Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-05-17
GOOD ARTISTS MODELS
ARE FEW IN NUMBER AND VERY OIF-
FICULT TO SECURE.
Many Women Applying. but Only at
Hare Intervals Is One Chosen-whst
al Artist Has to Say on the
Subject
New York Smnl

I She had high cheek bones, faded blue
eyes sunken cheeks, round shoulders, and
when she bowed herself out Of a house on
Second avenue it was plain that it was hard
Tor her tn smile pleasantly at the profess
sional-lOOking German who accompanied
her to the door She was at least 81 years
Old, ami every year Of the thirty five had
bent her Sh rullers a little more and added
another wrinkle u her skin, but still she
went in answer to an advertisement say
ing:
Artist wants young lady Of good form
As a model. Apply on Tuesday afternoon.
She was the third that had called. Each
asked particularly about ths pay, and was
sure that her form was excellent. Two Of
them might have been shapely a score of
years ago, but it would take reasonably
strong faith To be sure even Of that The
other woman was young enough, but far
from shapely. None Of the three had tie
faintest idea what art iS or how a model
ought TO pOse. They had read about models
somewhere, and heard that it was q paying
business The goOi-looking German with a
golden beard bowed each woman to the
door, and explained how impo osSible it was
to engage her. Then he turned and said:
REQUISITES OF A GOOD MODEL.
Women in New York don't understand
what the requisites for being a model are
There are few if any who make it their
trade to be- public models. somehow or
other they have got the idea that it is not
decent or respectable There are a few
good model in New York, but they are ap-
pr"priated by the few great artists The
bet get a. high s. an hour. We pay
from 50 cents to 81 for those we engage
ha l.ayT 60 4.
a mature woman there are models as old as
a. moiel for an artist often isn't beau
tiful in features. She may have a homely
face, but hand some 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 inserted 70 get
m dels 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 brOnzsi 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 shoulders and
graceful form, German women are heav-
isr in build America is producing the
most beautiful women Of the world, and
the hest models if they would only under
stand properly what is required Of them
BOSTON AND NEW YORK.
an Bo ton, where | have advertised for
models there were fe weT answers to the Al
yertiSements. but mpre of the applicants
were available. They know something
about art there, and the knowledge is gem
orally ditfuse1 among the people, so that
each girl knows more what is expected Of
her II she wants to be a mo lei The girls
are not any prettier than New York girls,
but they can sympathize with the artist and
better re -ults can be obtained from them
IL public atelier were opened in New York
it might produce a cla>s 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 eyer suit do
not know OF any Of the women who are EN-
ployed TO try on and exhibit closks and
dresses ever applying for places models.
They consider II beneath them There is a
chance for almost any kind Of woman in the
kind of work we do. In Illustrating faith
fully you want to take all and suitable
types 1t would not do to take a 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 a 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 have seen come from the
toughest and vilest parts of the city"