The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-10
AN AMERICAN TRILBY
IS SOMEWHAT DIFFERENT FROM
THE LATIN QUARTER PRODUCT.
Occasionally She Does ssthe Altogeth-
err but as a Rule She Prefers
to Drape 1t.

The knock at the door interrupted the art
list in his work of mixing in the bill of a
huge stork. It was hesitating sort of
knock, and there was a suggestion of trem-
ulousness in it. The youth who had thrown
off his coat and was examining a collection
of war photographs looked up inquirngly,
and another visitor who had stretched him.
self on divan took his cigarette from his
mouth and turned his head toward the door.
sCome in called the artist. resuming
work.
The sound of the door opening and closing
was followed by a slight waving of the
draperies concealing the entrance After
moments pause they parted The youth
dropped the photographs and seized his
coat The smoker cast away his cigarette
and assumed an upright attitude The art
list kept on linking in. The newcomer came
forward.
us this Mr.. Pinxit?" she asked, turning
irresolutely from one to the other.
She was very pretty. and if her dress. of
some dark material. close fitting about a
trim figure, had not been sufficient evidence
of gentle breeding, her voice certainly was
The young man who had succeeded in con-
quering the indisposition of his coat to go
on after heroic struggle made pretense
of looking at the photographs again. The
other visitor, realizing that his gaze had be-
come a stare, walked to the window and
directed his eyes downward into Fifth ave-
nue. The artist got DIP from his work.
81 am Mr. Pinxit" he said. "Can be of
any services"
"Yes-no-that is hesitated the girl,
looking first at one of the visitors and then
at the other. Perhaps some other time
would be more convenient. I simply wanted
to ask if you needed model"
1t was said with such evident nervousness
that the artist remarked:
You haven't posed very much, l take 1t.
How do you pose?"
Howl she repeated, in puzzled way.
..Why, for any kind of picture, you know.
Crayonne, and he sent, me to you''
"oh, yes; Crayonne said something al about
a as the girl flushed as I hoty Wel don't be
let me see have a picture on hand. Can
you come here Thursday morning. ng 49, Ye IS;
right right interpreting her glance at the visit
ors. s'These gentlemen are artists. This
was distinct lie, but it served the pur-
II shouldn't like to have it known. you
know" she said simply, as she handed her
my real name
''You shall be as anonymous as If you had
AS the door closed after her the youth
dropped the, photographs s, in lab heap.
.'WhdL is II ne dShed
ut isn't it; it's She returned the artist,
resenting the pronoun that is used when ap-
piled to in to Gert pd yoa
ever see one before?"
''Pve seen them before-plenty of them"
put in the other visitor Il knew lot or
them in Paris when / was there but
don't think this girl would have felt herself
at home among them" He was older than
sTrilby type, eh?'' returned the artist.
'.Well, don't know that type, and l do
of the other 1 judge that it's about as diff
ferent from this as two types can be-
LECTURE ON MODELS.
Look here you fellows. I'd like to give
a lecture on models for the benefit OF some
people / know; in fact, for the benefit of
most people 1t would be pretty plain
spoken sort of lecture, but 1T would correct
the false Impressions generally extant about
artists models, and the sum and substance
of it would be that the very great majority
of them are what Bobby calls straight
Sweet word, isn't it ?'
.'Supposing you drop me and go ahead
with your lecture returned the youth
1--WE will be audience. But before you be-
gin I'd like to ask, if your visitor is SO emf
asked her that somewhat proao question
as to how she posedg ,
planned to her. returned the artist. That's
the regular question Most of them under
pose?' without amplifcation.. This girl
didn't That shows she's new
ton, That lat girl like that whose entrance
propelled Bobby into his coat and impelled
me to allure one 20 Of your agyPeam
slowly WY Still ains you can't tell Some Of
them do but rarely rely he aided as
the visitors smiled, 1T isn't vanity. It's
simply that girl must have good gowns
Sometimes when they haven't they pose
pour Pensemble,' not 'quand samuse, as
Tr6y did s Dat 6aq now Of the modes
know, the ones used by the illustrators.
1.-THE art school models are, different;
ANYBODY ans in any way. Then some of the
painters have their own models and paint
from them only. About those | don't know.
But we illustrators have to have as rule,
models of different class from the profess
sionals They've got to be well dressed and
they won't do. You'll see the reason Tor
this if you look through the illustrations
"A man can't draw a picture of a fin de
steele swagger girl from a froWsy moae i;
car he? n Here's aod m9 9orm caro- now; you
The card which he tossed over to the
older visitor was of the best material and
Mile De Blanc, artists model. Hotel -"
and in the corner was engraved Evening
dress, street costume and empire gowns.
fessional models" continued the artist
she's a splendid looking. woman, about
twenty-five years old, with glorious hair,
a perfect shaped face, and big gray eyes,
and her gowns are simply the best that can
be got. You see where she lives. If you
know the place you will know that it's. a
small family hotel. very nice and rather ex-
pensive and can't live there for moth
ing This model has been What's the
matter. Bobby; got an adjective stuck in
your throat?''
COULDN'T MAKE HER OUT.
"Why, say, look here gasped the
youth, excitedly pointing to the card which
he had picked up when the other laid it
down. 81 lived there at that place for a
while, and know her. 1t must be the
same one We all used to wonder what
she did all day every day. She was al
ways there in the evening, and she used to
play and sing sometimes All the men
were wild over her. she was such good
STYLE; but none of 'em ever got well ac-
uuainted. Her name
.sShe never told me her name" inter-
rupted the artist. "Of course, that's only
her professional name on her card, and 1
don't care to know her real name. Don't
get historical Bobby.
All right, but queer, insisted Bobby.
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