New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-06-03
:. P'ff4e B1e1le.
~ GIVE Holland

ness OF thiniy disguised poverty. she va 1eza
gay and her eyes less bright But 20 al o1arB
OF help-and there were many. for al had loved
P'tite Bleue-Or suggestions thar we missed her
at Colarossi's. It was ever the sams reply. Paul
needs me for the completion OF his picture All
Msieu Jean, you should see ftF'
All this marvellous 'machineP one world
reply, remembering other wonderful pictures
which, when commenced. had been destined
never TO be finished. or had existed only n the
brains Of the artists themselves
one day-it was IN December and the snow
lay white in the Luxembourg Gardens and on
the roof OF the Palace. and less white in sha
streets underfoot-P'tite Bleue came back 90 the
school We heard some one coming slowly al
most weakly, up the steep stairs. and when the
door opened near the stove # was 20 disclose
poor little Patite BIeue. Not the nyuaphlIza
smiling model Of yore. but the pale. thin. worn
P'tite Bleue which starvation and bitter cold.
and perhaps. even homelessness had wrought
Suzanne was posing on the throne. the persona
hcatlon OF wen cared for. well formed woman
hood. partially facing the door; and so she saw,
without turning her head. P'tite B1eue enter.
We were all of as too struck by the pitlful fia-
ure TO say much. until suzanne's Ma foiF'-
expressed with all the emphasis OF which the
two words are capabie-broks the silence
Suzanne had always been jealous OF P'tits
Bleue, and. now that the class was thrown into
confusion she forgot she was posing Ma foif'
she repeated posing to 1Tsieu Paul Angler has
done you good. and mistake. what
frimousssl You had better mount Up here N
stead OF me"
P'tits BIeue said nothing The massisr had
/ stepped TO her side. and was converting win her
in low tone
Us it possible you do not undsrstandF@ w
overheard him say. while Suzanne regarded her
erstwhiIe rival scornfully. 7 am very sorr1s
/ We as it happens. require a model such a. you
/ we're. But''-gIancing at her thin hands and
/ face-~c'est impossible
/ P'tits BIsue's lips QUfvsred she gave ona
/ glance at the rows OF faces gazing az her pity
/ ingly from behind or round tho corner % tha
easels many OF which were familiar 70 hsE. ana
/ then turned slowly away.
As the door closed upon her. an idea entered
/ the masters head TELL me- be ASKED. quick
". ~'didn't Of you fellows say that DsoGuay
! wanted model for his pictureT'
] Yes" replied a little AIsatian named Julsl
I Meyer. -for Ia Lutte pour Ia Va"
\ That wiz suit Fstits Blsus" ths masEisr sE-
/ claimed. and away he rushed down the stairs
He did not return for some time. and than. when
he did we heard P'ttts BIeus's story
/ II was one that Is by no means eresh % TIA
/ Quarter. Angler had worked az what vas %
/ be a chsf-d'suvre; worked day and Night
/ worked without taking heed that he was earn
/ ing no money, while his slender store was d.
minishing steadily II slowly. P'ties BlsuA though
she must have had misgivtngs-foF II II the
woman who nrst knows whsn TIA cruise Is run
ming drz-backed him I'D Loyalty AZ LAST thu
/ end cana
There was neither money. food nor fusL Tia
/ owner OF the studio was, not ph1lanrhropist.
and 50 he turned them out
| FTom the studio In the Rue de Vanguard thsy
/ had migrated to q mansards IN a small street.
leading out OF the Rue de Madame Angler was
III and In despair. and P'tits Bleue had wandered
/ in search OF employment from studio to studio.
/ leaving.-for reasons OF delicacy and shame-her
/ application at CoIarossfs tin the last resort
I E,verywhera. she had told the MASTER the an
/ swer had been the same Sometimes framed
[ deIicateIy, sometimes pityinsly, sometimes with
I a brutal frankness which said Get your bones
/ covered with some aesh- and your skin less blue
I before you ofEer to pose You should 90 to
/ cIiniqus and pose there
I In that poverty stricken mansarde IN the Rue
| de Madame during the few weeks following her
reappearance at Colarossis. Ptits Blsue. sad az
heart, but accomplishing. with thu patient hero
ism OF a woman who loves a stricken man. car
ried on the struggle. NJ Debaudy gave her
| little employment, for she filed n gap as ous
/ OF his uissrabIes In the huge canvas On which
he Denoted La Lutte pour Ia Vie with All the
naturaIIstic skin OF his schoOl-ths Dathstie hg-
urs OF a starving hopeless woman with haunt
/ ing eyes
Few OF Us were able % afford her much. hus
we did whar we could And many books wars
I foregone 70 enable Us 70 co II Even su1anns
one day softened and contributed The highaIs
amount OF the lot. Ons franc. tazsn from the
I'VE she earned by sitting. Let u believe that e
[ was a "reminiscences OF dormant feminine pity
I which prompted the gifE and not al ad1li11tou
/ thar her rival was longer within rha naid
I OF practical competition
/ In January-quits at the end. q esE-1ble day e.
| gloom and bitterly cold-1IcPhall hurried 40 TIA
/ stairs with the news that Angler was dad 10
| had gone to see him. and had f91n4 him
/ stretched upOn the wrerched truckls. WIKI E4ea
i Blsus weeping beside hlIn-
4 He should never have entered the t31aEteLb
Z laccnfcaIIy remarked MCFhalls ne could nell1d4
II stand the racket nor the dIsappotnEnenC And
Z thsre are always 50 many easy ways our q Ia
i Tor those who fail therein he added
+ 3'tfte BIeue, gallant little SOUL had 1oughs
\ hard. but she could not succeed IN transIorUtn8
a man OF intentions into one OF accoUpllsilI1ene-
I P'tite BIeue- Where did shs gof We never
/ knew: she vanished after the simple runsr11 IN
4 an III kept corner OF the Cfnettere du Mont Par
I nasse and we Ike best 70 think OF her as having
I returned TO her home amid the pleasant ueld8
Il and sunny skies OF CaIVadOs, OF which 6he 5pozo
\ br+ 0nca-tha day Angler was buried
/ 'rT7yVere best So for he had bean the gra1o pGs-
/ sion OF her wonan's hfs--(Ths Sketch
SIMMER SCHOOL OF MINING