New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-07-16
A WOMAN ARTIST IN PARrs
STORIES OF STUDENT LIFE NOT rv..
GRATED IN BOOKS
HOW ONE BROOKLYN GIRL HAPPENED TO ..
ABROAD TO sTuDY-wHAr SHE rHrxxs

ABROAD TO sTuDY-wHAr SHE rHlxxs
or HER ExPERrEscEs
"Oh. is It you? Well. come In. II thar.
thing new? No. nothing. except that I hsv. -
so many letters from friends OF the Health cn,,As
Club. telling me that they will no, be IN ~. ~
on October I. that have decided to nos,ron. wy
date OF the first fall meeting from October 80
October H. 80"
80 you would like me to tell you my s,ru,,..
with art? My father. who was German, in,srA.s
me to be a musician. and when was the ,Ir
tot imaginable l was set at the work s-a 80.
hours and hours and hours practising Evsr :.
that carly age my tendency 70 Initiate ar 80
pictures that saw In books declared itself ~.
day / perched UP on a stool vainly ,rv,.
to catch the expression a face that had c,rss.
my fancy. Ncw-York artist happened IA ~
whiting my fathers house The expression a, n.
tense. unsatisfec. juvenile absorption that "a.
on my face I suppose. caught his eye as he can.
70 where / was working away and as,..
having looked longer at my work than: am ans.
II mcrted. he said 10 my father. Hello what h>vs
We here? The child Is artist. When she s.,s
a little older shill look after that taea, and -.
what can be made OF IT
But still my family wanted 10 make musician
OF The way 80, my painting OUTFIT Is sot
Of an illustration that where there 10 decide
talent in any one direction, 1t is pretty sure "a
find a means Of qualification. A man who kep, a
book store owed my father a considerable sum a
money. which he could not pay And this nan
afterward failed. my father had 10 take about On
In books and OF course. these books wsn
knocked down at auction prices At an assgness
sale there were a considerable number Of them
Those with piot urcs In caught my eye but thoss
of ancient date. and consequently Of grca, yaiva
were lost or my !nexpcricnce. One day took 4
couple OF these books TO a secondhand dealer soA
them, and bought box OF paints with the pro-
ceeds / dlds not think anything about 1, oe.rs
wrong 10 take them They belonged 10 my father
and, as I was sort Of high favori'e OF his ssa
we agreed upon every subject except music.
decided that what was his was mine. so ,ol
them.
"Ono after another OF those rare books veN
transferred from our shelves 10 those OF The ssc.
ond-hand dealer in books. and the proceeds we.s
into paints, canvas and lessons. took lessons Il
J. 3. Whitaker. who is AT the present time CO
Of the teachers In the Adelphi Academy. and u
Gay the Ncw-York artist. From Boudre, TIE
miniature painter. took lot OF lessons. and
was by miniature painting that earned the mony
with which / went TO Europe
Among the other artists whose instructions wss
OF great benefit TO me. Henry Moser. who now hu
a studio in Carnegie Hal. must not be forgotten H.
Mo.ier was going 10 Europe. and he said. II should
ever conseD; 10 give lessons in Europe. shall van
you 20 be one OF my pupils. And after Mr Mos1
arrived in Paris I received letter from him "a
which he eaid that he had been so strongly urged 70
take a class tina; he had decided 20 do 50. and 10
should not consider his class complete unless vu
numbered among his pupils. Fortunately had
earned by my portrait painting enough 70 pay ny
own expenses without calling upon my family !S
any help
"A sister OF mine. FIVE or six years my junior. YEA
with me to Paris as chsperon. The dignity. yog ~
.s not always given 10 the older members 0. re
family. The simple Joy OF being alive always se
peaed rather strongly TO me. MY chaperon M
to me- Now. sister. We are long way from home
you mus, not Joke and laugh. You must jus %
and work: you must assume dignity even ~
have II not THIS attempted TO do. For ~
DAYS all went we'll In Mr.. Mos:ers class there v's
thrty-s,x men and three women. and was ne
Youngest one in the class. / had carried my CO
nifty along 10 the satisfaction OF my ohaperoh W
q week perhaps longer. don't think hsd mas .
real good laugh since / arrived IN Paris You may
well imagine that this unnatural, state OF thlhc
could no. last forever. one day one OF the men ~
something splittingly funny. I forgo; my algniH
and burst out into a long and hearty sauyn ~
the Ice OF reserve was oroSes a ar Court
go. baok Just exactly the amount OF supT-''e WV
behavior that younger sister wlsneu
ct have heard people talk OF the artisf-h'e tha'
described IN Trfiby. and wonder II IL were no "a
arrerated Those acquainted with arus'-"'s
Paris could tell you that n Is not over-coiore' ~.
what a place that classroom was. Every one "ufA:
with might ard main while the model was there. 90
when she went away. and the pictures that We Wv
working upon were carefully put on, OF the ran
OF harm. as II they had been god. whack Tnsf~
wtnack. wnack all a.ong the line would 20 mso
easeis kicked over by some o: the boys. who IN "a"
way began the froiic. 1870. =.
The Parisians do not eat a hearty b!eakfar, a.
we In America have been accustomed 10. IN Va
morning the maid knocked at our door anu ~ -
Coffee or chocolate Misses And then she wa
ffea or "A y,
cake BY II O'Clock or 50 used 70 ne n.asy , 49,.
ished. fell mo the habit Of taxing soIs'"Is
with me and eating 4, white was AZ my WORK ~
one time we stopped for dinner. Many Q, Us oe.
this luncheon in the studio. and We TOOK .u,r - =
make The coffee, discovered abou, three o. tyr
inche. OF coffee grounds in the bottom o. ix :oS -
Of the artists shouted oh: yog mus;ns ny -.
the grounds out. We only empty them an o,s,sr:
in two weeks We keep them as ioun,ss-..,.u
Well washed ard washed until Eel, sure a' -. ~
the must OF the ancien, foundation was gone -"
that day We had splendid coiee, alma, ,.,r,sr vac
in that class The other woman was an on MAJ i ,,or
was decorous enough 10 meet Win app, y.Sei ssi
to smile and she did not speak except wn. rss tr
sary Alter o'clock. when the class dlsosnqs S,s.,
sns Galleries. SaH a MSpo COX yca ear great To
| there. asking ourselves when. II eyer; "'"''
own PAINTING aNoa,s paE n Wh srt P.,s
70 form parties and go TO the circ -, Paris clrcss
beat ia rnums, Well don't want 70 oe w." 80, s
fu nor yet unpatrIctic snppo.c we rs e ma SAG
th,, lowers and raises and a genuine spahsn IL ~.
| hght The students went 20 Other pA'e'' '"'
| circus was in high favor with ITEM culture club
,.The Trhunes article on the Heaith "I s, -,ssi
has brought me number q letter. he ,. peal:
fcr Il was the president Of the clhn va sschsr d
n ,S culture in New-york for nree year, ss
who has been pleading. with h.r pups ,ub propoS
sep .n.t hts f, took the trouble 70 come over 81:
- see me She told me that ! RAD iyI ss susjsc.
| h.l
,hsr she had been able 60 in ne thrss "a
that she had been teaching 80 mn.n nis mas - ,soss
~ r' wonen about not being willing 10 axe % ., M
,Srss inches from their skirts. went oo' ,sy NJ
h.aith culture dress today. and, sranse, D,ssnr y
| one turned around 10 look at me. ~ - ~
such a conspicuous dress after all