The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-25
MODELS OF AMERICA, E THEIR PAY AND CUSTOMS
Character Picture is Most in Demand in New York and Suitable Poseurs for
 Artists are Scarce.

while the sculptor stood by and noted every detail of his posture. The model. having been carefully dressed in the Grecian runners costume, and told to try with all his might to imagine that ne was really running Q race for a much coveted prize, set out upon his run. while the sculptor stood, with his very soul In his eyes, waiting for the model to burst into the room and utter the cry. So eaynest, so wrought up was the sculptor that I dread to think what the consequences might have been II the model had made a fizzle of 1t, but fortunately. he did the one needfui thing. As he rushed into the studio he turned to the pictures, flung up his arms. raised himself upon his toes and gave the cry. The posture was almost precisely that of the plaster model which the sculptor had made, with the one exception, that the living model nad raised himself upon his toes, and instantly the sculptor saw that this was what the plaster statue lacked. It was short and easy task for him to raise 1t upon it's toes, and the result was that this piece Of statuary made the rame and assured the fortune of that culptor VI Tnat Is what I mean when I say a modei should have imagination, be- lieve Frank Wilson, whom I regard as the pest model in New York, would not nave needed all that preparation. I .hnk ne would have been able to im- or ! may say to feel both the fatigue and the triumph of that in. stant without having to run around inc oiock' and doubt not he wouId have oeeh amply able to work himself m tnat exalted condition of mind in 'h we are apt to raise ourselves to "ooeis Here Better Paid than fin Paris.
 Modeis in New York have a rucb oet.er time of it than their brothers ana sisters in Paris have. Over there th pest or them feel well paid when who, Sst francs (about SD for A | ole oay. and you can get any num- per or Italian models, the cheanest of 1n .or zo trancs week. They usual try 10 engage by the week Tn Eew xork the average price of models ! 70 aoout Sb cents an hour, but the good u ses % cents an hour and won ho,s" 'axe them for at least three .ns at a time whether you need mem that long or not. Many of Inc pest ones are regularly engaged for certain days each week and are paid .oF their time whether they are uaed or not Many illustrators find if ne- oessary 10 have such arrangements he tSs Eooo models are so scarce here tnat otherwise they could not he had when needed. 'iao
 sy tne way. a poor artist fin New fork-I mean one who cannot So srooS work-need not hope to obtain inc SxiceS or good model a second time S model takes u pride in the wa. SuIts or his or her posings, and if inc au,st s.,,,. does not produce good results he gaze 'na tS tae next time he tries to en- dA3
 III. or otherwise ensaRed-can't noe sloiy come. This is one reason a. weit hhown New York model tells me .nat the pest of them do not nose for tne schools. Of course, the schools ssiuom pay as much as the busiest and Soss enumerated illustrators can of- | rooSo' Out aside from this, the good | ners No i'' OeBih-
 However. the schools manage to get some pretty good models, at that Pro- lessor J. B. Whitaker, that rare ola Arust' who has been at the head of the Art School of Adelphi College in brooklyn. for so many years. has n lot Of good stories to tell about ex- perlences with models for his classes Ia1re IS one of them: One day an ex- qulsiteiy beautiful young woman call ca on him, seeking an enRaRement as a model. As is his custom, he asked ner whether she wished to pose mereIv TOT the head and she answered that she would prefer to pose for the entire Iorm, The professor saw that she had splendid figure and that she man aeeu It with the utmost grace. SO he promptly engaged her for the newt Monday mornings class, and was very slad to get her. But when tbe pext Monday morning came no model an peared. Professor Whitaker was deeply disappointed and concluded to make personal matter of 1t, so he went to the address in Schermerborn street which she had given him. The uoor was opened by a man who was | apparently not in a very Rrartoua mood. for he merely said she was moi ln' that she had gone out, and he slammed the door in the professors s | T was very sorry to lose SO excel lent a model as she promised to he :" says Professor Whitaker, but I made up my mind that had seen the last or her That evening. however. just as night class was assembling her card was sent to me and I went ont to meet her.
 couldn't possibly get here this th1s ms, sne sald, but If you want me this evening l am ready to pose now
 or course. I wanted her, so I took l ner rlgnt In, and she posed in the nude Tor two and half hours without a | culver. She was the very best fe- male model have ever seen. When asked her where she had posd before she astonished me by saying that this was her first experience as a model could hardly believe that, for she was perfectly serene. whereas most female models faint away from sheer nerv- I ousness at least once the first time they pose in the nude before a class. She was also as graceful as a gazelle and knew precisely what to do with her form in order to produce any de- sired effect. The best of the profess sional models could not have posed more intelligently, and none of them began to approach her in the matter of beauty and grace. You may easily guess that I congratulated myself and my class on securing so perfect a mod el
 Well. sir. have never seen her from that day to this. She did not even come back for her pay"
 T presume you have a theory about 1t, professorr
 "oh. yes! It was simply a case of ! inordinate vanity. She was a won drously beautiful creature. and she knew it. She merely wanted to show herself to people who would be likely
 
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