The morning times., 1895-08-04
TITLED WOMEN WHO POSE
A Genuine French Countess
and German Baroness.
BUT IT BARS THEM SOCIALLY
Young Women Models Are
Plenty, But Young
Men Are Not.

New York. Aug. 3.-Not very long ago
while prominent artist of New York was
busy at his easel the knocker raped three
times, and rising he opened the door. Who
is it?' he said, not very pleased at the in
terruption. do you want a model was
the response.
He looked at her with the rapid glance of
thenlan Who knows the meaning of formand
color and the value of every feature. APP
parently there was nothing to recommend
her. The face was not beautiful the skin
and features were course, there was no
pomegranate on the lips, no rose petal on
cheek nor shell tints in the ear. The hair
was a dusty, yellow gray, the eyes duh and
heavy, the mouth and jaw thick and hard
All Of this detail, he saw as she passed
through the doorway unnvited.
What are your recommendations?' he
asked her, half sneeringly.
Il have u good figure" she answered
promptly.
Are you a professional model?'' was
the mex t query.
Il have never posed at all, she replied,
I'm housemaid. read something in the
paper about the lots of money the models
made, and l thoughtI'd like it better than
being out at service
The artist looked at the young Irish
woman Il moment, and glancjng about the
room wondering what to say TO her his eyes
fell upon his haIf-clad model seated upon
! the stand Miss B. he said, will
| you tell this young woman about the life
| She wants to be model
Miss b, with an easy natural move
ment, threw the end OF her garnet velvet
| toga across her shoulders and gave the WIS.,
itor such lengthy description Of the trials
| hardshps, and troubles of models life
| in the studios tlIat when she advised the
| artiStically inclined housemaid Ito go
! back to making sI.-. beds and scrubbing and
| waxing floors" the latter concluded that
| she had better bear the ills she knew than
| fly to those she knew not Of and took her
departure Us abruptly as she had come.
| EASY TO BEGIN.
| Young women endowed with beauty
| or grace fiUd no difficulty in gaining
| attention and indeed If they make up
! their minds 10 enter the lists, a tap at a
| studio door VIII frequently end in an en-.
| gagemeut; and sometimes young people W hC
| have been strictly brought up and who love
| to sail the seas OF adventure, apply incog
| nito at artists hauDts. Sometimes they
| falter when they discover what the require
| ments OF the model are, and return hom,
| wiser if ChagrI=Sd and ashamed of their
| performance; sometimes they enter the
life and continue it 'unbekno INST" TO any
| one at home.
| II young girls are easiest to obtain
| young men are the most difficult, as The
| standard Of artistic masculine beauty and
| symmetry is hard TO fiud realized. Lately
/ too, there ha been a demand thaJisa almost q
| fad for old women and men. Often maj
| or woman can be found, who, like certain
| all-rOuud actors, is a sort OF 'geDera
| utility ma or woman, >" a nd who cana ssum,
| the ''floweriug elements of age" but the
| real old person with the naturally SCARED
! and seanIed careworn face gives joy to tbs
| artists.
| The old persons can be dressed and pIIt
| to any useful occupation such as peeling
| potatoes or apples, or knitting or playing
| any role from ancient mariner 10 shoema kel
| and woodchopper.
There is an old woman in New York who
| made her living by sewing for many years
but once when in the home OF one of hel
| patrons, a young lady sketched her, and the
! Old woman, taking the hint, applied herself
| with energy to getting engagements, anC
| now supports her young Orpha ned gTandchil
dren comfortably with the aid OF her two
| UvelihoOds.
ARISTOCRATIC MODELS.
Models do not always come from theloweI
ranks of life. One of the favorites in New
| York is a French countess noted for hel
| beautiful golden hair, very luxuriant ant
| clustering around her head in rich waves
| and her soft complexion. She has suffered
the sings and arrows offeTtUne, having been
! by turns actress, writer and sculptor, fin
| ally taking up the present mode OF liyeA
| hood, and, being SO much in demand, she
| secures a good income. She takes az
| enormous interest in her work and like
| to throw herself into the part. Sometime
she Will even search evcrywhe for beau
| uful textiles, brocades aud velvets, and
make the costumes for her charaC Cter studies
| This enthusiasm for her work adds furthe
| touch OF zeal to the artist and pictures
in which she figures are unusually sue
| cessful.
Another titled model, who would bt
| greatly in demand if she would accept
| promiScuous engagements, is a German
! baroness, whose title is not pretenSe
but a reality. Her husband ran through
| his fortune and hers and nearly every