New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-07-19
ONE YEAR OF ART FOR $500.
MRS. wORswICK's ECONOMICAL TRIP
TO PARIS AND MUNICH.
ALL HER EXPENSES FROM NEBRASKA TO EU-
ROPE AND BACK. INCLUDING BOARD
kNn InDcISn LEGS THAN 1850
HER EXPERIENCES

ROPE AND BACK. INCLUDING BOARD
AND LODGING. LESS THAN $3.50
HER EXPERIENCES.
When a woman accomplishes the feat OF studying
art for one year In Paris and Munich at COST OK
S20l she at becomes a person OF interest MITE
Alice Rowland Worswick. Of Beatrice Neo'' mas
had the courage and persistence 10 acco"'p'S"
this. She passed through New-York last week OH
her way home and talked with a Tribune reporter
on her experiences.
Mrs Worswick Is a delicate-looking little woman,
less than thirty years old. She has taught paint
ing in her State for more than zen !eaia'
Her desire to go abroad and study iorne" ''se.i i"
her mind when she found herself with IL" nun
dred dollars ahead
Il determined that $50 should pay the expenses
Of my trip" she said II had taught every one u
nv pupils all I knew myself had to improve or
stand still. so I planned the trip. 1ta'ei'''s
penses from Nebraska to Munich ana the" W "'''
and from there home again. nave a"'o"' "
$50 I travelled first class on the ocean pu' OH
land 7 denied myself sleeping-car comforts III oroe'
10 economic. III, -
"On the other side / shared my quarters WIN d"
American woman who was as Jealous LOT econo''!
as was We took small room In 'nf ''v''s
the art class where were TO STUDY. "" -
81 a month for It, or course. you can't get any
thing 80 cheap that in New-forK i"e 49,
was large enough 10 contain two coucheS' anu VIC
had conyeniences for cooking in sma'i c'oSe' a'
Joining These kitchen closets are ""'u 49,
students They contain n small stove anu ~ w.,
on which are the necessary cookIhs "'
dishes.
CHEAP But TOLERABIE FooD'
1.-THE food We INDUCED in was, OF h"ceSs'',
tho planest kind We bought M butter "" '''
a little meat, both of these articieS ''' -,
sive In place OF coffee We drank mat 49,
preparation that is very wholesome anu o"'s ,n.
six cents a package One package nS
people nearly three weeks. ii Is "ho'.So', 80
doubtless better for the nerves than cone 49,
In Paris We lived in the Latin ahar'e'' " ,.,
10 be near our work Our room was o" Wv LAW ~,
noor and the labor OF ascent would have worn out
less jealous women, fear. -,
.Tbe lessons I'm the art class cost $ month' my
room rent was 81 per month. and me lou a."
averaged s. n month. After that we had tue' an"
lights 10 buy but. az there were wv u ",
shared the same fire and lamp. That ihaue
n, ,erial reduction We did our own washins' ana
In order to facilitate the laundry WORK we WI. "
simple underwear and az little OF IL az poa'De
AS | sum 1t up l believe 1t took more ., 81. ~ y,
determination to carry the plan th'o"s" ~ "
did of ceverness.
Eve studied the various foods to ma the most
nourishing and We never invested In anything tha'
would not yield essential properties Nese'aoies
are very cheap in Paris. We could ouy thirty
radishes in a bunch for one cent. fo'atoes "e'e
cheap too / dare say could not Keep up that
kind of living right along year in and year out,
not because 1t would not sustain life but because
OF the inclination to self-neglect among s'uue.'S
and tendency to burn the candle al pom s eIE
that should be relieved by good wholesome d net
and the afforded by 81 20 week cef'a'i' mas
a monotone about H.
THE GIRLS CLUB HOUSE.
Gan the American girls go daily to the Girls
Club house maintained by Mrs Whiteiaw heid
and other women Tea Is served there every AFTER
noon at 5 o'clock. Graham bread and butter with
meat sandwiches and French cakes. are also part
of the menu. This catches the art students On
their way home from the studio. and the refresh
ment sustans them until their dinner hour
In response to a question about what ~ most
needed for the comfort and convenience OF Amer
lean girls in Paris Mrs WorswiCk ,% han ANYTHING
else II is my firm conviction that art students,
especially the young ones require more r
very slow in recognizing danger when they allow
their daughter to go to Paris % seod IN ana rren
city like New York, and the dangers are very many
en aT' so %e expansd by in
'Trilby the peril is tenfod greater Tne american
ns kn Of paca ne nedaG in the
This Institute is too remote from the STUDIOS ana
some older woman to watch over her. to look after
her clothes and her food and her general comforts;
more careless every year she lives there; Her life
over there is in fact great ,,e =" hSs
Philadelphia girl. Miss Well who threw herself
into the Seine illustrates the depths OI ANGUISH
and DESPAIR to which the art students tempera-
ment is subject. Too often there is lack OF talent
for only about in six is possessed of the requ-
site ability Sometimes the discouraBemehts are
more than they can bear.
GOING ABROAD TOO SOON.
Speaking OF the amount OF training required be-
fore an artist should enter a foreign class. Mrs.
Worswick said:
1.-THE American girl frequently makes great
mistake in going abroad too soon to study. She
is not ready for the criticism OF the master In
whose class she enters She has no idea what IL
meant by his criticism The values are all wrong
or The construction Is very bad The master re-
marks this as he passes along on his tour Of In
spection He explains. but leaves her TO
find out what ne means as best she can. To the
student who does not progress he pays no atten-
ton whatever The to whom he does devote
some attention or extra criticism feels at once that
the master recognizes talent. II is a very simple
and common occurrence for student to grow dis
satisfied discouraged and finally becom" VIC
tim to mclancholia. Mothers should know that IL
their daughters do not write home frequently they
are not in healthy frame Of mind 49,
with regard to home for students. II goes with
out saying that the art student objects to any
restraint whatever. but any one who lives In the
Paris students atmosphere feels sure that too
much liberty Is not good thing. home that Is
a happy medium between absolute freedom and
convent discipline Is the one that Is necessary and
then American parents should see that their daush-
ters patronZe IT,.