The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-07-29

talent in this line was, how
eyer, confined chiefly to dec
Grating herself. sometimes artistically
her own rooms, and then real art groan-
"a I'm its soul The deluge OF yellow
scarfs that were everywhere. but be-
longed nowhere, the pink ilre shovel
ribbons and the sashes tied around pic
turc frames are a weariness 10 this day
TO those who lived through 1t. What
scarecrows peoples best rooms looked
IN those days!
Then. having pecked open its shell
and peeped out upon the world, so to
speak. womans Instinct for adorping
tried IT'S wings and scared into the
world. Among our best. waH decorators,
book illustrators and book cover design
ors are number OF women.
The newest ana best paying field or
exploitation for aspiring women de-
signers and illustrators is that OF maxi
ng pictures 10 go with advertisements.
fhe illustration OF advertisements is
really branch OF art, and a very inn
pOrtant one branch. too. that Is rs
yet only IN its infancy. There are wo-
men writers Of advertisements, but
they have become 30 many that there
Is no foothold Cor newcomers. In maxi
ing pictures for advertisements after
they are written, however there are
great possibilities.
Artists OF established reputation are
occasionally willing to illustrate adver-
using matter on the quiet II they are
well paid for IT, but on no account
would they permit their names to be
used In connection with the pictures
Why IL is hard to understand. Certain
~ million persons will see and admire
such an illustration where a thousand
perhaps viii see and appreciate a tri-
umph in the domain of what painters /
themselves call art" The highest OF
all real art is that which puts attract
iveness into the presentment of common
things that common people see every
day and understand. At present the !
young artists. men and women. have |
the advertising field largely TO them |
selves, and there is excellent remunera- |
tion.
The beginning of success for the wo-
man artist who aspires 10 be a well paid |
illustrator of advertisements is. OF /
course, perfect drawing, the need OF |
-.
The drawing of the ordinary artist in |
this country is so defective that maga- |
zine editors frequently accept pen and !
ink sketches for the sake of the story |
that goes with them, pay for the |
sketches, then submit them, every one. |
to a real artist to be made all over
again, thus paying twice for the pic |
lures.
Let us suppose the young woman has
served her apprenticeship faithfully
and knows her technique. The next
-equisite? Originality. Let her think
IF the common things that people buy
md sell, then study TO combine them
nto new and artistic expression par
humorous expression. The
woman artist with original ideas and a
'ense OF humor has a fortune at hand.
There is one more essential-finding
somebody 10 buy the work after II Is
lone. IL is one gift to make a thing
another TO sell IL, and the two rarely
xlst together I'm the same person. The
rue sales man or woman is as much
,orn as the poet or the cook can H.
ustrate what l mean by telling you the
tory OF two young California women
Who have made an uncommon success
n advertisement illustrating I'm New
lork. IN tnc eastern cities southern
md western girls frequently achieve
more than the native born do. They do
ot stop and hem and haw over wheth-
r what they wish TO do is convention
1. They go and do 1t.
or the two san Francisco young
women, one. Miss Irwin. was writer;
he other Mrs Mcnamara. was an art
81. They went TO New York and tried
o obtain employment in thei- respec-
I've occupations. but failed because ev-
ry place was crowded already. and a
Oxen were waiting to jump in when
ne should be vacant They perceived
hey must strike some new idea or 20
own. The triumph they at length
chieved shows the premium the world
ays for originality that happens to
npress IL fayorabiy. They looked the !