, 1886-09-01
BOYS AND GIRLS AS MooHLs.
Mites Of Humaaity Who Pose As Sab
jsots for An Artists Pencil.

Mites of Humaaity Who Pose As Sab
jsots for An Artists Pencil.
There are several hundred persons in
this city whose business is to sit as
models for artists. Young girls who are
particularly beautiful are engaged every
day in the year, and nay earn from
$3.50 to % a day. They must keep still
for hours, and often stand or kneel in
tiresome positions while preserving their
g~rscefulnessL An artist who has q hand
some studio uptown was visited the
other day by . reporter. He wa found
drawing designs for Christmas cards. A
small blondehAired boy half naked was
hitting in . small chair made fast on a
table, which Il called by painters a
throne His mother. q handsome woman
Of 25 years, STOOD near the throne with a
pair Of reins tied round her waist, the
other end OF which the little cherub held
in his hands. aNea
what is the purpose OF this arrange
ment?" asked the reporter.
Don't you see?" said the artist. @We
make the little fellow think that his
mamma is q horse and that he drives
her. 1 have to keep two things in mind:
first, tn make the picture; second, to
amuse the boy. That is not so easy a
a as it might seem. At first, per-
haps, during the first sitting I only play
with the child or get his mother or
brother or sister to play with him, until
! see some pretty or natural movement
or catch some striking expression on his
face" Ur.
"He does not look particularly pleased
at present" the reporter remarked.
"When l wish to bee him laugh" re-
joined the artist, II request his mother
to caper around like a wild horse. Some
times she must maxi q car horse of her
self. and stop every moment and let him
take up passengers, and whenever she
stops l get a good chance to put in some
good touch"
Don't many of these artists paint IL
of their heads, 80 to speak,"
mo artist who does not paint or draw
from life, as painting from models is
called, ever gives his picture a look Of
reality. We may be able to paint a mar
BILE floor from a small piece OF marble,
or a brocade dress from a yard or two of
the material. but even to do this we must
have made studies of large surfaces of
marble when opportunity has offered,
and we must spend several days in
studying the folds of drapery in a dress
worn by a living model before the special
material of the brocade can be copied
into it," .s--.ft.at +t
How do you procure your models?"
There is no difficulty in obtaining any
material or substance, for we car get at
any time a piece of it. But the most i'm
.portant of all things that car be painted
or drawn are the forms and faces of men
and women and children; and for that
purpose we must employ people to pose
for us. AS a rule the models form a
caste and are usually known to each
other.r th4
How old are your youngest models?'
Some begin to sit when they are mere
babies. l have often wished that some
rich children could see how patient these
little ones can be when they understand
that they are earning money to buy food
and clothes. There is a little girl who
lives in a tenement house on the west
side who is very proud to sit for me. 1
make a chalk mark on, the throne where
her little feet should go, and she will
carefully keep on the mark. She has a
few minutes for rest at intervals during
each hour, and a long rest at dinner
time, but she will keep very quiet while
I am working and not move without
leave.S .l W.
What other expedients do you resort
to in order to keep the children models
quiet?"
Patience will accomplish almost any
thing. 1 have a little boy who found a
stuffed bird in my studio, and he is al
ways quite happy for anhour if Ilet him
play with it.'-New York Mail and Ex-
press.