The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-01-11
A MODELS EXPERIENCE.
A WOMAN IN BOSTON WHO HAS
POSED FOR FAMOUS ARTISTS.

She Was Maaouna, Venus, Helen. Magds
len and other Celebrities Many wo
mem. Heads Painted on Her Lovely
shoulders Americans Are swindIed.
4 homely visagcd, well formed Italian
woman. about - years of age. occupies
a suit Of rooms on Greene street, and
gets n living by doing fancy needle work
and taking dodgers Her name il Mar
eharita CAMPBELL. Her husband. form
erlv "A tenor singer, but latterly an organ
grinder. died two years ago. leaving her
his name and just enough money to buy
a black veil. As for his burial, that was
paid by the city. But Margharita was
not 10 be cast down. She had seen bet
tor days. She would see them again.
The result is that she isnow comfortably
situated and Is growing more prosperous
every year
Years ago, before time cross plowod
her face with wrinkles. Margharita was
the pride of Paris. and earned a iuXuri-
Gus living by posing as q model for
scuiptors and painters. She was able
10 earn anywhere from 100 10 800 francs
week ION her shape" alone. and on her
r%udcd shoulders and above her well
nodded limbs rest the faces Of some Of
the most celebrated bellies and hciresses
and, for that matter queens and prin-
cesses OF Europe. I'm short, her body
was the form in which the celebrated
Partisan artists brcathcd the breath Of
life and beauty. and having done this.
they surmOuntcd the trunk with the
heads Of their patrons all of whom were
pleased 10 be associated with her SYM
metry, which none Of them possessed.
THREE DOZEN MADONNAs.
When a reporter called She was en-
gagged I'm the agreeable occupation of
washing the dinner dishes, bat, although
attired in n simple Mother Hubbard
Saline wrapper. the human form di-
vine which she possessed was so very
apparent that 10 was quito evident the
artists had made no mistake i'm their So
lection
IL don't look much like a Madonna.
10 r. was her smiling greeting as she
stuck out "a wet hand for the reporter to
Grasp. 81 think ann moro nearly akin
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and have sat f0r 10Th many q day.
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