The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-12-11

not rise above the mediocre. This Is dis
%couraging and occasionally even ruinous.
young man of small will power and pliable
habits. 1t can surely do no harm to warn
those interested OF the moral risks lying IN
the pathway of the Paris art student. We
more than suspect that at present am.
consideration to these things. Still. it Is
only the few who make ~shipwreck on this
turbulens sea. The boys, as o rule, arc
we'll behaved Most of them have neither
the time nor the money for great excuses.
and many are so we'll poised. both morally
aud intellectually. that the indictments 20
Q fast life are no more felt in this city Of
pleasure than IN the quiet life they might
be living at home.
Many of these gifted American boys we
have seen. and candor compels the admis-
sion that they are q noble GLASS. If one may
judge from appearances. Broad, high
foreheads, ~ciean-cut lips, and eyes
which beam with intelligence-these
are their usual characterlstics. They
q rule, and some bear unmistakable marks
of genius. In a room full of such young
men one cannot help specializing upon
their future. American art is only emerR-
whose gifts and accomplishments will help
it before long into an honorable manhood.
All will not achieve greatness, but some
will. and their names and works will COM
mand national n even international ap-
plause. Some OF them, however. are hav.
ing hard times iust now. We have heard
of those who are eking out sub
sistence up0n as little as 20 cents
q day. including BED TO sleep In
such as it is. These, OF course.
who get along upon q yearly expenditure
of $500 or $500. This, in Paris. means q
room under the roof. probably In the fifth
or sixth story, and the most frugal table.
Rather q hard life. but borne cheerfully by
those who mo do better, anf. some OF
the girls fare just as poorly Is the most i'm
~pecunlous of the boys.
THEY LIVE AND WHAT IT COSTS.
Upon $500 or $500 q year the student will
get along very well. The Chsnler scholar
ships. recently instituted. are on the nlne-
hundred-doliar basis. and they are hailed
by the students as the beginning of better
times for at least q few OF them. Among
the girl students IL is not uncommon for
several to live together and keep house.
This 10 pleasant, but somewhat dangerous,
for the girls. it Is said, are liable,
under such an arrangement as this.
not to eat ct regular times nor in sufficient
quantity, the result being that health gives
way. At O recent reception given at the
girls club.r00ms. an address was made by
the American minister. Mr.. Coolidge. 10
an outsider 1t seemed strange to near him
advising these high-splriJcd American
damsels upon so commonplace o matter as
their eating. But whom he insisted upon
their not putting themselves Oft with less
than three meals a day. every day. and all
the girls Uttered at the remark, every one
turning to look knowingly ct her %neighbdr,
one could we'll understand the need of such
advice.
As to the way in which the boys live. it
may be said generally. allowing for excep-
TONS, thatsthey room in an attic and take
their meals at twenty-tive-cent restaurants
We make this statement upon the testi-
mony of the students themselves. But In
regard to eating they are better OFT than
they used to be, because of the good, cheap
fare provided at q restaurant which is
practically under their own control. This
is attached to the American Art Students'
ago by Mr.. A.. A. Anderson, q distinguished
American artist resident IN Paris. The To-
cation of this club is right in the center of
the students quarter. ut 131 Boulevard
M~ontparnasse, and it affords to the
young men similar facilities, barring the
religious element, to those which the
young women enjoy in o locality q few
squares away. Here, IS Ct the other place.
there are occasional -entertalnmehts-a
stag party one fortnight and the next. q
party in which the ladies share. Thus,
and hardships. it has also it's brighter as
poets. and 1t will be gratifying to Ameri-
cans to be assured that the city which has
so long held out to their gifted sons and
daughters so mary artistic inducements, Is
Offering now, in connection with these, q
few social and moral safeguards.
HENRY TUCKLEY.