The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-08-08
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Ms5s fsrasef. in disgass AZ the narrow
fHftgdiedn6ss OF Her nefglibors, shook tne
dust Of her native soil from her feet ana
earIi's to Paris. where she has since PANT
cd WITH signal success.
Another talented American girl VINO
Has been painting here some years Is
Mss Shuttleworth. OF Ohio. whose por-
fT{it of a Dutch peasant was IN 1ho
Salon. Miss Shuttleworth IS entering
upon her fourth year abroad, ana eacn
twelve month accomplishes something
new and beautiful. a..
a dourishing girl student who makes her
home at the American Girls Club IN
Paris in the winter and at one OF the
little surrounding places in the summer
Paris IS situated ideally for painters,
for all around II lie such beautiful ana
picturesque painting spots. Gone down
to Brabizon." "Am painting at Bou-
logne." Look for me at Cresy en- brle'
are messages you find awaiting you
when YOU go 10 call upon an artist trlenu.
The Girl artists have a singular way OF
departing and OF letting you Know N
bv a brief. comprehensive method. You
have an appointment with MISS Reeo
at o'clock. You go 10 her niue apart
ment on the Boulevard de Mont Parnasse
and find upon her door card telling you
that she has gone away Tor three Gays
TO paint"
The sad case OF the talented and beau
tif,l Miss Gertrude Wilde. OF Philadel-
mia. who committed suicide in the SEINE
is still a matter Of talk in the art colony.
She was such a healthy minded girl 50
bright-faced. cheerful. and, above ALL
40 talented that the Idea Of suicide was
scorned bv her friends here.
Miss Wilde's friends first missed her
when. after knocking I'm vain upon her
door. they failed 10 come across her al
Brabizon. Cresy or any OF the places
where she was in the habit or gong LOT
a day or two. On a venture. hair rearing
the awful truth. they visited the Morgue.
and found her dead-stting bolt uprignt
behind the glass cases that line the walls.
II was supposed that she had backed OH
one Of the bridges with her paint box
and easel. until the arrival OF letter IN
Philadelphia told the sad udings OF SUI
eide She was the most talented girl, ac-
cording 20 the masters, that has ever
taken brush in hand in Paris.
A Young woman who ranked second 20
none in point of talent is Miss Caroline
Love Goodwin. who. though only twenty
seven. has made a worldwide name.
Miss Goodwin did not exhibit in the last
Salon. but this year confined herself 70
tapestries and lines Of work that are not
admitted She lives with her sisters. the
Misses Nina and Margaret Goodwin
both younger-in a very tidy apartment
on Rue Bolssenade, and maintains herself
I'm fine style by the work Of her pen ana
brush. She IS the only one OF the girl
artists Of the art colony who mas Deeh
able TO do so I'm luxury. She illustrates
Paris letter weekly for London Bits, ana
does q page per week for the Harpers.
Her American work lies along fashion
lines. because she Is the only artist who
has ever been able 10 make real pic
ture out of fashion plate.
Miss Goodwin IS a beautiful girl the
image Of the tall. cool girls she paints.
She and her two sisters make a group
50 exquisite that for the last two seasons
they have been copied in the Salon by
painters and sculptors for whom they
obligingly posed for the head. Miss Nina
was in the Salon this year as nun
CRY looking bust" These young ladies'
are from Savannah. Ga. and are the
leaders Of their social set. their home
connections taking them into very aris-
tocratic circles con the other side Of the
river. as ldIlS on Allr ih'iAa'Ale''A' --'-'
Of the Seine is called. Another sister.
Mrs. May Goodwin Hubbell. wife or the
American artist. g. =. Hubbel, Is an
American artist Of note; though only
twenty-tnree years old. Miss Margaret,
tho Youngest. aged eighteen, has just
started in upon a surprisingly promising
career.
A girl artist who IS known in three
countries is Miss Sophie Schuyler. OF
Louisville. Ky. She is Zone Of those
Southern girls" Her home is in tho
American Girls Club and her most re-
cent work is a lovely portrait which was
in the Salon. Miss Scuyler is at pres
ent a member Of the art colony in Laren.
Holland. where the Misses Goodwin and
others arc located for the summer.
Another young woman or more than
promise in the Holland colony IS MISS
ROY nolds, Of New Jersey, who also ex-
hibited a portrait.
Miss Elfrida Clamroth. Of New York.
Is a portrait painter. And Miss Lee Luf-
kin. OF Buffalo. exhibited this year
beautiful picture in the Champs de Mars.
Miss Herreshoff, daughter OF the yacht
DE- signer, has just como home after exhib-
Ting a portrait Of miss r."
One Of the most notable Of all the wom-