The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-06
THAT PRETTY PICTURE
r. -. ..~. >. ..... YOU SOMETIMES SEE!
Photographer They ving-Want-
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young man in this ease.a and he was to
pose as an advertisement for certain
brand Of tobacco. This required his
holding up a package of the tobacco
pand laughing. heartily. He was. a
nice looking chap and he worked till
the perspiration stood in beads on his
forehead, trying to laugh naturally.
1t was such dismal failure that he
had to. give it up, and I engaged a
much palmer man, who could pose
Laughing. Every one naturally does
better with little experience, but
some take to posing from the first. I
have two models now who just started
In this fall and have all the work they
can do. AS to the price paid, it is
seldom less than 81. Three dollars is
perhaps an average price, while par
ticlarly. good models get S.. This
for an hour or more of posing, ac-
cording to the requirements of the
work in hand. Posing for underwear,
corsets or bath robes is usually we'll
paid, because it is more difficult to
get models willing vo be taken lin
them. They are afraid their friends
will see them. AS a matter of fact,
there isn't one chance in "a thousand
of their being Recognized, as the pic
lures are nearlY!allsisent Dat Of toRli.
When a girl is pretty, but has not a
good figure, We fora
model. That black eyed girl, for in
stance who just ,sa a is toeg short.
is millinery. Then we have TRIBES
who pose only for hosiery and foot
wear. I should say that a. good model
might easily make from >$15 to $40 "a
week the year round. K ahaye known
some to make $50 in one week. That,
to be sure is somewhat unusuaT."A
| The authority just quoted added
that many of her prettiest photo
graphs had a long and varied career.
They might start, as an illustration
in a newspaper article, from there
going into some magazine possibly
appearing later as a colored cover; OF
adjoining a calendar, and lastly being
sold in the shops as "a SO-called work
of art. 49, - e's':5f:--- = 49,
| Probably most people who see the
charming faces Of young women
models laughing at. them from, the
| pages Of newspapers and magazines
| conjure up visions of the famous Pa
| risian model and "a life Of glitter,
| glamor and romance, , champagne sup
pers and BOhemianism. If so they are
quite on the wrong track. The New
York Photographic model is as bust
nesslike as any other business woman,
and her life is made UP of as regular
and uneventfuI a routine. She goes
to the studio to keep her appointments
anu uOl W 1OllGI VI CARRY OH lllItd-
tons. This is the brief sketch given
by a certain photographer of the, daily
life Of one. of his fayorite models. She
is a handsome brunette who supports
a widowed mother. living in. a tiny
Harlem fiat. Rising at 7 a. M, the
model gets her own breakfast and by
9 o'clock has her suit case packed with
any accessories she may need and is
off to an artists studio, where she
poses most of the morning. After
lunch she poses for one or more. pho
tographers. till late in the afternoon.
She dimes at home. more often than
not, cooking the dinner herself. as
her mother is not strong. Evenings
she devotes wholly to the care of her
physical self, making a, martyr of her
self. as she calls it. being careful after
proper exercises, baths and toilet prep
arations, to get to bed early in order
to keep her eyes bright. Sunday is
the one day in the week which she
gives to recreation. Then she is at
home to her numerous admirers and
the little mothe1. makes chocolate or
tea and takes part in the general So
ciabi1ity. +
That is the models life in New York
to-day. No excitement, no intrigue,
no theatrical atmosphere, just a sim
pie, humdrun, normal existence.