The age-herald., 1901-12-01

velop other topics, so I shall speak incl 1 dentaly of subjects and impressions as
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 For me all things around bare directly | and indirectly upon study; art leads one | to love others and often a desire for | further knowledge of them. Thus the | habit of observation is acquired, and one | is ready to take advantage of every op- | portunity, and between the visits to fhc
 art galleries and art exhibitions therEfis
 time to hear a great singer, pianist, Nio- | linist, attend lecture at the Sorbonnc | on art to hear the opinions of a learned | critic. or enjoy a bit of the gaiety of | this great metropolis. or a look into its | social side. The environment Is half the | learning, and one gleans day by day in- 1 formation on many subjects, great and small by observation and contact. va "In Paris students who turn from any thing that is a diversion and shut them selves up in a small studio, oblivious to all save paint and brush, were artiste enragee-as the French say-in man, a type of being so engrossed with his work that he cares little for appearance. adopts the grotesque costume of corduroy trous- CTS, coat of any shape, allows his hair to grow long and finishes with a slouch hat-to be considered artique walks about sure of his own genius that must some day startie the world.
 This type has it's anoiogy in the young women, who, for the love of art, casts aside all feminine vanities, looks as tn. tidy as possible dimes on little or noth- ing a day. and work toward her ideal. a chef doenore in the dreams of honors at the Spring Salon, but, alas. 80 often falling short But this nigh. lead to de- scription of the sad results of study there | endless stories of ambitious and wrecked consultations.
 'I shall turn to the life of the student, who works with steady purpose and looks into few other things as well. It Is not the fault of Quatier Latin, as so many believe it to have this demoraliz- ing effect, because there is no more ver- satile corner of Paris to be found. The term, properly speaking, is applied to the quarter of old Paris around the Sorbonne. quuarter devoted to learning since the middle ages-the terms Is easily under stood-but has, generally speaking, spread beyond the Garden of the Suxembourg around Montparnasse. because of the hundreds of men and women who come from every part of the globe.
 What chance one has here to learn something of humanity en masse
 'So when one thinks of studying one quite likely settles on this side of the river and enters an atalier near by though l crossed the city to enter the Julian Academy-the Passage des Canor- amas. name known to all who have read the journal of that strange girl gen jus, Marie Baskertseff.
 Tt was on Monday morning. early in the fall I entered the atalier to find ex- citement high, girls voices rising one above the other in dispute as to pose of the living model for the week Finally the massiere-madame in charge-is called to quiet them, and the pose is decided by vote, and each takes her place alphabeti- cally to commence work for an hour. During the rest there Is much to be seen and heard; on the walls are traditional palette scrapings charicatures signed by now famous men-who occupied the stu dio years ago. There Is a head drawn by Breslau, the rival of Marie; one by Miss Crosier, an American, also rival: anoth- CT by Miss Klumke, also an American. who was lately left the entire fortune Of Rosa Bonheur; another drawing by Beaury-Saurel. now Mime. Julian, who. having her atalier near, comes often Into ours with cheery words of help and on. couragement, and sometimes she speaks of life as it was then, of the struggles md jealousies. And there is Marie. the maid who has seen thirty years of service here.
 "Oh Saturday, when the head of the master. or perhaps M. Julian himself appears In the doorway, and all hearts