The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-10
ladies', If that word means anything any
more. as our own wives, and sisters, and

ladies, If that word means anything any
more. as our own wives and sisters, and
"oh, you fellows needn't look skepticaI
/ could prove 1t to you. Look here, I saw
teres. IN girl wh ns IS ssh now POSING for
friend OF mine. No; didn't say where it
incest pepe at and s 1 IS Of the I
people-one Of the old Knickerbocker fami-
ssBut they have lost money, and she finds
the s. a day that she can make in posing
quite convenient as pin money Quite likely
keep her up to date. She poses always In
street costume. Every now and then meet
at a reception or tea or something one
or another of my models or Of my friends
models. OF course 1t is never mentioned"
DO they. consider 1t in any way degrad-
ing? asked the older man.
Degrading is pretty strong word They
don't consider it that. and yet they're very
secret about it. Sometimes they give as
They always seem to take it for granted
should be. It's good thing for their bust
ness that this posing is considered not quite
respectable, for that keeps the supply down
There aren't many kinds of work that
require no training and pay So day open
care for the money, but just. want TO pose.
I had an amusing instance of that not long
ag g girl whom met rd at Il nss house
" Aren't they awfully queer people, Mr.;
Pinxit?' she asked. told her they weren't
as queer as she could see any day for 10
cents at a dime museum.
Well. only asked she said, because
pose e and she wanted nj me to speak to you
AWFUL; Mr.; fln zYH 'nAA ",' .,s a.r.
seen some posing that was very awful. In
deed. Quite so awfully awful, to tell the
truth: that couldn't paint anything but
Now, YOU re laughing at me- she said;
but I mean it. My friend wants to be
or something, for of the illustrated pa
pers. mn 80 . fr;and aronna
and Well see,' told her.
KNEW THE TRICK.
"Of course, I saw through the whole
thing, and when she came in herself at the
appointed time, expecting to surprise me-
1 simply said: expected you Please take
off your hat and We'll begin Then L put
her through a pretty severe course of pos
ing, but she was plucky and stood the
strain we'll, and when it was all over she
wouldn't take the S. so I had to send her
$40 worth of flowers in place of it.
"But the picture was a good one, and I
sold it well. AS rule, though, people who
want to pose are bothersome. In fact, all
girls under twenty-five or thereabouts are
apt to be poor models, because theyr re TOO
fresh or too restless.
Nearly all the models of the illustrators
are women who are personally known TO
US, either people whom we have known
outside the studios, and who want to earn
money. or people who are introduced to ,., us
by other artists. The magazines are IKE
portrait galleries to us. can pick out al
most every face.
nowadays, and many of them are excellent
models. The hard times in the theatrical
profession have thrown them into the bust,
ness of posing, and they pose naturally ana
easily. Some of them pose for the nude"
81 suppose you have to pay more for
nudes than for the others. don't your
ION the contrary, the models for the alto,
gether get only 81 day YOU see ,ae s sooa
make their prices higher, Some OF them
take the nude posing very hard.
a long time ago and introduced herself as
the daughter of an artist, now aead, whose
Shabby saa,ts and TI It happened then that, was
making am allegorical picture, SO | made
an appointment with her to pose nude ~.
s.When she came to the studio L noticed
she looked very much broken up, and d. l
talked to her about it in business-nke
way, telling her that II was sre h0'a as m aa
chine, just as 1 regarded her as conection
of lines and shadings for transference TO
i've been crying all night over this
she said simply. I never posed this way
m nadofe it. s aud ali IL Vent Wei until one day
another artist came wandering In Whiie she
was posing. She ran to the ,S curtain crynIig'
She had accustomed herself to regard me
as a machine but he was a man a
..She had a superb figure, and wanted
her to pose for some friends Of mine, but
She wouldn't do it, To bring herself around
to that, she insisted, would involve the
first posing. 1 reasoned with her, put 1t
Wa" ash la0 didn't mind posing for NE. having
become used to it, but wouldn't pose fer
the others until she got some good clothes
and then she posed draped. Women are
queer creatures.