The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-12-09

cornucopia 70 Science seated upon a
throne: from Diana perched upon a
tower to a tennis girl sulking because
another girl in forming the set has
demonstrated the truth of the old saw
that Two's company, three's crowd" :"
This is actually the title of the first
picture I everposed for. 1t was 10y Will
lam Marble. A friend OF mine recon-
meRied him to me. He found 1 posed
readily. and mentioned me to others.
1 have often posed for Charles Dana
Gibson for his society women. don't
care asnap for the Four Hundred my
self, but I can pose to look like them,
better, perhaps, than they can them
selves. That's one of the curious things
about art. You can look more like the
real thing than the real thing itself.
Mr.. Gibson always has lot Of pretty
gowns in the latest fashions for his
models -
Il have also sat for Edwin A. Abbey
not very often, though. One OF his dec
orative panels in the Holy Grail
series in the Boston Public Library was
injured, either in transportation or in
the putting up, and in order to repaint
it properly ne first made a drawing 70
the pose from me. 1 sat number Of
times for Mr.. T. w. Dewing. His pic
ture called The Carnaiton,' a girl in a
white gown, with bunch Of white car
nations, was painted from me.
The thrones that 1 haven't sat on
are SO few that you could count them on
your fingers. For a person who is not
royalty 1 nave reigned on more than
probably any other woman In this land.
II you will go to the Congressional Lii
brary you will find me enthroned there
by Mr. Kenyon Cox. I am the central
figure in his decoration entitled The
Arts" represent Poetry, and am de-
scrIbed in the catalogue as young and
beautiful woman seated in an attitude
OF inspiration Nice. isn't it?
''To the right and left of Poetry in
Mr.. Cox's decorations are Architecture,
Music, Sculpture and Painting I sat
for several OF these. They are described
as graceful female figures Isn't it
pleasant to read such pretty things
about yourself? I am Astronomy, too,
and Botany and Pnysics-but not adose
I hope.
1T isn't every girl that has sense,
but am ali the sense in one. IT'S true
that in representing the Senses am
octagonal in shape; but then you have
to be that in order TO BE mre OF the mod
ern than the antique type of beauty
1 am Taste Sight Smell, Hearing
and Touch'-and the indication of the
sense which I represent SIS ingeniously
and simply conveyed
when get tired Of being octagonal
I can be circular, and in this form l rep
resent WISDOM Understandings
am only a half length seated female
figure, I suppose it would be impossible
for whole woman to be wise or phil
osophic. These decorations are by Mr.
Robert Reid. did not pose in the 'toot
and scramble for these. but In dFaperies
which recall contemporary fashions
rather than the classic conventions
''Mr. Edward Simmons, like Mr.. Reid,
has also honored me by placing me in
In this series I am several OF the Muses.
for instance. In some of
the decorations tn Muse is accom-
panied oy several geniuses. You see
haven't genius enough Of my own to go
il alons.
Il have also posed for Mr.. Edwin H.
more especially for a num-
Der of flying figures which are among
the ceiling ornaments OF Mr.. Coils p.
Fifth avenue house. The
manner OF posing for these latter was
quite unusual. OF course do not know
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right outline 1t was necessary for me to
be posed In air. couldn't Gbe hung in
a strap attached to a rope suspended
from the ceiling, nor from a couple OF
trapeZes. For a studio is not a gym