The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-11-19

for the Better in the American Iiy-
siquc.
4 famous American sculptor adyeT-
tiscd, few days ago, for male model.
OF course, if he had wanted n female
model he would not have had to take
that trouble. for female models are so
abundant that it is scarcely hyperbolical
. to say THE woods arc full of them" But
are there no professional male models?
.'Oh. yes the sculptor said. '-there are
twelve or fifteen OF them in New York.
/ know them all. and if there happens 10
be one among them who is exactly what
/ want when J have statue to model, /
of course engage him. But my experience
has been that / must 10 into fresh fields
to find what I want So | advertise. and
it is astonishing what n number Of men
offer themselves in response, men Of fine
figures. of various types. OF course, I
am looking for = particular type, not
simply for q fine figure, and, COuse-
quentIy. have To 20 over n LARGE field
sometime before | lind just the one who
meets my requirements. .'Amcrican
men have rs fine figures as American
women, but it is seldom that they viii
accept Of the profession Of a model. 1t
is too passive an occupation, and its
gains are TOO small for id 10 be attractive
TO them. 50 ! am most likely to have TO
find my men among The Irish or Germans,
who are. in my OPiT~5u. the best models.
Ont Of great number who came in an
swcr To my advertisement the other
day. I selected two, neither of whom had
ever served Is II model before. one Is II
Scotch descent, the other German. One
Of them has. 1 believe. no other occupa-
tiou. and the other il III a business that
Will not be likely to take much Of his
time in the winter months. The majority
Of the professional male models are Ger
man or Irish, though there are two or
three Ercuchmcu or Italians among
Them who are rather open to the sU>pi-
Cicu of being played ont models from the
other si,.e.
Fol; PLAINTIFFS AND sCULPTuE~.
The same models. of course. serve for
both painters and scUIptors. The former
require them for shorter time than the
sculptUrs do, and SO cJstDmarily engage
them by the hour, paying them 30 or -
cents per hour. The -rulpturS engage for
longer time and pay lower rates. ! pay
my men SD a week each, but then | en-
plOy them during six months or Il year
In that time there are OCCASIONALLY week.
in which l am out Of town, or not wo. X
ing, when the model does not even have
To put in m aUTeHrsucy but his salary
goes right along AL tie same 70 is iu-.
that it su1uIl. Tor il S rat I' fault hat
] am not at work
The hours Of work are long. but the
toll, for the model. is ma IL as easy as
possible. ! am an early riser and a hard
worker. I begin at ) o'clock. and work,
as q rule, until ,. During al that time
the model is supposed To be with me
The duration of his maintenance of q
pose Is from half an hour - an hour,
according Is its difficulty and the strain
ii is upon him. Then he has q good rest,
as long as may hc necessary. Fifteen
minutes to half an hour 81 generally
sufficient The posing t. al done nude.
or nearly an. fer even though il may be
purpusvi to Cio;bC the figure in modern
garb, ~ the statue tHe modelling of the
figure nude is - primary necessity to have
its proportions accurate There is 4 great
deal Of difference among models i'll the
matter OF p,~iu.-. :-uTsly. whose figures
meet ail I'll" requirements. grC quite Use
less either because of nervousness or
laziu.--, while others have the viii force
q" --r!i am attitude UneWcryir-iy as long
- nay Nr necessary. even in very ditti-
rriit positions.
INTELLIGENT NND RESTRICTING.
II have never had n b-a-a-a-d man APP
ply Tor un engagement u u model. Those
who offer their services arc all clearly i'm
tell.gcnt. sg!f-r,~l cstiag men. M. 1 dn
not, as % rule. loci, for men who have 10y
training and exercise s-ty,n an abnormal
development g, their muscles. The
natural development Is what | require.
The ,&trymc ayWuastjc development goes
beyond Tie artistic. II is true that some
Of the finest figures / have known be-
lonccd to Euod athletes. hut they were
too high priced. Too high muscular
development is likely 10 result in pro-
ducing merely an Interesting anatomical
study, not artistic perfection of beauty.
The athletic development of the Greeks
and Romans, II we may judge 10y their
statues, did not produce such develop
.uent - we see among our trained musCu-
lGr Christians uf today.
Yes. l think that there is a finencSs
about the American figure, both male
and female, that is lot cquSlCd in any
other people in the world. | mean that
they seem - have Thoroughbred strain
ia them. There has been great change
Tor ( lie better IN t.c American physique
in tie last twenty-five or thirty years.
THAT long ago il seemed 10 he the fashion
among American mothers 10 have pale
and delicate children possibly because
they Thought they looked uFistoCratic
that way; but now they feed their chill
drcN better, with bone and muscle max
ing food, and the little ones seem
different race uf beings 60 10 our schools
and colleges to-day and yen VIII ind
them filed with strou-. vigorous,
healthy, active, clean EulbCd youngsters.
Look at the Young men and women on
OUr streets, and SEQ what tall. fine figures
they have. ! tell You they are simply
splendid And we have 10 thank for il
the reform il Cur habits OF eating and
outdoor exercise III the highest degree.
The English figure is large and robust,
hut heavier, with CO3rscr lines, and Will
NOT compare faycTdUIy with the Amcri-
ca,'- have no use for English models.