Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-02-22

| know one American painter who in his
| youth, tried six times and was received It
| last. If they be foreigners they will not
| be so likely to continue trying as the
| FrenchEen, for only Frenchmen may go
| in for Belux Arts prizes and recompenses.
| More likely they will become attached to
| this or that master teaching in private
| school
| The chosen youth, "1e nouveau," comes
| bright and early on the first day, his heart
| full OF confidence, and his eyes full of
pride He statutes the marble busts of Pu-
| get and Poussin with a respectful and
familiar, "Bonjour. brothers, He is about
to be officially received. And soon the
people will say as he passes: HE is a
student of the SCHOOL, Other art students
| will ask him. Where are your He will
| answer. ne nchalantly, II am of the Beaux
Arts!' They will say. carelesssly, "Oh,
| you are with Gerome and Bonnat" He will
| answer, Yes" Then they will commence
to blaspheme Bonnat ard Gerome, like hon.
| est partisans of their own private schools
| and chosen masters. But he will not mind
| it,
| The Initiation
| He is about to be received, and the
| thought suddenly troubles him. Received?
! Hazed Knocked! Other students have al
ready noticed him mounting the stair.
"A new one!' "A new one!' they cry
A student takes him by the hand and
presents him to the others very politely:
| "Messieurs. new one
l
1t on the wall! Does your family have
| that nanle? Have you a sister? Is she
pretty? Silence! let him tell his namev'
A more important looking student comes
head of the class, elected by universal
! suffrage; the depository of the executive
power and the common expense money
| Have you seen the boss (patron)?"
Good: Now We will proceed to your re-
| ception.''
Critical Inspection.
| The massier continues, turning to an old
| student: Monsieur, the phrenologist! viii
you be good enough to examine monsieur,
| and verify his worthiness to become one Of
| us?'
| "AstoniEhing!" begins the phrenolog,st,
after short examination of the new ones
head. What protuberances! What prom
! Use. Never IN my long career have l seen
the bump of color so pronounced! Mes
sieurs, dare predict that the most ra-
diant paintings of DeiacroiX will be gray
! fogs compared with the future production s
of this young man. Feel him, gentlemen
feel these two bumps in particular. This
boy is the very dromedary of color!'
| The procession commences around the
| head of the unfortunate. And the bump
OF the line? Has he that also?''
Imperturbable, the phrenoloGist goes on:
| "ProGigious, Incredible! The butte Mont
martre of drawing! Remember what pre-
dict, gentlemen, This young man will have
no more rivals among designers than he
will have among colorists!'
And as to composition and magma
tion?'
He has everything, gentlemen. He will
make Dore and kauibach forgotten. This
hair, which seems to the unobserving only
the refuge of infinite dandruf grows on the
most characteristic Psychological noun
tains. Judge for yourselves; approach
again. Feel him.
Again the miserable new man feels the
| he
| and the thoughtful hair-puling. All Is
done so leisurely and decorously that the
horror of the situation is increased tenfold.
! But he must bear all good-natur
His head is all right" is at last de-
| cIared but genius is not sufficient for a
| man. Have you muscular force? Will you
| be able, in case of need, to assist in defend
ing the honor of the atelier?'
| "UndressI Undress!'
| Put aside your veiis!
| The Closing Ceremony.
The new one dares not hesitate. He
knows that they will strip him if he does
not strip himself; that they will paint him
from head to foot with Prussian blue if he
struggles Nude and ashamed. he stands
| a pitifuI figure on one of the classical pc
destals.
-"Get out, You're ugly! Dress yourself!'
He is happy, indeed. If the seance ter
inmates so quickly. Much depends upon
the humor of the students at the moment
Ugly tricks are often played on the naked
| Youth At other times he is allowed to
dress quickly and finishes his troubles by
standing on table and singing song.
Bravo! Put him out! Encore! Stop him!
| Until the massier approaches him more
| kindly and makes a little speech, in which
the mock1ngs and receptions ne mas Jus
undergone are shown to be Statutory sym
bols of the receptions and infamies OF the
real world outside, and terminating with
the demand: Does not monsieur feel the
To
rades who have just received him with such
beautiful Ell thusasm?"
Certainly How much ought give?
ooh, what you please. If you are rich
YOU may permit yourself to offer the atelier
a breakfast at Cubats. None OF these gen.
tlemen would be so rude as to decline. II
you are not rich We will accept glass al
the corner GROCERY.
Ordinarily s. Is the sum which the poorer
fellows hand over.
| Gentlemen, our new and generous COM
rade insists on offering the drinks; he has
just put in my hards the enormous sum
"Whoop! Glory to nabobs"'
| Calculations. 1--WE are forty strong. Each
one can have a Scent glass Of wine, a 2
cent cake and two cigarettes. The head OF
| the class will have double rations." He has
earned them. Yelling and gesticuiating like
so many apes they make break for the
stairway, rush through the hall Of the An
tique out into the courtyard and street
and fetch up. : bowling mob at the corner
wine shop. ITO your glory! which in theil
jargon means: Here's looking at you!
And so they trncue, which is the French
to take drink.
| About Atelier Life.
The student is now 'of the Beaux Arts. u
He may. at his option, enter the atelier
supervised by NJ. Gerome. or that Of N.
Bonnat, the two great masters Of painting
Of the school, or he may work in an out
side pay studio, getting the benefit Of still
other masters and only sending in his work
to the semi-annual competitions. At the
! present time the former course is oftenest
chosen. If you are of the Beaux Arts you
work in a Beaux Arts atelier.
Despite the great liberty enjoyed by the
| students TIE atelier life is regular enough
The model arrives at am in winter and
at am in summer. The students them.
selves decide the models pose, from which
discussion and interminable quarrels arise
During the first hours of work, which pass
in relative silence, everyone is occupied In
planting his figure" Models looking fol
engagements enter silently and sit around