The sun., 1893-02-12
IsAsELLr URoUHAnTs nrPIoITs


Isabelle Urauhnrt was an actress Of exploits
while she figured for several years at the
Casino. and writer's for the press were relue-
tant to serve her seeming purpose OF self
advertising. Now the news comes that she
has become Mrs Guy Standing. in London.
and has retired from the stage. To the studio
guild that wedding meant the loss OF one OF
the most beautiful models that ever stood
beside An easel. It must not BIO inferred that
tho perfectly shaped creature was profess
sional poser. No model In this country could
have earned more money than Isabelle
Urauhart A great number OF our figure
painters would have been glad to pay
her S. an hour in the studio. but Belle
Urouhart was not q mercsnary beauty. She
loved art for its own sake. and was fond OF the
society Of artists. She had had particular
friends among tho pupils Of Paris and Munich.
and whom she was not rehearsing at the Casino
her afternoons were generally passed sitting
beside some ebody's easel. watching him paint,
enlivening his Loneliness BY "reminiscences OF
tho stage. or discussing compositions for new
pictureA She was the author OF Madder
Browns reputation. Brown was witty. hand
some. and poor whom he finished his training
In G6roms's ateier and returned to New YORK
to mako lie1ng. He rented a little studio IN
cheap building. and devoted his brushes to
vN0EytuluS anu duStIluS. ihohi o'sHH
paign banners. In order to earn enough money
to pay expensea His only tangible pos
session OF any value was q dress suit. which
he put on every evening before going out to
dine at mo lest italian table d'hote This
"a who Saa ne
suit. and strenuously opIected to o man
eating 5Ocent dipnep In the costume .sts e,St Of
his fine clothes IN the evening enabled him him
to forget the vicissituaes he had endured dur
iniy !es eSsry u Afternoon as he were an
tISahs!t Eho had the tastes q 5Oa55%s|ss 5S|sss e
this p"ifssfi Italian Restaurant Was then famed.
sSs the syenSe place and
enjoyed the dinner. During its progress she
soa
artists young gentleman attifed In an I'm
as nSd E
isuEhinsiy. "He must DC, the banished earl
oh" said one OF her friends. that Is Mad
fsris Far fI Me Is always % il sVsnns Dress and they
say that he has no other ,, clothes to wear e1-
oephf How e S fu the young &C.
tress gazing admit1Ely at HIN through her
He Is an oasis in this Sahara OF garlic Bring
Thereupon., the artist was presented to the
Isabelle Urouhart and he were Arm friends:
Kim MN IN At te Casino aaa
sss Hs sStssI sn Ru Sssa "a shs
@ @tSss vop ae fi @ seias sSe' to e slssa:
st the Casino last night, must see yours TO-
day" Thus adjured; the young artist con-
design 70 illustrate the virtues 0! O. new shoe
ar, ne sred q
don't know what 70 de with 4. like you: L.s ne
posed to 6e Indignant. but the actress was
s!neere in her kindiness, and alter moment
snd said srSteiSly: Wei. am hard UPS up. sure
enough, But I never, borrowed a sou from a
Let US be friends without, any question Of
money. Some day shail have better, LUCK.
sSch % Ss'a sse canvas
temptuously. Humph;. remarked the comic
opera beauty sharPLy you needn't put a,.sa on
svery night Iook here. Maddsr Brown; ri
ton YOU what Tll do. Il you won't let me lend
t and fhsy give s' .dasy
tnf have sSf' sHS sse cr
DIANA We'il begin right now SO as to be
IN was sms to the %dr ana ecn
was Das masins ls a. rapid charcoal sketch Of the
At h"
the artist off to dine with her. Next morning
This programme was kept up Tor o month
until the picture was finished; It made 2 sen
at hs St
tation SO nrmly that he is now one OF our most
The most lavish contributors to the waste
many Of whom employ clever pens for the pur-
journals o ahls n city 'peS reeei~ed ACCOUNTS Of
CURIOUS thing that had napgssned gs to Isabelle
t4.S Il Ms nov W the the
Whole truth is IL pertinent; Ths actrsf.s I iad
q her iSr@. YiediDs sh With her usual good
and in due time she was lying swnthed in .
shapeless mass Of plaster weighing several
Ss SehSatSss hRSrSs h has snf s RsSSG Fl:
ss.! fstsiSs eat q the sS msssiS tsiS
locking the studio door. hurried to an ad-
jscept caterers to order a luncheon sent up;
ness natural to artists. he became Immersed
got his, model. hIs cast. and his lunch con.
Msanwhhle a. tns pretty actress was lying help.
1883 III NIB btuulo. AZ nTsI sne was amused by
alizod its discomforts. The mass Of plasterby
which she WAS snveioped was SO heavy that
she could move neither hand no. foot. sne
the properties Of plaster Of Paris is to shrink
IN the process Of drying About the. same
sessed the characteristic OF emitting great
heat In becoming solidilled -. As Is Gus, ms
actress had been copiogsy creased as d from chin
The heat Of the plaster. the grease and warm
the lov.y woman's body. soon transformed
the huge matrix into an oven. Miss Ur9uhsrt
was used to both Turkish and Russian baths.
but at that moment she began to feel as II she
WAS threatened with the, fate prepared for
shadrach. Msssch. and Abednego. In sddi-
tion to its fiery heat the mould commenced to
shrink surely but slowly. until the plaster
every curve IN her torm now tshtsnsd In .
After hall an hour OF suffocation Miss Urquhart
believed that the sculptor had been run over In
tho street. tried to scream. but could not OK
Hand her lungs sufilcentIy to gain breath Tor
prepared to die, It would be better advey-