St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-02-10
THE MODEL AND THE MOUSE.
Arts Magic Spell Broken by Wom-
ans Ancient Enemy.

Art yields a magic spell. In the
presence OF its lofty ideals prevails the
calmness of self restraint During the
intervals of his toll the youthful art
student may carol joyOusly and de-
ride his fellow dreamers with provok-
ing jest. He may even plague the
resting model. She doesn't like to see
how fat she'll be in ten years from
now" nor does she care to explain
why, during the last pose, she could
not take her eyes off the new pupil,
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cannot control his bushes. And Miss
Blanche complains to the professor
about them boys" who will not ''let
her be-" Models are much less col
loquial in novels than in fact. But
when the pose is resumed-walen.
throwing aside her shawl, and making
final complaint about the dreadful
cold room"-only so degrees-Miss
Blanche puts both bare feet in the
painted grass and peers fixedly down
at the supposed stream ripping past
the new pupils easel-then the class is
hushed into the decorum of willing at
tention, of strained imagination. All
try to realize in their minds eye, the
symphonic curves of a classic water
nymph peering into a sylvan brook
The easels creak, the model coughs,
from time to time. models always
have a cold) The stream Kisses from
the overworked radiator, and the pro-
fessor murmurs instructions about
''foreshortenings" that are rather long
than short, about the vigorous draw
ing" of muscles invisible to everybody
else, and intangible to all but the
model herself, to whose weary mind
her muscles are her whole anatomy.
In a local art class, last week, the
pupils were thus spellbound. Miss
Blanche was blinking at her dusty
rivulet Her flushed cheeks were burn
ing with the glare of the electric light
reflected upon the model stand from
that big tin DISH as she calls the re-
flector. There is a rustic beneath the
roll of canvass behind her. A little
gray mouse skurries out. pauses a sec
ond under the bright light, and scam
pers across the model stand and the
models white feet. She screams a
piercing wail-the agony of the damned
Jumps upon the piano. and, crouch
ing. seizes five quivering, unframed
toes in each chubby hand. 90, I'm
bit, I'm bit, 90! that awful monster"
The water nymph had ceased to peer
into the pellucid brook. But the pro-
prietor of the hotel required fifteen
minutes argument to convince him
that he shouldn't call in the police.
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Police Pay Rolls Up.
The special joint committee Of the
council appointed to consider the pay
roll of the fire department for the
month of January, and also that of the
police department, will meet at 10
o'clock this forenoon. The police pay
roll has not been submitted to the
council yet A scale Of reduction has
been proposed which, If adopted, will
save 200 a year, but no changes In
the salaries of the police can be made
without the action of the common
| council, which is empowered by the
charter to fix the salaries Of the police
every year.