Arizona republican., 1899-08-26
ARTISTS MODELS
Do Not Have a Gay Time in Sketch
ing From the Nude.

People in Omaha as a general
Ting" said a member Ct the Art
Workers s3oiety, have a wrong i'm
preston about the work of artists N
C-awing f.iorn models, especially from
,'de nude. Our club meets four nights
in the week. Tuealay and FlfGay
lights fer drawing from he made, and
Wednesday ard Saturday nights from
d1rpcd medals. have heard some cf
the remarks that are made al1ut US
Folks i;n::nEa..e, 10 Eo- ms Usi1e, BIZ,
boldly charge that we have a gay time
with our models. The fact IS such
people have not the slightest conc D
tan Of how an art class is conducted.
when cur models arrive ST the stu
die tL.ey Sc - Cnoe to the dressing
room wha.s they glis1-'ca. Wk5a
TINA is called they take the.r position
and pcaei for fifteen MINI S, and then
raat for five. Time 5 called aga-n s1d
another fifteen minutes Of work fol
lows NOtktng g sad - a model ex-
cept % call time and to pay ihsr at the
end Of the s.ying. We are th5Te for
work ard should d model display an
inclination 10 'al.k she would BE G.-5-
charged
DO you Lave any difficulty II secur-
ing models in C1nah3?'
No. Whenever we are in necd OF
CrDs we PUt a want all. in ,Ile papers
ard always receive from six to eight
answers
How many of them are any good?'
''Wls, generally are able to select one,
sometimes Two who VIII do fairly we'll
CT course, We do not F30k for perfect
forms. 1t IS rare thai such en- be
found, and when found. they come
high. BIZ we do very well by using
only those parts Of the figure which
are perfect. We had a mcd'5I recently /
that was Llm2st q fI@ak as to her legs. |
We covered thsln UP and ske5ch@d only
the upper Ir-,s Of her BODY"
What class of girls is it who an
swer your ads?"
TIA gre-:ser part 81 them are pro
fo1cl5ral models, but cheTts a:e same |
WHO are cut Of work and apply, al
though they are not PROFESSIONALS
How much do you pay?"
That depends upon the pose. +
dlaped model. WING usually kps SIT /
ting position, receives % cents an
hour. 1t is not hard work and 5Lh2 ha : /
five minutes for resi- every quarter af
IN hour. The altogether nude. where
c1e has 20 sand perfectly nlo;.untaa7
fer fiftGSn --rIngllaes al a stretch, Is
worth more. Those modes ara paid 70
cents ar hour. We have TT. eXcellant
medal nova young tndy who had
been posing before tlr5 Chicago art in
a,itution fo- 81 : day. Of six hours
each. We Pay dl1r S1.50 for tw0 hours.
s!le posed f0r the bias :al:af bsing
placed On the Burlington depot. Sha
was born n Canada, but her home 5
n Denver.
People Who are net art students
-ave an erroneous idea also C,bCFt
" hat is essential in Il mode For in
stance VIZ dad q. very good Gre for 4
ime, burt we cannot use her any more.
She haz grCwE fc9ly, Many looking
y. u plump pcr1cr who fits out her
11tlzs vel think that is . model for
=; 3l.ist E'1t tEey are mistaken. 1t
: the one who DOS net appear plump
hzt is desired. One trouble We have
p 50 3 getting q model who has not q
zen defCTmad by wearing cOrse-s.
They spoil tine figure. warp ! out OF ;
hape and weaken the muscles Of the (
,rcost
u wish to repeat thai all our mod
5 have bean good, respectable girls. 5
\ girl from tzr=' slums would not make
good one. Her figure would net be ]
What we want, and IL would lie diff ]
ulC TO get her To stand the strain OF I
losing in enc position for = quart5r Of !
N hour at a time l speak of THIS {
gin, because pe0p.s have had an i6'z2 Il
-. q girl could net be respectable {
nd pCsc fer an al iS7t.
Then we have Lad some very fine It
nale figure7 10 slae'lch from There /
gere couple Of ataIs.es ard an cld {