The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-09-06
GIRL ARTISTS OF new YORK
They Live In a Latin Quarter" Near
Central Park.
FAMOUS NAMES AND HARD WORKERS
Mildred Howells, Jessamy Harte, Allegro
dents-Daughters of Army Gene
rails Choose Art-Important as
Gotham's illustrators.
Copyright, 1896. for The Times)

NEW YORK, Sept. 4.-Lake MP '%
Wrinkle. after his long sleep the Art stu
dent Quarter OF New York city is slowly
awaklng TO consciousness. The League
ovens its doors In October. Ihose OF
the students who have not been away
are shaking their rugs out OF the window
and polishing up their daubed pallets
Others who have been pot-boIing IN the
mountains and along shore are returning
with a vast amount OF local color in their
valises. and the few who have suIHnered
in Europe are getting back with uluch
hustle and preparation for the prospcrou us
season which IS pretty sure 10 follow
summer ION the other side"
A few OF the art students there who
are not troubled by the thought OK room
rent and pot-boilIng. but as class the
great artists colony OF New York strug-
giles between paint and bread and but
ter and hesitates between a new canvas
and 1 pair OF shoes.
STUDENT LIFE.
All who wish may come 10 New York
and ION the art colony II there Is money
behind the attempt. the student can I've
IN New York FOR years studying" She
can ioin the artists clubs and become
member o, artistic society. She can know
al the clever artist folk OF the city and
can write home glorious letters OF MY
friend tho celebrated Mrs This" and
MY friend. tho celebrated Mr.. That"
But unless there IS talent behind. the
artist will rpturn home in duo time with
out aver having made a mark rI,,u the
world of art. In no profession Is real
merit 50 recognizable. II "a "A case 81 the
survival Of the nttcst without delay. One
good stroke makes me name and all else
follows a close second.
The ranks or women art students are
enriched by the addition OF young wo-
men who start upon th> work with a
name that has already been recognized.
These celebrities" are highly valued IN
any art class. They make acquainta noes
and introduce them 20 the world Of art
and letters. and they are nbls IN other
WAYS 10 act 40 medium Of intercourse
with the world. To know them "a an
open sesame % general acquaintance.
II they are generous hearted they intrn-
duce freely. and the obscure but talented
art student gets acquainted with pur-
chasers and patrons.
CLEVER MISS HOWFIIlS.
Mildred Howells. daughter Of William
Dean Tiowells. IS q clever art student
% Gotham Perhaps n should be said
That SnH - recognized artl@t OF ina
whole world. But the artists have a
way OF ciirring 20 the title Of student
long after they can work Independently.
Miss Howeils has her studio IN tho
very heart OF the arr students colony
The COLONY" T. that section 81 the
city extending across the whole width of
Central Park and down town rs FAR as
Fffticth street. The Art League IS IN
the centre and the students group around
g. II IS Tie Latin quarter ~ New York
Miss Howells has a studio I'm her
fathers apartment facing Central Park
She works daily with her brushes. for
art IS her profession. as literature Is
her fathers Miss Howells after a long
course Of study I'm Paris Rome and
London. began hv Illustrating her fathers
poems Her tail-nlocos attracted alton
ton. and tho ciovornes= with which she
caught the conception ~ tho work made
friends for her with writer's. An artists
cannot got The "tone' of the work they
illustrate. even while they draw well.
Mss HowsNs work appears regularly