Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1885-11-28
GOOD ARTISTS MODELS
ARE FEW IN NUMBER AND VERY DIFF
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Tor bar TO smlls plsaskntly ssat sel6ssnfo{esS
sionallooking German who acpornnanisd
her 70 the door She wAS ut LETT ri Y<nrS
old. and every ysar of the thlf>vYll ~ ma
bent hor shoulders = lfttl1 nnC11 IN H1dSd
another wrinkle 20 her skin. bU& I'm me
went IN sanswsr n an adVsteisounent ~
ing: ~ s, ess
Artist wants young lady q good form
~ model Apply on N1Godny afternoon.
She was the third that had called. Each
asked pArticnlariy shout t6s pay, ma WA
sure that her form was oxcellent Two OF
them might have been shapsly score OF
years ago, but it would tAks reasonably
strong faith to be sure even Of that The
other woman was young enough, but far
from shapely. None Of tho three had the
faintest idea what art Il. or how model
ought to pose They had read bout models
somewhere, and heard that it as paying
business Tho good-looking German with
golden beard bowed each woman TO the
door, and explained how impossible it was
REQUISITES OF GOOD MODEL.
"Women in New York don't understand
what the requisites for boing model are.
There are few il any who make 1t their
trade to be public models. Somehow or
other they have got the idea that 1t is not
decent or respectable There are few
good models in New York. but they are APP
propriated by the few great artists The
has rat tv1,
from 50 cents to 81 for those we engage.
The best ages are from 10 to u, though Tor
q mature woman there ara models as old as
40. A model for an artist often isn't beau
tiful In features. She may have homely
face, but handsome form. Or her head
and face may be delicately and rightly
formed, while she may be humpbacked.
These last pose for portrait models
"Our advertisement was inserted 10 get
models for Illustrations OF German novels
that are being at present translated Into
English. Besides. We furnish poses to order
to our customers These plaster OF Paris
casts that are bronze1 over and sold at low
prices are made from living models New
York women make better models on an
average that German women. They have
trim. slender waists broad should ors and
graceful form. German woinsn are heav-s
Ter in build. America is producing the
most beautiful women of the world, and
the best models, If they would only UNDER
stand properly what is required Of them
BOSTON AND NEW YORK.
an Boston. where have advertised for
models, there were fewer answers to the adj
vertisements. but more Of the applicants
were available They know something
about art there, and the knowledge IS gem
orally diffused among the people, SO that
each girl knows more what Is expected Of
her IL she wants to be . mOieL The girls
are not any prettier than New York girls,
but they can sympathize with the artist and
better results can be obtained from them.
II public atelier were opened In New York
it might produce Q class OF women who
would be professional models, just as they
would engage In any other honorable trade.
"Many of the women who apply to US are
servant girls. They hardly ever suit do
not know OF any of the women who are en-
ployed to try on and exhibit cloaks and
dresses ever applying for places IS models
They consider it beneath them There Is .
chance for almost any kind Of woman In tho
kind Of work we do. In illustrating faith
fully you want to take ali and suitable
typeA 1t would not do to take slender
American girl for model when the picture
represented German rural scene. Impure
air. smoking and drinking habits, living In
tenement houses, and their daily life make
New York city men bad class for models.
How the girls manage to be SO much supe-
rior physically to the men l don't UNDER
stand. Still they do. and some Of the best
moulded forms I have seen come from the
toughest and vilest parts Of the city"
Feeding ~ Express Company's Horses.
cincinnati Enquirer]
What will most quickly awaken the curl
osity Of the average American in the
Adams Express company's stables is the
utter absance OF managers for feeding hay.
Mr. NJ. Barrett, the superintendent, for q
reason said: "You know it Il perfectly nat
ural for q horse to Craze, and to put down
his head In search Of food is his disposition
For that reason We just place his hay on the
door, giving each what he will eat, and
none to waste
@Another thing, hayssed accumulates I'm
r mau9or In vast Quantities. and in the alb