Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-01-06

60. M fur,har value to you. So. there are
long talks with the teachers OF the CITY
ar, schools and letters of inquiry; then'
careful poring over French catalogues hsts
of French artists and teaching stuoios' anu
at last, sailing tables and lists OF farisian
pensions. This last, though 1t does no.
peern 50 important to you, Is ma''ei "a
great anxiety to your mother.
II you are thinking seriously OF going "
Paris, you will not lack addresses. Every
one Won know. who has ever been in the
French capital, knows OF PENSIONS anu -
have only to pick and choose. But no mat
,sr VIA, recommendations you are blessed
With. make I'D your mind to change your
srs, nension soon after your arrival, for ten
70 one. you will At pensions you can stay
three days three weeks, or three days-it
makes no difference-so walt till you inaHe
French acuuaintances, and then suit your
self.
The average American girl brings several
trunks with an idea of cheapness- basSase
is very expensive in France. and every thlhs
Eke clothing and artists materials Is ap-
normally cheap, and the wise girl leaves as
much as possible behind, and starts cream.
Once in the midst of the whiri anu pustie
of work-a-day Paris, she LOOKS ABOUT tor liie
art which she expected to feel IN the ar
and see staring at her around the corners.
once in Paris, she expects her concierge 10
he able to descant upon Pre-Raphaehtism,
and is profoundly shocked when her cocher
.yiness deem ignorance of the architect or
the Arc de T-ionph At last, after being
cheated in change by almost everyone'Irom
the old woman at the kiosk on down, sne
wakes up to find Paris a city IKE every
other city-of toiling, matter-of-fact hufnah-
fly which works and eats, and she reahLes
that even here the art world must De
searched out
A Girls Chance In Paris.
The first thing, of course, after the Amer
lean girl has learned to count her change
eor-ectly and how the omnibutes run, Is TO
arrange for lessons.
Unfortunately, Frances gallantry has not
progressed far enough for her TO offer TO
women the same magnificent system OF free
art education offered TO men. but this must
- made the best of, especially as the bill
proyidIng that the beaux-arts course De
opened to women has failed miserably on
each of the three occasions on which II has
been offered to the senate.
There are plenty of paid atehers, however
and at some of them the cost is very small
There is the Julian Academic, whose ate
Hers are in every section of Paris, the
Rolshoyen studios, and many others more
or less prominent. whose fame is almost IN
ternatioEaI These studios are visited by
great artists, and the student, besides hay-
ing the constant eye of the director, has
the benefit OF this higher criticism. Besides
this. of course. she may take as many
private lessons as she wishes. or is able to
pay for.
In these studios the American girl draws
or paints steadily during the morning, and
IN the afternoon may work alone in her
room or at the LOuvre-with the regulation
uquare of oil cloth spread under her easel to
catch the paint drops-she may sit perched
on a step ladder ct work copying or max
ing studies of the famous paintings there