Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-03-29

hnd in that way he has encouraged me
until I'm likely to lame myself for life
e I don't stop going to his place.
One day 1t was war picture that he
was making. was Yankee shooting
p Spaniard. When began to pose, the
gun Lorrimer gave me was just an or
binary rifle. Half an hour later 1t was
~ ID inch cannon, to judge by the
weight.
Just as was on the verge of COL
lapse the prettiest girl in the world
walked into the studio That's the on
~ way to describe her. NY heart didn't
bent for ten minutes after She came in.
But Lorrimer-well. you know him.
He merely nodded his head toward a
chair on the other side Of the room and
went right on with his job.
The girl seemed to be used to that
kind OF reception. She walked, or Gid
led, or foated, or whatever word is good
enough to describe such carriage. as
she has, over to the chair that he had
indicated and sat down in it.
LOrrimer had posed me in such a
way that I was pointing the gun ex-
actly at the girls head. She didn't
seem to mind it much, but 1t was al
together too thrilling for me, and I
gently shifted my aim.
4 Don't move! Don't mover yelled
Aofrimer. Get back to your pose or
you'll ruin everything"
II didn't want to spoil his picture, so
2 hastily resumed my position. Then
the girl started to move her chair, but
LoTrimer called out:
Keep still, Alice! You bother me-"
~ And she subsidized. This interesting
situation lasted for about ten minutes,
and then Lorrimer said "All right!w-as
q he had been q hypnotist and I his
subject-and he jumped, up and went
across the room to shake hands with
The girl
Splendid model" / heard her whis-
per. who is hep
His names Williams - Lorrimer re-
piled "Shall introduce himW
She laughed and said Certainly"
and Lorrimer galloped through the
form Of an introduction. was pretty
warm by that time. In this democratic
land professional models may be as
good as anybody else, but didn't care
stOsbe mistaken for one. 1t was espe-
cially painful that the error should be
made by a member Of the profession
who ought to know tie trademark.
Perhaps I might have scorned her
Judgment II she had not been SO afro
ctousiy pretty and SO well got up. If
had not recognized her as the origi-
nal Of many female figures in Lori
mers pictures, might have thought
her an acquaintance of his in high So
Eiety, despite her free and easy way Of
wandering into a gentleman's studio
and the brusque treatment accorded
her.
. In conversation she was as sweet as
hhe could be. She talked about art
with that superficial familiarity that
people get who frequent studios, yet
could see that she had considerable ap-
preciat1on Of what was really good.
When she mentioned posing, Of
course she gave the idea that she did
II Tor amusement and because art
wouldn't be art if she didn't, whereas
z did 1T for living and, being pro-
fessional, could doubtless teach her a
great many things.
Lprrlmer was hugging himself with
dellght. He is a practical joker who
stops at nothing. He'd let himself be.
iinrdsd alive for the sake OF getting a.
laugh on the eexton. The way in which,
he treafea ME Us e were worth so
cents an hour and no more was beauti-
ful to see, ~ :,
/ fell IN With him to the best of my
ability. II the girl couldn't tell the
difference between me and a profess
.sional model, would not point it opt
10 her. 1t struck me that she might.
kesl worse about It II she found ant