The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-10-13
Ambitious Tribes
Not Wanted.
Models Not Employed Here

''The sign cured me Of the plague"
An artist who has won some fame as a
painter OF oriental scenes IN which the
nude figures prominently, when asked if
he had contracted the plague, began To
swear most inartistcally before reply
Have I2r he sneered. ooh. no; it hasn't
done anything at all TO me except drive
me crazy and almost ruin my business III
Du Maurier knew what he was going to
infiict upon the craft he would have stran-
gled Trilby IN her infancy. But know
how to stop it. Just you sit here awhile
and the. first one comes in VIII be made
a horrible example Of"
In less than half an hour two girls were
ushered into the studio by little black
boy wearing a red fez. Thls youngstse,r die
posing. He wore a massive grin, as II ne
knew what was about 10 happen. one OF
the girls was about % and the other year
OF 50 older. They looked like shop girls and
were logged out IN a mass of gaudy hne-
~. The elder of the two I'D the talking;
The artist put on a horrible frown and
snarled out;
der. -
and stand on that pedestal and
''Sir-take off my clothes! Here, Jennie
let US get out of here He is not gentle
man"
And out they went
That's the way to stop them. 1t doesn
take much time and is generally enectual.
The. only time it failed. was one day last
week when woman. l think she was
widow, called. She was not more than five
feet two in hight and weighed 100 pounds
If she weighed an ounce.
1.-THE first thing she said was: i want
to learn to be a model. l have had no
experience, but I've got good figure, as
you can see
served, and was just on the point to growl
out: Well, take off your clothes and stand
on the pedestal, when she blurted out like
III auF "a
iii pose for the altogether you
kn 2. NJ. ~ vo,r u,.r shouted ont. and
len we had hot and heavy conversation
for two minutes. Little Caesar there came
to the rescue by telling her that an artist
upstairs made a specially OF the alto
gether. She left, saying she would call on
Another artist, who has also been a vic
tim of the plague said that he had suffered
in silence for a long time.
when a visitor appears now who is not
pleased by the order to take on your
Clothes" he said Il always put her in
the most wearison1e pose that could
manufacture. You know that the slightest
weight in the hands of model becomes as
heavy as ton of lead after she has stood
in a fixed position for any length of time:
About the most difficult pose any model
ever attempted and carried through sue
cessfully was that Of the girl who posed
for the Diana on the top OF Madison
Square Garden. To stand on one foot and
hold the hands in the position of an
archer is something aWfui. OI course the
Diana model was aided by many little de-
vices like strings suspended from the cell
ing for holding the hands and arms in
position. Neither did she have to hold the
bow and arrow in her hands.
''But the novice put through the PAGES
didn't know anything about this: al
lowed her to wear some drapery, although
Diana herself would have cast Ii away. I
put heavy bow and arrow In her hand,
told her to stand on chair and explained
how she must poise herself on one foet.
l left her and pretended to tumble about
getting ready to paint.
"At the end of twenty seconds I could
see that the new model was growing tired.
She stood it bravely until a minute had
passed and then said:
How much do get for this?'
" Forty cents an hour / replied.
+" Heavensr was all she said, but cour-
ageously kept on posing for another min
ute. Then she gave II up. Her face looked
as If she had passed through the tor
lures of the inquisition.
g i have had enough, was all she could
gasp, and then dashed into the dressing
ROOM Later, when she again appeared
gowned and ready to leave, she said: Was
I up there half an hourT
"'You posed for two minutes, / said
" 'Heavensn she said, and left"