The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1886-10-06
BOYS AND GIRLS As MODELS.
lti.s. Of ltan.alty wAs Po.s !. Sub.
Jscn fot an Artist. Peneli.

Kites Of RsnAalS who PO.s n Sub.
jse.s for an Artists Peneli.
There are several hundred persons in
this city whose business Is 70 sit a.
models for artists. Young girls who arc
particularly beautiful are engaged every
day In the year, and may earn from
bi.60to - q day. They must keep still
for hours, and often stand or kneol In
iresome positions while preserving their
yracefulnesA. An artist who has d hand.
some studio uptown was visited the
other day by a reporter He was found
drawing designs for Christmas cards. A
mail blondehaired boy hall naked was
lifting In . small chair made fast on q
liable, which Is called BY painters 4
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 eherub held
In his hands.
-Wlat Is the purpose OF this arrange.
mentT asked the reporter.
+Dont you seer said the artist, ave
mako the little fellow think that his
mamma Is . horse and that he drives
her. Ihaye 70 keep two things m minds
Eirst + make the picture; second. to
amuSs the boy. That Is not so easy
task as lt might seem. At first, per
haps, during the first sitting l only play
with the child or get his mother or
brother OF sister to play with him, until
| see some pretty or natural movement
or catch some striking expression on his
face"
-He does not look particularly pleased
Ut present, the reporter remarked.
"whOn ] wish TO see him laugh re-
joined the artist, Il request his mother
to caper around like wild horse Some.
times she must make a car horse OF her
self, and stop every moment and let him
take up passengers, and whenever she
stops ! get good chance TO put in some
good touch"
-Don't many Of these artists paint out
Of their heads, so to speak,
"No 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 mar.
bic floor from small piece OF marble,
or brocadg dress from 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 living model before the special
material Of the brocade can be copied
into it"
@HOw do you procure your models"
"Tllere is no difficulty in obtaining any
material or substance, for we can get at
any time a piece Of 1t. But the most i'm.
portant Of oil things that can be painted
or drawn arc the forms and faces OF men
and women and children; and for that
purpose we must employ people to pose
for us. As rule the models form a
caste and are usually known to each
other"
"How old are your youngest modcls:T
Some begin to sit when they are mere
babies. IhaVe 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. Thoteis little girl who
lives In q tenement house on4tlle west
'ide who Is very proud to sit for me.
make chalk mark on the throne where
her little feet should 60, and she will
carefully keep on the mark. She has a
few minutes for rest at intervals during
each hour, and long rest at dinner
time, but she will keep very quiet while
| am working and not move without
leave"
"WhNt other expedients do you resort
to In order to keep the children models
quietl"
Patience will accomplish almost any.
thing, I have q little boy who found n
stuffed bird in my studio, and he Is al.
ways quite happy for an hour II Ilet him
play with it."-Now York Mail and Ex.
press,