Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-05-24
ARTISTS AS FARMOIRLS.


They are the Misses May and Maude
Stokes They live on farm OF their
own near Halowell a few miles out
side Of Philadelphia, where their time
is divided impartially between agricul-
ture and water colors.
Besides being pretty TO look at and
charming 70 talk with, these glrls ale
thoroughly original Their methods are
indeed unique, and they owe naught Tor
their success TO any cult nor 70 any
master Both paint in succession Oh
the same piece Of work, one doing the
foundation and the other finishing the
details. II may seem a rather mechan-
zeal process, yet no rival artist with
ideals and theories has 80 far been
able to impress the public with his
sketches as have these simple, matter
of-fact girls.
"Hobble Farm they call their coun-
try place. eve selected that name be-
cause this farm is really our hobby,
you See" said Miss May Stokes I'VE
bought II with the money we earned
from pictures, she added.
And II isn't the only real estate they
own, They have a pretty city house IN
Cedar avenue, West Philadelphia. A
year ago they decided TO rent II ana I've
permanently on the farm. They have
money invested In other real estate,
and lately they have dabbed I'm stocks,
The money pours In so fast that Il
must be disposed Of in some way Sc
It comes about that they are realizing
substantial returns on the money which
they make so easily
Painting Is as natural TO these girls
az breathing, They have made pictures
ever since they were old enough to
hold a pencil and their talent though
never cultivated, developed wonderful
ly They have never sought distinction
Fame was thrust upon them,
Water color sketches Of girls heads
and figures done by the sisters, are
being sold In all parts of this country
and in Europe, and they cant turn Il
out fast enough 10 keep up with The
orders. They Illustrate dinner cards
for the most exclusive functions IN
Philadelphia, New York and Pittsburg
And for this work, which they Dc
much better than many artists whC
have spent time and money on an edu
cation. they command their own prices
one Of the sisters, May, the elder VII,
is about %, had one years instruction
In studio in New York C'y in Il =
She did such remarkable work that sh,
took a first prize, which entitled her L
another years tuition free, But sh,
never went back 70 take It,
She was invited to join the Art Stu
| dents League, but she never cared Z
bother with It. She went back L
Pittsburg, where her father was en-
| gagged in the clothing business an
where the family lived at the time. !
| little later she and her sister took i
lessons Of New York artist who la
temporary studio in Pittsburg. An
| this constitutes the sum total OF thei
instruction in AIT.
They belong 10 no art clubs. the
have never entered their pictures a
any exhibit or salon.
They began six or seven years age
when the younger Of them was yet ii
short skirts A friend a prominent so
clety woman Of Pittsburg, happened I
be calling at their home one day. Not
icing some OF their pretty handlwor
| with which the house was adorned
she exclaimed "Why, do you girl
| know you could earn lot Of money /
you'd only make these things for sale
let me have this" she continued
pointing to a decorated card receiver
"and I'll sell II for youl"
She did sell II for $3.50. and he
friends wanted more like II, beside
pictures and other knlckknacks. He
| daughter was at fashionable board
ing school In New York, and wrot
home that the girls there wanted pho
tograph frames and other little thing
for their rooms, and would pay for a
they could get.
At once the Plttsburg sisters foun
themselves busy Their clientele wild
ened and they soon had a market IL
all and more than all the would supply
So II has continued ever since.
They work together on every plctur
that goes out. Maude, the younge
sister, begins the sketch. and then toss
es 1t to May to finish.
81 put their wells on and clean u
their faces and add all the little ey
tras," Is the way May explains he
part
Mays lazy" her sister declare.
That's all she'll do, when she's PEI
fectly capable OF a great deal more. ]
only she didn't so hate 10 paint"
II admit the accusation" MAY an
swers, "Td rather feed chickens an
time than paint pictures"
We'll, so would l." chimes In Maud,
| like 10 be out on the farm where a
the interesting things are going o.
lust as well as anyone does But some
hody's got to make pictures so long a
the orders are coming in every ma
and the money following In the next.
The farm is really of more interest {
both girls than the finest works " M
that were ever put on canvas. The
are actually prouder OF the fact tha
they raised the best corn In Montgom
cry county last season than over n
fact that their art work adorns Lonio
| draw'ng-rComs
And strange as II may seem 10 som
people who think themselves BOSS ssse
OF the artistic temperament this mod
Of existence completely satisfies thes
two very pretty girls and very sue
cessful artists They never sigh 10
Paris and the Louvre. Thev haven. a
ambition beyond their chickens an
their farm. They paint pictures onl
for money. not for glory. Thew car
absolutely nothing for fame, whiti
nevertheless, is coming TO them un
sought
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FULL DRESS.