The Savannah morning news., 1903-05-31
NEW YORK TOPICS
wuxvs AND CURRENT COMMENT
FROM THE METROPOLIS.

naming In, While Richard Gro
ker, His Old Enemy, Appears to
Re Out "for Good and AIF'-A
Croker AnecOdOte Revived-"COn-
slider Him Deadv-The Models
Club and the COmeIy Women Who
Make 1t Their Headquarters-The
"PrOfessiOn" of ''SittinE for Ones
Picture"-The Dull Season for Ar
lists Models Is About to Begin
and They VIII Have Little to Do
from Now Until October.
New York, May 30.-His most recent
utterances on current events, especial
" on city government, have convinced
the people of their town that DR..
Parkhurst is still very much alive and
determined, one way or another, to be
'in the game" to the finish.
Ever since the memorable winter
when DR.. Parkhurst startled the city
with the scorching sermons, interviews
and addresses, born of his expeditions
into the submerged regions. it has been
possible to depend upon him for some
sort of sensation about "once in so
often His expeditions began nearly
eleven years ago; they bore fruit when
the late Col. Strong was elected Mayor
on the reform ticket, and their inI re SIS
on the city undoubtedly win remain
permanently, in greater or less degree.
From the beginning of his cruSades to
the present time he has been the sub
iect of no end of newspaper criticism,
some of it just and some unjust, yet
he is never known to have WINGED but
once.
That was somewhat more than four
years ago, when a big morning news
paper in a Monday issue reported him
as "upholding the saloons and declar-
ing that the proprietors of these estab-
lishments were persons of gentleman
ly and sympathetic qualities, who were
doing a commendable thing in provid-
ing free lunches for the workingmen."
That made him squirm, for while such
a sermon had been preached on the
previous day, it was not he, but an
other minister of the gospel who
preached it, and the manuscript got
mixed with his. He made everybody
Tetract of course.
DR.. Parkhurst has just gone abroad
on his annual trip, to return in time
to take part in the campaign.
Speaking or writing of Parkhurst
naturally brings Croker to mind. Gro
ker seems to have abandoned the game
ahead of Parkhurst since 1t is report
ed on excellent authority that the ex-
Tammany chief will not return, as ex-
pected to take part in this years cam
paign next fall. This report has re-
Vived many old stories about the ex-
boss, but no one, even in Tammany
seems to regret his determination to
remain away. One Of the yarns which
viii best bear repetition dates from
Van Wycks administration as Mayor,
Croker wanted minor official bounced,
mainly, the story goes, because he had
not previously supported the Demo-
cratic Club, now languishing organ
i7ation, but then highly prosperous, at
the boss orders. The minor officials
chief protested, saying the man was
indispensable.
What would you do if he were to
die?" asked Croker, savagely.
=. DO without him, I suppose" said
the other.
well, then" rejoined Croker. grim
iy, consider him dead"
Few people outside of New York,
and not many within it's boundaries.
either. for that matter have ever
heard of the Models Club. But the
Models Club is a, very real organiZa-
ton, all the same, and it has real
troubles of it's own.
Just now its trouble is the scarcity
of blondes. OF the hundred young
women who make up the membership
of the club, just one is a genuine
blonde. She is a Swede by BIRTH and
being blessed with a really beautiful
face and a good figure as we'll as a
fine head of golden hair, she is kept
busy posing all the time, much to the
envy of the other ninety-nine models
who are not blondes. There is just
one other member of the club whose
coloring approaches pretty closely to
the blonde standard and there are two
with red" hair. The vast majority
are of medium coloring, of course.
Nearly all these are American born
The two models with red hair are
natives of the Emerald Isle. The col
oring of one is that of FURNISHED cop
per. The coloring of the other sug-
gests the glories of tint that have
made the paintings of Titan world
famous. The models with the red"
hair are in almost as great demand
as the solitary blonde.
The Models Club is conducted I'M
der the auspices of half a dozen wom-
en- of wealth with sympathies for art
who understand just how trying is
the life of the girl who poses, just how
strong her temptations, just how pre-
carious her livelihood at times. Its
charges are only dollar a year, and
for this the models have the use of
the club rooms, as rendezvous, and
the privileges of the library. Besides
there is a restaurant, where they may
get luncheon in the middle of the day
at a merely nominal cost. At O'Clock
the club serves tea free. The models
may not sleep at the club, for it has
not the accommodations, but in al
most every other respect it is prepared
to serve as a home for any Of its men,
berS.
Its most useful function is that of
an employment agency, and as such it
is quite as highly thought of by the
artists who use its models as by the
girls themselves.
The club makes certain conditions
to those who wish to avail themselves
of it's privileges. Both artists and mod
els must show that they are of good
character, the artists must pay the
models promptly, and the models must
keep their appointments. Either ar
lists or models may rent costumes at
a few cents day. The costumes are
of all varieties and historical periods
and we'll made. The managers take a
great deal of pains to place" models
and keep a book of records setting
forth the special points of each model
and the needs of each artist who looks
to it for comedy. shapely girls.