The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-09-26

l' wcrcd yourself Us 20 make your own
servants pose rs mo.lcls?'
YES. Why not?' said tho young
artist. You have so continually
dinncd into my ears the dcprayity Of
the professional model; you have told
my wife stories enough of young paint
crs who have been lurea into pcrtiitivn
by the wi;es OF the JrZe!cs who sit to
them to upset amy woman who had not
Scrphi,as sense and confidence; aud
so. rs haven't risen high enough in
my profession to have tluchesses and
mayurcsSes, and millionarcs' wives for
NY models. I've had recourse tn nv
Own servants"
, expression said Mrs. McLatchet.
.'fnu will fill the heads of these
ignorant girls wit, ideas which have
no right to be in them. and make them
think that because you paint them aud
there's Il chance OF their portraits APP.
pcaring on the academy walls they
must he beauties. | can only say that
! should be very sorry for my llamish
to stoop so low as to paint his own ser.
wants. have seen his 'Rosalind,' and
to turn from its grace aud refinement
to the circumstances coarscrcss of these
two wcnchrs is sad pathos."
Payne Grey smiled and for two.
pence he would have bundled hi.
mothcr-in-law. glasses and all, out at
the door and down the stairs in very
quick timc-a feeling which. by hi.
manner, he pretty clearly expressed.
Til. public crowded in to see the
pictures Of the year at the academy
exhibition. Both Payne Grcy's vii.
lag Festival aud finnish McLatchet'.
"kosalind in Arden" had been houorcd
by having been hung on the line. aud
before long il was evident that the
public had taken u fancy TO both OF
them, for they We're surrounded by
crowd from opening to closing time.
Mrs. McLatchct wasannovcd bevond
expression ut PAYNE Grcy's success, but
to some degree cnnsoed by the scnsa
ton which the beauty and grace OF
Ro>aind had made. People were
diving, they said. to know where Mr.
MrLatcilct had found his model.
My SON Mrs. McI.atchct would
reply, "does no employ models in the
common sense of the term. His last
picture, Dido at Carthage contained
the portrait of Lady Ring-Trottcr; and
! know that he was going to introduce
Lady Windmills into his r ture this
year. but she was unfortunately uu-
able to sit for him"
Aud so by degrees resemblance
was discovered by the really knowing
ones between McI.a,chct's Rosalind
and half Il dozen ladies of rank and
fashion; and. although the artist said
nothing about the matter, his mother
soon got into the habit of informing
her qucs!ioncrs that the original of
R"salilltl was. she imagined. u Young
lady who would shortly make scnsa-
tion by her beauty in society.
Both pictures were sold, strange to
say, to the same collector, and when
the rxhibition closed they were re.
turned TO the studios for short time
in order tha, certain blcmishcs pointed
out by the press and public opinion.
might he toned down.
so you've sold Your servants hall
ladies. paync1'' she said.
Yes, mother. and llamish has sold
his 'kosalind' To the same man" he re.
piled.
Well, of cours. he sold HIS" said
Mrs. Mrl.a,clr.. III never feared
otherwise. No one could look ut
'Rosalind' without falling in love with
her
The next morning Payne Grey and
his wife went over to llamish Me-
Latchct's studio. Some twenty or
thirty propl. We're there assembled,
and among them of course was Mrs.
Mclatchrt, who was the most gorgeous
figure in the room.
The company was gathered around
the picture. and during IL temporary
absence Of her son Mrs. McLatciict was
tApallatIng on It's particular excellence
My son can not and will not paint
common people, she said-a thrust ut
Payne Grey. which made that Young
gentleman give his wife Il nudge.
"Far he ii, however, from me to blow
my own sons trumpet but the pre-
NalllnS characteristic Of this figure to
me is refinement. Rosalind of course,
was a dukes daughter, aud gentle
blood and gentle breeding ara cx-
pressed IN every line Of This face.
Note the nobility "f the brow for in-
stance; the refined curve of the upper
up HE dclicary Of the skin, aud that
careless grace OF pGsc which no COM
olOn painters nlulel can assume or
can be taught to assume hut which is
the birtllri-Iit of the gentle born"
a murmnr of acqnicscnce followed
this eu!ogi,lm; those who were not
very gentle born sighed in hopeless nd
nilalion. and those who considered
Themselves and were considered to he
50 nodded and put on their Eyeglasses
and said: "Errs true!"
Presently llamish McLatchet re.
appeared and behind him came Payne
Grry's two servants. Miss Gwendolcn
Smith aud Miss .lraminta Iluggs. who
modcstly took up their positions in the
background.
Then Mrs. McLatchet caught sight
Of the two servants. Her face was
crimson with suppressed Indignation rs
she pressed to her daughters side and
whispered: surely Serapnina. your
husband hasn't forgotten himself so
far Us to invi," these two impcrlincnt,
h.,>sicS to come here? Or is ii that on
the strength of having figured on his
anyas they have actually dared tc
resume that they had Il right to be
,,rrsrnl?'
Mrs. Payne Grey could not explain
and therefore tulncd away to talk with
her neiShbpr
But Mrs. McIatchet was not the
woman to suffer in silence. Her son
might tolerate the presence of two
girls; but that he had asked them to
come, or had any hand in their coming
She could not believe. Now. however,
that they were present. she determined |
To put them to rs much shame as such |
coarsc-libcrc'l creatures could be OK.
pcctcd to feel.
So she stepped up to the most promi.
ncnt old dowascr, and said in low
voice to her:
81 was talking just now about the
very different pliysic;, results of re.
fined birth. and breeding, and the re-.
verse. 1t 50 happens that We can hav.
ali excellent proof now. as Il couple OF
my son-in-law' S servants happen to be
in the room. and we can institute. with
ihclra,-ls,ance. our own comparisons
SO, while E.fnSh WAS still fddlius
away witil Il mysterious piece of velvet,
She went to the servants and said:
Just step forward. will vou?"
To her surprise tney obcved almos'
with ainrri;v Miss Smith wong an