hand
soonest models Is an itinorant Methodist preacher
He has the form Of gadator."-New York 7iI'
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