Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1891-11-18
ARTISTS MODELS IN PARIS.

3hcir Arms md Thronta snnueElcd Into
Portraits OF Fitch Won cn of Fashion.
A report of contcrn plated strike of
the models in Paris has brought out an
interesting interview between one of
the ladies in the profession and q repre-
sentative of Il paper il the French capi-
tai, says the New York Gun.
"Hcll," said the reporter to this
young woman. whom Ec describes rs 4
hardSorlc blonde, with - fresh and rosy
complexion. "you ere I'll OF strike, CHI?
You ere GirGic;;ti2G?"
N'i,A Il .m!lc and IL ahruy she replied:
'Nonscns9! that thing could never
take"
And why?"
sit Is easy to understand. You sec
there ;:rc two kinds Of models, these
who follow TIC !iu:; ell their lives and
those who t:il:c 1t up eli pI;;5aat. 7 he
first ere the Elot:Ci:i CT the academies,
who want IT, 30 on strife. and the sec
ond arc the artists InCdCls, WHO laugh
Mt the proposal and treat it us Il hum
bug. Iou will find the first at the
School of Fine Arts, with julian. IL tic
atclicr3 of dormant, Jcan-Paul L;urcnS
and CorIaon. The women ret four
francs Il sitting and the lcc:l three. tho
total earnings of IL day bcin.; eight and
six francs. At the end Of the week
there L.; also the cornct.
Livery Saturday the monitor Cocs
round with a co"nCt, or horm-SlaEcd
paper box, and takes up collection.
The students give froTl two to five
cents each, according TO the degree Of
satI3factIon. which t:!cy derive from the
models. That bring; IL about seventy
five cent, and sometimes one dollar;
but thi:; is rare, and, moreover, the
mOdcl; do not get 'vorl; every week.
They arc often brought down to cX-
trcmc poverty, and often have to sing
in the streets and Deg. The women,
formerly servant girls, get plac.'.; again
when they can, and some of them do
worse"
SIS itpossiblc?"
''lS is as true as am speaking to YOU;
but they always come L;il.s ana ,...r.
AS for the artists IaCdrlG. t..erc arc
very few men ;:mCrr Tic III. en- account
of tic increasing; scarcity Of church and
historical pictures. For the women 1t
is q temporary business. A fresh and
wcll-madc girl CCiHmC ncCH TO make her
living in some drC.: l:I;.'.....,; c>.i;:'.:I:;h-
mcnt, where tic begins ~ u:ld. rlAinc
her constitution ard rcGt!cn her eyes
from eight in the morning to ten and
eleven ct night, and al for what?
About scvcnty-iivc ccrtG aday. Even that
would net be so bad if there Was steady
work; but the dull times arc frequent.
So she decides to pose. At the begin
ming it is hard, oh, very hard, but ut last
VIC become rccCncilcd to it, because it
Is fine thing for Il poor girl to make
her four francs day. Certainly the
model docs not get work every day ut
the beginning. She gets her customers
gradually. But when once established
she Is all right. At one place she poses
for the entire figure. At another she
poses for some detail, especially among
the portrait painters"
''Ihc portrait paintcrs?"
''Why, certainly. Do you fancy that
those fiI;c and rich ladies would talSc the
trouble TO sit tor their PORTRAITS every
day for three weeks? That would tire
them pretty soon. Consequently three
fourths of tho artists, when tho prep
aration Is Finished take the feet
tho hands, and sometimes thu
arms and throat from us. ter all, j
is not such II bad trade, although there
nro always dull times in the summc
months. The business has only on
drawback--a serious onc-it doesn'
last. You sec we can't always b
young. When VIC touch upon twenty
five the complexion begins to fade. A
that Ggc also we become fat. Then w
quit the business and return to dreS!