The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-28
sues ARTIST FOR
S4,29O SALARY
Woman Claims She Served Doctor
Miller as Model and Amanu-
ensis Many Years.
INTERESTING LETTERS READ.
She Called Him "Cry Baby" and
STYLED Herself Pretty Baby
Read Shakespeare 10 Him
While He Worked at Easel


RFrT-ET.-C SPECIAL
New York June -T.-N!ss Lizzie Il Clark.
who confessed TO for;y-siX summers. but
who was rot required to disclose her weight
She Is so broad and tail that special
chair IS necessary TO hold her for:n-told
fury in the Supreme Court before Judge
Slower OF the services that she says she
rendered both in the capacity OF model and
that OF ananueg.sis for Doctor Charles II.
NIIer. formerly an artist, bur now retired
and residing at Queens, l.. I. Her exper-
ie-ce extended over period OF tweEty-folr
years.
Miss Clark was in court TO prosecute her
claims for 1920 salary. alleging that for
IS weeks she employed ut the rate OF
SIS weekly. In her younger days she had
posed for the artist as a nymph for The
Enchanted Mill and tor The Whir!w.:ld
Of Fate
she : also an elocution.st and was in
;he habit of soothing the artist when al
work by reading passages from Shakes
peare 10 him. They had much correspond
ence during these years OF friendship. Il
was her habit TO address him as Dear
Cir Baby" because. she said, he was Of a
sympathetic nature and cried 50 easily,
while he spoke of her as Pretty Baby"
Doctor Miller is 81 years old. with gray
hair ami an abundance of whiskeTs. He
was landscape painter. Their first meet
ing was on January 70. 1876. In those days
she posed at the rate OF 30 cents an hour.
but when he learned that she was interest
Cd in elocution. the artist advised her 10
give up posing and devote her talents to
eiocution.
Miss Clark. after informing the Jury OF
her first meeting with the artist, IN 1874,
and Of the fact that she posed for him,
testified that after he agreed that SIS week
~ be paid she was IN the habit of reading
to him while he painted. She copied manu-
script for him, and together oftentimes they
studied elocution.
REFUSED TO ANSWER QUESTIONS.
Are you willing to tell this jury just
what your relations with this man were?"
asked Mr.. Kelley. counsel for the artist.
Yes answered the witness. Il have told
the Jury
Did you ever hug him.
II refuse TO answer" replied the witness
indignantly.
did you ever kiss him?'
Refuse TO answer" snapped the model.
growing red In the face.
Artist Miller denied that Miss Clark had
been his model since 1876
a
first" testified Mr.. Miller, for am a land
scape painter and have Been since 1880 and
had no need for figures.
Il first saw Miss Clark IN 1874. She came
to my studio In the Booth building. A
friend Of mine. who was figure painter.
got her to pose for us In the altogether
at 90 cents an hour.
81 next saw her in 1876 My neighbor was
Mr.. Moore, deaf and dumb artist. and she
posed for him. She visited my studio mere
i became interested In her career and
found that she had talent for elocution. 1
encouraged her. as / had written some
tons.
II told Miss Clark that she ought to go
into that. as considered IL much more re-
spectacle and enduring. I only painted two
pictures in which she posed. the Enchanted
Mir and another picture, the only pictures
in which nude figures appeared"
THE "CRY-BABY" LETTERS.
Letters were admitted fromNMiss Clark to
Mr. Miller. all beginning with MY Dear
Cry Baby One OF the letters read:
BE good. good Cry Baby until you see
your Little Baby. With ever go many kisses,
hugs and all the love am capable of hold
ing in my body.
TO my poor Cry Baby. from his
IN another letter the model writes:
My Dear Cry Baby-I only wish my Cry
Baby could come and doctor me for | am
sure would get better right away.
i wish could peep IN at you and see
Mhat YOU are Going. ! ar 50 far away from
you. ] have no Cry Baby TO tease. / would
give all have just to be with you again;
Clark begins:
Dear. Dsar, Cry Baby and ended as
follows: With lots of kisses. hugs and
leads Of love from your little. loving Petty
A number of letters end from Up. B. to
c. B.; meaning Petty Baby to 'Cry
QUESTION OF TASTE.
Mr.. Kelley. In trying 10 show that Miss
Clark had no figure for a model. asked:
How much do you weigh. Miss Clark"
II NJ. Kitchens. the counsel for the nlsin
IN. oDjected 10 the question. and Justice
stofer, III sustaining the objection said:
matter Of taste"
Mr. Miller said he objected to the endear-
Inents bestowed upon him by Miss Clark in
stated his objections very plainly He added
mat he had given her facilities for scuuir-
ing an education
She possessed aptitude, but no apnljcs-
ton said Doctor Miller.
We'll, You taught her elccution?"
, we reac Shakespeare together thought
II was pity she should spend her DAYS
two o.. three years at most-posing as a
model in the nude
In another letter sent TO Mr.. Miller while
Miss Clark was in Europe, she saws:
i have been kissed three times by a
young man. He Is the first that has kissed
me since left you. / would eat you an up
if could get you"