The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-06-07
| I 6 ! n ~ GIRLS WHO Posi-.
Sg Professional Models Who Are
Eunploysd BY the Artists of1
s..sssss ebay.
s#aiUulhree Glasses, the Nude. the
sss'ssssss penni-fuds and tho
Draped.
Many Ars FORCED Into the business ~
Adverse circumstances Yet y y
Dssmed Honorable.

u.a.la ~ 81 three classes: The nude,
W. a-ap.I-nude. aud tho draped. q OF
~ drst eats0ory, when very sloss 20 per
saatio.. command weekly income OF 90
u M, thoeo belonging TO the second class
,.ssay. aboat 81 every time they rose, .
M dv.ned model sarns from 20 GENES 20 3
.A, hnnr. t.Thsre is an idea abroad, ma u
II I aheclutsly erroneous ons, hat models
3. I.rc.lv drawn from the theatrical pro
Saaaion. y said Napoleon Sarony, IN answer
"A I nneetion from the reporter OF tho New
York sunday Advertiser. = 1acs, oat
haat models come from the ranks. 1nsy
aro Usually v~irtnous girls, having suhoaens
rift of intelligence to draw thenseivos ons
"a II. 4 customary straits of breadwinninR,
arS u adopt this calling in the same busl-
sas.-like manner @ other girls decide 70
.t.rd hahind 4 counter and sell ribbon by
the yard.
..i)f course this field is only open to those
vho are endowed with . weil-devslopsa'
proportionate figure; who are naturally
iithe. graceful, and agile and can ADAPT
4hemsely,s TO any posture which the artist
m.y exact from them. Talking OF models
reminds mo Of an incident which occurred
yery recently continued the well-know
charcoal skstcher. IA comely Irish girl.
mi in her teens, walked very timidly into
nv studio one morning and asked me II !
needed a model. ! At once detected her
worth ~ such, she being Of = powerful
nhysioue and otherwise showing the char
acteristics requisite for an available model.
She was plainly clad, very modest N de-
rneancr. and disrobsd with great h~esltancy.
She seemed vary reluctant to pose, and
uher II unnistakably plain language, l
nsked her il she desired to become 2 model
-as II VA contrary to my pollcy 20 urge
NV one with entrsatiss-she went INTO ths
sornsr Of the studio while ! prepared my
aasel and crayors. After some moments
she edged, very slylv, out Of the corner and
covered her faoe with her hands.
@assHha was exoeedinRly bashful--at lines
varying on timorousneas. bat not at all
awkWard Or prudish. One could plainly see
Shat she had not decided to pose from lncli-
nation, but had been driven thereto by
sheer necessity. She aftsrwaIo 'oia me
that shs had an aged mother and q minor
brother dependents upon her for subsist-
ence. For months abe had earned a llvsll-
hood il 4 dry goods store. but that paltry
nm for which she shaved 20 diligently was
barely sufficient for the families support.
..Shs came regularly twics a week for
three months, and each and every time she
disnlayed ths sans trepidation. sensitive
ness and rspugnance. Inwardly she revolt
"a against the fate which decreed her to exc
Mar daily bread in this, to her, distasteful
fashion. I elton suspected that sha would
pIay trpant, 20 sincerely did she by her en-
tire attitude-which, ~remenber, was lot
s~sudisd-inprsns me with her Teyuision
against being I d~emi-draped model, yet she
perseyered with her undertaking < a little
Bee. One morning / noticed her face lit up
with unusual animation, n she could
hardly await the opportunity to speak to
me. =.
MI. Sarony, I am married.
"What 1 relisf il was for her to renounc
her calling. What = joy to shake Oh those
fsttsrs and rid herself of all odium-by
wedding.
sYes. the public at large Is very much
nistaken and misinfsrmsd If they attribute
Impure motives and unolsan conduct to our
models. j remember the case of several
gsntlswonsn, ono the sister of a prominent
Union League olub member, who by DIM of
thia arsnA-and who finally became the wife
Of Nor employer. The artist. T. X. Harries,
married Miss Joycs, his model. MIR. Freer
did likewise, and there are numerous others
whose names | am restrained from NEIL
tioning who found true, faithful life-mates
In the model who posed for them."
Can any wsll-developed woman become
Amodel?"
why. yes; posing is in No sense a science
and therefore this lucrative channel offers
TO the uneducatsd, as we'll as to the refined
and cultured, an opportunity of winning
the almighty gold. OF course, there are
some travelling on their shape who are
perfectly cold, indifferent and callous in
posing made and are not susceptible to any
IA IAA1inn G .fThAao ara thu nprAconfofiv
models and affect the tricky practices of
the trade to malign and assault the good
reputation Of their humber sisters and oc-
casionally to destroy the anne of an artist.
But this class il very limited and fortu-
nAtsly seek and find more enumeration in
other spheres.
when 4 Rlilelsas woman exposes herself
to : man artist, if 10 II an artist thoroughly
imbued with tho beauty in art and incul-
Gated with the grandeur of his art. he pro-
eeeds to reproduce on paper or canvas what
In nature is beautiful. He docs not see the
person, the animate being; he beholds only
tho grace and a%ublinity OF curves and out
lines; the soul rather than tho flesh is
Transferred on his easel. and Herewith ends
his thought.
III tell something real strange that hap
pened to me some years ago. An amateur
artistic, : talented charcoal sketcher. came
into my study one day saying: mn.
Sarony, I admire your charcoal work 30
much. I feel really ashamed to make this
request. it's 30 delicate, you know, But |
wGald like TO see you sketch from the nude.
Would You allow me to pose for youE"
Il made an appointment with her. and
she was punotual to the minute. she was
the most perfect figure l havs ever seen,
and one which | have often said could not
have justice meted to it. Her skin was vel
vety, and as clear AZ running water. She
was a queen among women. She acted not
At all like a model. and when, after a few
vigorous dashes. | had outlined her figure,
and with inspiration plunged into my
work, ! could feel that this would prove i
master effort"
"After l had finished the mere sketch sht
left her pose, peepsd over nv shoulder anC