The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-04-24

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as much as we can, and at the end OF every
! month, whom our compositions are NUM-
/ bered by the instructors according 10 merit,
we all congratulate heartily the girl thai
| gets number one. We pose for each other
often and criticise one another's work. we
are sometimes able to do this much better
| than the instructors, for each one looks at
the work from different standpoint, and
Is often able to detect flaw which has
escaped the instructors eye.
The thing we like best about this school,
said Miss Zeia Milhan, q bright young
student, lis the spirit OF bon camerederte
that prevails among US all. We work to-
Rether and for a common purpose. Inc
only thing against girl here is money.
That is, she can be jus. as rich as she likes
SO long as she doesn't obtrude it on any one.
But these 'moneyed prigs' we don't want to
have anything to do with. The poorer the
girl the warmer the welcome she gets"
Here she looked around at the girls, who all
signified their approval.
Some Of the girls do, indeed, have to
scrape and save to keep in the school. The
fee is only nominal one, simply enough TO
sustain the league, and yet $40 month
means a great deal to some or the students.
l heard few sly remarks about the cheap
bakery around the corner, where lunch
might be secured at an Alarmingly small
amount, and I watched three or four of
them as they stood on chairs anxiously
waiting for the water in big iron pot to
| boz SO that they could make their cocoa.
Then they all brought out their lunches and
clustered about big low table that stood
in the corner. A great many OF the stu
dents do outside work, which helps them
along considerably. I'VE try to make our
work just as artistic as possible" said one
OF them; we don't do very much pot boil
ing
"What is thatY" l asked.
"Pot boiling Is work turned out in rush
just for the SAGE of earning some money.
But it's not popular in this school,"
The school must needs be- OF high stand
ing, for il has as instructors the very best
artists on this side the Atlantic. The
Morning Life" is very enthusiastic about
Its teacher, Kenyon Cox. Miss Mathilde de
Cordoba, one of its members who is very
enthusiastic aud earnest regarding her art,
said: I'VE all think so much OF Mr.. Cox.
He is such a master"
They have even put him in their class cry,
which runs thus: Rah--raa-rah-Keny
Cox-J-O-L-T-O- N-B-O--N-E--
The second name stands for their favorite
| skeleton, whose tall and gaunt figure is the
first thing that strikes you as you enter the
room.
asked them if they didn't find It hard to
sell their work, bearing in mind all the
pltlful tales had heard and read OF your E
aspiring artists walking the streets for days
together with sketch in hand, veinly
seeking customer, and hsrshly turned
away in every quarter. But couldn't find
much foundation for the tales here. They
didn't seem to have had very hard time
disposing OF their work. Many of them
make book covers and sketches for the big
| publishers; they agreed unanimously that
most OF the houses were very kind and
when they didn't want the work were al
ways ready to point out defect, show where
the work might be improved, or send them
to some one else who might purchase the
| sketch. And it's the business people aud
the best concerns that take the most trouble
with u.s. Why, one man had a lot Of
sketches brought in to me that he might
show me wherein l could make mine more
| like what he wanted. All the big maya
zines are exceedingly kind TO US"
Carroll Beckwith they regarded as rather
a harsh critic, although they ooncsde that
! none OF the teachers are at all lenient in
that respect. "Do you know what be said
to me once" said Miss Milhsu. "Just this f:
Miss Milhau. you look like person of
some intelligence Here all the girls
| nodded at me. But he went on, L declare
| am unabel to detect a trace of it in your
work. You are not an artist and never
will be, so why don't you give up the good
place you hold to some one else more capa-
| bleF Mr.. Beckwith,' l said, at least IL Pm
not an artist can stay here and do ali I
! can toward becoming one, and | can die
1 trying Only a week or two after he pro-
| NOTED me for good work. But all the teach~
| ers say that what a student needs Is dis
| couregement rather than encouragement.
II we are really going to become artists we
shall do so in the very face OF oil the criti-
| oisms and Heterogeneous we receive"
| or course all the girls are anxious to be-
come members OF the league. This cannot
| be done until @ girl has been at least three
months In the life class, and il takes about
two years TO reach that point. Then she
| must submit a drawing to the board Of
| control, IL this Is returned to her with the
word unconditional" written across it, Ii
signifies that she is entitled, from the artist
lc standpoint at least, to become a life
| member of the league. Sho must also be
| duly proposed and Endorsed, and after that
is welcomed with opened arms. A new
member is always heartily cheered and al
ways treats upon her initiation. The treat
may consist Of anything she pleases, from
| ice cream to peanuts.
The monthly business meetings are not all
business. When I was there the other day
l saw number of the girls go up with
inviting looking packages under their arms
and heard that they always INDUCED In
mild festivities on these occasions. They
ready for the grand annual exhibition
that is to be held on the 9th of this
month. In addition to the usual display
of fine paintings, there are to be grea
number OF tableaux, all the grouping
and costumes for which were com.
posed by the students. They Away
wear fancy dress at their public
affairs, even at Christmas ana New
YEARS; and though the building is not very
presentable. they will dance over its floors
Just as lightly and gayly as il it were high
ly polished hard wood. "But you won
know the old place on that night" sale
one Of the girls I'm the first place 1t will
all be hung with pictures You'll scarcel,
be able to see the old walls for them. TheI
there'll be handsome rugs spread on tn
floors, end artistic draperies covering tn
eesels, and pretty decorations everywhere
The artists arc all very kind and lend US
I great number OF things
1t Is true that the old building is not very
inviting. The rooms are none OF them par
tioularly bright, the air is rather close. tn
odor OF paint disagreeable, and one Is no
very tavorably impressed with the sanitary
arrangements. Perhaps my artistic sens
should have been stroug enough to overlook
these slight drawbacks, and see only thu
pretty groups of busy workers. But shoulC
need several weeks, at least. in the artistic
atmosphere before these loftier sentiment
could prevail. 1t will not De long, however
before the handsome new building IN Fifty
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