Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-08-26

OF drawing VI Al ofohiuS
signed TO special order. NOW, ssiu
he ia a moment, II can chat while tnas
dries"
''Am busy?" he continued. Just
I'D 10 my eyes. am very rapid
worker, but l can't overtake all my
commissioner You sea these things
scattered aoout? Well, 1 shall have TO
make something OF most OF them TINS
week. and tO-day's Tuesday, isn't II?
And that's by no means all my work. l
care for sketching things least OF all. L
like designing frocks much better.
See here. this bundle of letters" taking
nm a packet three inches thick from
off a small writing table, "is comprised
entirely OF requests or commissions al
ready taken for specially designed
gowns and articles OF dress.
'Do l like my work? Indeed l do.
All artists love their work. And, he
continued with 3 laugh, my work
loves me. That is to say, 1t pays DO"
many artists except those Win d Oig
name can say that? j.,
'sAnd a great many people would, L
fear, scarcely admit that l am an artist
at all. But am. That painting over
there Is mine. II was hung on the line
A few years ago az the Paris Salon.
And that one OF a girl, temp. Louis
XVI, over there is from my brush.
You always appear 10 get your
draDeries 10 as they say hang so well,
I remarked. "HOw do you manage III!
II studied drapery and ssthe effect
produced upon cOlors by light, shade
and the proximity OF other tints, out
large amount of my success with refer
euce 10 the fall and draping OF mater
iaIs is largely due to the use OF the iiv-
ing and not exclusive use Of the lay
model" the artist explained, touching
with a few delft strokes OF the brush an
effect Of lace on the bodice or nls
sketch, which he then held up critically
to the strong light Of the big window.
~ have fully half dozen models,
representing different types OF figures.
One or two Of them are coming this
very afternoon 20 put on several OF
those costumes over there, sketches or
which l am commissioned 10 make at
very remunerative figure for reproduc-
ton In the forthcoming price list de
luxe Of a swell aud exclusive hrm.
1T is said that love Of dress Is In
herent 10 most women. AT all events,
| know that MY models thoroughly en-
Joy the brief bliss OF posing IN Paris
gowns, while 1 make rapid sketch or
the details aud fall OF the drapery. l
can tell you that during year l have
scores OF applications for the post OF
model. No doubt my regular ones tell
their friends what fun il is, ana others
wish GO obtain an easy and pleasant
form of emDloymenJ. Now and then l
recruit my stat when very good type
presents itself.
zone OF my best models Is young
lady employed In a shop IN the costume
department. She is a Clergyman'S
daughter She has a splendid figure
and pretty lace. SIZE can only come
close shop nights, as they are called,
Sunday afternoons and sometimes an
evening for me to make drawings in
outline. Her snail waist makes her
very useful, for the smartest show
gowns, which perhaps you have no.
ticed, are usually made rather small
there. Why2 Well, chiefly l think
because, whateye. dress reformers' and
medical men may say about the I'M
heaIthiness Of 3 small waist, nothing
gives quite such a smart effect 10 cos
tune as an absence Of Inches Ia the
waist region. Besides, II a woman is
bigger than the gown in that respect II
is usually the former that is altered"
"Now, how do YOU think of all the
different uoveltles?" l asked.
sometimes they come as an inspira-
ton" he answered; sometimes as the
result Of hours Of study aud inspection
of old fashion plates, OF which l may
saw have about the most extensive and
completest private collection. Most Of
the books on these shelves, in all Ian
guages, deal with the subject Of costume
in one or other of us many branches.
You will laugh, perhaps, but one OF the
greatest OF my successes last winter
came to me ln dream after long
nights Improbable chase after new
idea.
sometimes, but not very frequently,
I get. ideas from = lady client. Few
women, however, possess the faculty Of
seeing thing created in the minds eye.
Some Of the suggestions receive are,
assure you, extremely Comical. II
were to apply them the dresses would DO
40 a.most iudescribable medley.
"Tnere is one lady whose evening
and ball dresses have been designed by
me for three lyears past; she has the
reputation Of being one Of the most
tastefully dressed women In London.
Well, she always makes the most out Of
% ace suggestions. l usually seem 70
fall in with them, and when the costume
sketch is submitted TO her she Invariably
picks out two or three Of the most taste
iul or effective details and claims them
as her own, saying. 'Ah! yes, that is
Just what l Intended
1T IS needless for me to add that
none Of the admired points emanated
from Lady BIS brain. But it would