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A MODELS CL j B
An Association of New York's
Woman Posers.
EARNING THEIR LIVING
A PROTECTION AS WELL AS A
PLACE OF RECREATION.
Stories Told of Southern, New England
and Western Girls-Known
in Studios.
EARNING THEIR LIVING

Written for The Evening Star.
So far the Models Club of New York is
the only one of its kind, not only in this
country, but in the world.
1t is always spoken Of as the Models
Club though Art Workers Club" is its
official title. And, as a matter of fact, the
membership is almost as largely drawn
from among the prominent painters and IL
Illustrators of both sexes in the metropolis
as it is from among the young women who
pose for their pictures.
The association is purely one of combined
business and social interests, as any other
club might be. 1t was organized to bring
the young women of this profession to-
gether. 1t Is entirely In sympathy with
their work, and for its encouragement. AS
for reformation, that ls the one point upon
which the officers of the club will talk free
ly. Artists models, they say, are as little
in need of reformation any respect able
working girls of any other class. And In
this statement they include those who pose
for the figure with those who are costume
models only.
OF course, the club attracts the IT ost seri-
Gus workers Of the profession. There is 4
lower stratum with which it never comes
In contact. Nevertheless it is cer-ain that
the character and social standing of many
of the young women who have .aker up
posing as an occupation today would be a
revelation to those who consider it. of nc
cessity. degrading. Many are girls from
good families of other states-nandsome
daughters Of the south, whose family for
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rear IHlnS sure.
There's me card" said the stranger. TAX
ing one from wallet and handing it to the
sergeant Me name is Maloney-William
Nlchois Maloney-and some gent has lifted
me roll of bills-$JO0. l had it to bet on a
means that l lose $1,000, for 1t was a sure
thing and the money was as good as in me
pocket. m contractor in Bridgeport
Conn, and Bill Maginnis the racin' man
VINO mas a stable up there, is like a brother
10 me- lie put me on to a sure thing and
L come here to make $1,5oO. | always have
good luck. MalOneys luck is famous in
Bridgeport. but this time It turned ag,in
me. L was gofn' around SEEM the sights
here, and somebody must have picked me
pocket in barroOm where l was settin'
up the drinks.
The loud voice and splendid rafment of
lillian Nichols MalOney had a decided eff
iect in the station house. The doorman,
VINO had been absorbed in a sporting edi-
tlon OF an evening paper in the back room
LETT II to gaze on this splendid Individual
Connors and Slattery, station house detec-
tives. who had been flirting with the dark
haired Irish girl in the little grocery store
next door, ungallantly deserted her to join
the group in the police station The ser
geant dropped his stern, official manner
with his pen and, leaving his seat behind
the desk. leaned affably over the railing in
front of 1t. Mulligan swinging his club and
curling his mustache in respectful silence
Kept his eyes fixed in a hypnotic stare on
Mr. Maloney's horseshoe pin while Lawson
polltely drew forward q chair for the
Bridgeport contractor and offered him a c.
gar.
Mr. Maloney, however, waved this aside
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IMPORTANCE OF WASHINGTON
Should Be Regarded as Great Britain,s
Chief Diplomatic Post.
From the London Truth.

L
There is new factor in Euronean no1i
tics; 1t Is America. More particularly is
this new factor important in the caIcu1a
lions of the British empire The deveIon-
ment of the United States has shifted-for
Hreat Britain certainly-the diplomatic
center from Paris to Washington. but our
government altogether ignores the altered
situation. The following table of salaries
paid TO our diplomatic representatives is
instructive: The British ambassador at
farls receives fo0O0; at Berlin CONSTANT
nople and Vienna, $4,000; at st. Petersburg
tI,Soo; at Rome, 1900; at Washington
t6,ooo. Apart from other considerations if
is, therefore, obvious that Paris is regard
ed by our diplomatists as the prize of the
service, while Washington is a low rung
IN the ambassadoral ladder But the
United States send their best men to rem
resent them in London, and London is the
appointment which those men most value
II is time 1or us to remove from our minds
the lingering impression that America is
a repelllous British colony-a vulgar Anglo
saxon suburb. The United States is now
great country, the most important for
eign element that Great Britain has to deal
with. Washington must therefore be
made the principal post in our diploma tic
service, and to do that the salary must be
considerably raised, even if at the expense
of the other first-class appointments. II
would be pitiful blunder to- appoint a new
ambassador to succeed Lord Pauncefote
on the OLD lines, to wit, a representative
10 the least important embassy blu Madrid!
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breast that that official staggered back
against the railing and repeated his last
phrase, Not word, Maloney,'' several
times, as If it were some sort of a magic
incarnation.
I'm off to bed, now he continued, after
a snort pause. m stopping al the Wal
dorf, but before / go | want all YOU feIlers
to have a drink with me-"
The three detectives promptly accepted
Mr.. Maloney's invitation, while the door
man and sergeant declined, explaining that
their ofilclal duties forbade their leaving
the station house. Mr.. Maloney after con-
siderable more handshaking, left with the
detectives, who returned several hours
later, flushed with drinking and enthusiast
tic In their praises of him.
Any one who had taken the trouble IN
walk along West Both street the next dav
at noon might have seen Lawson standing
on the station house steps, clad in the gay
est and most sportive attire his wardrobe
AFFORDED and wearing a pair of field glasses
In leather case slung gracefully from one
shoulder Beside him stood Connors. Stat
terry, the doorman and the sergeant
I've got your money here ali right, cold
lawson. tapping his breast. Five hundred
dollars IN all. counting mine. 1t all goes
on Old Tank" e
Every cent" said the sergeant. "A TO
l shot and cinch. I wish had more cash
handy to put on him."
It's easy money" said Connors THAT
talkin' about. What fool Mulligan was
not to put UP any coin on HIM"
"Muligan-the harp" said the doorman
contemptuously. He never took a chance
in his life"
Well. I can't stay here worryin' about
MIN II want to get to the track in time"
said Lawson, starting down the steps. $50
long, fellers-we'll be openin wine tonight"
Everybody knows the events of the last
suburban handicap. How Fleet Foot Ce-
!erity, Podasokus and all the other favor
ties raced in vain. How Belgrave, the nm
known, whose name was scarcely noticed
In the long list of starters, dashed under
the wire into fame good two lengths In
the lead of the second horse And how Old
Tank went the same way many another
old tank has gone, and finished last in the
race.
That night the sergeant sat in his accus-
toned chair. but when he threw his blue
coat open no diamond studs glittered in
the rays OF the green lamps clay pipe,
discolored from long use. had taken the
sion Of benign and self-satisf1ed wisdom
had been succeeded by misanthropic glare
of discomfort.
Near by on the stone steps, sat Lawson,
gazing moodily at the houses across the
street. In the grocery store next door the
Irish girl wondered why neither Slattery
nor Connors appeared to talk with her.
but neither of these young gentlemen had
the heart for Irritation. With detected
mien and downcast eyes they stood side by
side in the station house, scarcely exchane-
ing word and not daring to speak to the
sergeant.
Meanwhile, over on Broadway, the ac-
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with one pudgy hand, while with the other
he drew forth a leather cigar case decorat
ed with large and complicated monogram
in silver.
Have one on me- he said; Its up to
me. I've been trimmed. William Nichols
Maloney has been trimmed His luck has
left him.
Everybody took a cigar, except the door
man, who stealthily possessed himself of two
while the owner Of the cigar case was tell
ing the sergeant that the cigars had been
sent to him by his son, officer in the reg
ular army in Porto Rico. Mr.. Maloney,
breathing heavily and wiping the perspira-
ton from his ruddy face with a large silk
handkerchief, continued his discourse amid
a thick cloud of smoke.
II think 1t was In Smiths saloon" he
said. Il was buyin' drinks for the bunch,
and / hauled out me roll of $500 by acct
dent. had 1t by itself and had me money
a big black fellow there 1 lookin' at 1t,
and he was standing next to me for half
hour. 1 think he's got the money. If you
fellers get it back for me I'll put you next
make you rich. It's like gettin' money in
a registered letter You can't lose
Its only 10 O'clock" said the sergeant
glancing at the clock. Lawson and Stat
terry, you get move on and see If you
can't get trace Of Mr.. Maloneys money
Mulligan. get back on post you needn't
stand starin' here all night
Mullgan, who was still under the spell
( VI hdlOney diamonds, started violent
| ly at this remark, touched his helmet and
marched out. Lawson and Slattery, after
a short conference in whispers with the
| man who had been robbed, hurried off to-
! gether in the direction Of Broadway. The
! doorman withdrew to his sporting extra in
| the back room, Corners returned to the girl
| In the grocery store, and the sergeant and
Mr.. Maloney disposed themselves comforta-
| bly, in chairs before the wide-open station
| house doors.
Seated there. the sergeant explained to
| Mr.. Maloney that even in case the stolen
money should be recovered he would not
| be able to get 1t on the race the next day.
IF they catch this niger with the
| money on him. he said, sit will have to
| go to Jefferson Market police court In the
| morning with the prisoner. The magistrate
won't let you have it, most likely until
! late in the afternoon. It'll be too late then
! for you to bet on the race"
| The contractor. after some expressions
| Of regret. seemed disposed to accept this
bad news philosophically. He had a pecu-
| liar way Of speaking Of himself in the
| third person, which gave his conversation
| a picturesque and somewhat oriental fla
/ vor. -
"Maloney generally plays in good luck"
| he said. "Once In a while he may be trim
| med, but not often. ought to have been
more careful with my roll. but William
| Nichols Maloney generally has pretty good
| luck"
/ Here Mr.. Maloney branched- of into a
| series of stories illustrative not only Of his
good luck, but Of his skill as q builder, his
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Summer Dress for Men.

From the Brooklyn Eagle. H*f
This recent early hot wave emphasized
the progress which the men of New York
have been making in recent seasons in the
matter of sensible dressing for summer
Three or four years ago the suggestion of
anything less formal than the starched
white shirt and high collar was received
with horror. Now thevsoft shirt is the al
most universal hot weather wear The
shirt waist controversy, which ragged all
last summer, has not sprung up yet this
year, but by the first Of July the right of
a man to go about his business and into
most restaurants without a coat will be
conceded. The example of the young fell
lows who still have their waists with them.
and are able to support trousers without
the ugly suspenders, will result in some
sort of harness being accepted by the men
who are heavy enough to suffer from every
extra ounce of clothing that they wear
The fat woman is not exactly thing of
grace or beauty in a shirt waist; but that
does not prevent her from adopting the
costume. and the fat man, whose business
keeps him out in the heat when his wife
can stay home in darkened and cool
house, will find some form of the garment
adapted to him also.
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honesty, his acuteness of intellect and his
physical strength and prowess as WE'LL He
was interrupted In one of his most thrill
ing of these stories by the sergeant, who
arose and pointed down the street.
There comes Lawson and Slattery with
a man who has picked great many pock-
cts about here. I think he's the man. all
right
Mr.. MaIoney after few minutes spent in
carefully scrutinizing tall negro who was
approaching between the two detectives,
stood up
The MANTLE very mani" he exclaimed,
seizing the sergeant by the arm and shak-
ing him. William Nichols Maoney, your
luck hasn't left you. The man that touched
me. Haul him in here and search him"
Under the guidance of Mr.. Maloney the
detectives hurried the negro into the sta
ton house and damned him up against the
railing in front of the sergeant's desk.
Lawson, after a deXterous and scientific
search through several of his pockets, drew
forth fat roll of bills and handed it to
the sergeant.
Five hundred. I guess said the SER
geant. Count them, Mr.. Maloney, while
take this mans pedigree
The contractor counted the bills.
Five hundred dollars all right" he added,
laying them back on the sergeants desk
Then he turned to the negro and addressed
him in a sarcastic tone.
You're a clever fellow he said. You
thought you could trim Maloney, did your
You thought Maloney, who was settin' up
drinks, was an easy thing. What do you
think of Maloney now? What do you think
of Maloney's luck?"
The negro having answered the questions
put to him by the sergeant was hustled into
a cell by the obseQuious doorman before he
had chance to say what he thought of
either MalOney or his luck. The lucky one
himself. with many slaps on the back, was
thanking the sergeant and the detectives
for the return of his money. Connors at
tracted by the loud talking and laughter
appeared at the door and was heartily well
coined by Mr.. MalOney.
Il tell you fellers,' he said, II like you
You've treated me white. You're fellers of
me own kind-Gods noSlemen'
There was murmur of applause at this
modest statement, while Mr.. Maloney bit
off the end of a fresh cigar.
I've been treated white here" he said
when the cigar was lit and drawing, land
you may put William Nichols Maloney of
Bridgeport on record as saying that the
New York police are the finest that walk
Gods footstool. You've helped Maloney
and, although I can't bet on the race to-
morrow, you fellers can Old Tank is the
horse that's goin to win. Billy Maginnis
me friend, owns him. He told Maloney he
was goin to win He bets $4,000 on him
s1000O-Maloney saw the money with his
own eyes: Old Tanks the horse-not
word, Maloney!
AS Mr. Maloney reached this peroration
he smote the sergeant violently on the
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quaintances of Patrolfnan MulIigan noticed
that his usual impressive countenance wore
an expression of mirth and that he occa-
sionally chuckled softly.
While Muligan chuckled and the ser
geant, doorman and detectives meditated In
gloomy silence several Of the passengers
on a parlor car en- route for Bridgeport
Conn, were deriving considerable entertain
ment from the behavior OF afellow traveller
He was redfaced man with "a mustache of
a purplish black color and double breasted
waistcoat of unusually bright colors. He
was alternately staring at ain evening pa
per, containing an aeeountrof Belgraves
victory and examining the coBtents of a big
purse which he held tightly tclasped in one
hand. ~
"Maloney's luck" Ms feIiow-passengers
heard him mutter, there's the $500 safe
and sound. I'd have lost 1t like those cops
must have lost their money the tip /
give them If it hadn't been for me luck.
Dumb luck-Maloney's luck. I'd have bet it
on Old Tank sure and lost it all if it hadn't
been stolen There's nothin on earth like
Maloney's luck"
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sympathy Prevailed.
le New York Evening sun.

FROM the New York Evening Sun
The two cars were scheduled to meet a..
the junction, and the nervous little conduc-
Tor mad distributed the transfers with n
speed seldom seen in the remote suburb
As they neared the point Of transfer the
car which should have received the tickets
kept right on, despite the yeIls and threats
Of the two women who had expected TO
board it, ~
We'll, I never" exclaimed one Of then,
that?'' w
Why did he do it, the red-headed aivilg,
rejoined the conductor. he does il for snita
ma am; he's mad at me-"
But, reJoined the furious woman how
dare he vent his private spites on the pub
nc. l shall complain Of him at once -
Wei. wish you wouldn't, ma am"
spoke conductor No. /. you see, he's me
sisters husband, an, if he gets laid OFF.
why, the poor girl will have 10 take in
SEWN. Sometimes them as don't deserve il
is the one to suffer"
The "red-headed divil" escaped censure.
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tache. you're off tomorrow. You're going
down to the Suburban, of course
Yep" said Lawson the detective, aris
ing from his seat on the steps and stretch
ing his tightly trOusered legs. I'm going
down to the Suburban, but 1 don't know
which horse I am going to play. 1t looks
to me like Fleet Foot, but l haven't any
tips. l thought that maybe the old man
would get a tip and let me In on it the way
he did on Dark Night last year. 1t was an
TO l shot. and l won 800 on it,
II wasn't lettin' anything get past me
that time, either said the sergeant, but
1 don't know thing now. 1 never get near
a race track, and the cid man don't seem to
take no interest in racin' these days.
wish l had tip for the race tomorrow, so
l could let you place a bet for me when you
was down at Sheepshead. Ev"rything's so
dead I'd like to get some excitement.
Things is awful slow tonight, amt they?"
We'll, here comes something. for sure"
said Lawson, pointing toward Broadway.
The sergeant turned his eyes laz!ly in the
direction indicated. The light from a lamp
post showed a group Of nearly twenty peo
buttons of a patrolman, a broad-shouldered
man walking beside him with a jaunty
swagger. wearing a brown derby hat very
much on side Of his head, and an ex-
cited group OF men. women and children
following the two.
Some bum" said the sergeant arising
YEARLY. "Mulligan's always pickin up
drunRs. That means more writin' for me
off tomorrow. He ought to know better
than to pinch every drunken man he sees.
He'll never be in plain clothes. He's too
conscientious TO be a detective"
That looks like a swell guy he's got. He
amt under arrest neither" said Lawson
as Mulligan arrived at the station house
door with his companion and turned to dis
perse the crowd which followed him.
"G'wan." shouted Mulligan. waving his
club, "g'wan or I'll lock yes all up
The crowd scattered and Mulligan fol-
lowed his companion into the station house,
where the sergeant was already seated at
his desk pen In hand. Under the brilliant
lights inside the stranger showed that Law
sons surmise was correct and that he was
indeed a swell guy.
A large golden horseshoe set with dia-
monds that far outshone the sergeant s
nestled In tie OF many colors, and his coat,
padded manfully by his tailor, was thrown
open to show double-breasted plaid waist
coat OF large and brilliant design. His
trousers were tighter and more. carefully
creased than Lawsons, his patent leather
shoes SIMMER and more uncomfortable look
ing than the sergeants. and his musta che
q more brilliant black than the one which
ornamented Mullgan's Celtic face, of which
he was so justly proud. As he stepped be-
fore the desk his hat struck the gas brack-
ct on It and rolled on the ground.
Lawson picked IT up and handed 1t back
70 its eauer, glancing adroitly inside it as
he did so TO ascertain the name of its max
o.. ----------- ----
IT'S - hat" he muttered. Hes the
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The subscription for either class is only 81
a year, making membership within reach
OF all. OF course, this does not begin 10
pay the entire expenses Of the club. II is
supported mainly by private donations
from the women who founded Il and from
their friends. The one requirement for a
member is a sincere purpose to elevate the
profession and for serious york therein.
+. A. DURSON.
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The Reporter Scores.

From the Chicago News
Senator Treacle-"Did you tell that repor.
ter l had nothing to say?"
Servant-''Yes. sir"
Senator Treacle-'I suppose he was very
much disappointed"
Servant hardly know. sir. He said he
was aware of the fact that you never said
anything, but was under the impression
that you never missed an opportunity to
talk"
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Here's a Pointer.
From the Chicago Tribune.

From the Chicago Tribune.
Il notice your preacher sometimes stops
abruptly, when apparently in the middle OF
his discourse, and gives out the closing
hymn"
Yes he makes it an infexible rule to
quit when he sees as many as six persons
nodding at once"
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Complaint Is being made locally that boys
at Standardization have developed an Oh
jectionable habit of following visitors in
the streets, offering to tell them "aIl about
Shakespeare for halfpenny."
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the artists wife came to the door. Recog-
nfzing the child as one who had had the
best OF home influence, the lady asked her
in and induced the artist TO engage her for
the mornings. Meanwhile she persuaded
the girl to study stenography during the
afternoons and take an office position.
These are only three out OF dozens of in
teresting stories; but they illustrate the
cause of scores of young women's taking
TO the profession of posing. and why so
many girls of excellent social standing are
among the models of today. 1t is looked
upon as an easy way of making SIS a week.
as thing which requires no training, and
often in an emergency is the thing which
tides a girl with a pretty face or figure
over until she has learned a profession or
gained a regular position.
Uses of the Club.
However. the life of the model is anything
but an easy one. and not the least of its
hardships has been, until recently, the stu
alton of the fashionable studio region. This
is in an expensive part of the city, far
from department stores libraries or other
public buildings where the girls might rest
between poses. 1t is without restaurants
where they may obtain a lunch for little
cost. Until the club opened its hospita BILE
doors the young women had to choose be-
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1902-04-25

Be natural. II you are not what you
would like to seem, endeavor to come
as nearly to your ideals as you can,
but do not affect manner or char
acter that is not your own, that is not
sincere. Afectation betrays weakness
u character. 1t deceives no one. One
may imagine he is making great
impression. People IRE too polite to
let him know their thoughts, but they
see through him. He makes himself
less in their estimation. 1t is Of no
use to assume to know that Of which
one is ignorant.
There is n certain strength in hon.
esty that carries weight and influence.
Integrity will make itself felt. By
making no pretenses one is on the right
road to advance. There is no fool like
the one who thinks he knows it all,
or, worse, thinks lie can make others
think so. Pretenscs are despised by all
sensible persons. BE true, he genuine,
and you retain your self respect and
gain that of others.-Milwaukee jour-
nal.