The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-05-28

"niSh may De matter involving care
ful ejaculation as to expense when the
month and its allowance are coming to
an END together. The difference be-
tween a 25-cent and a 50-cent dinner
may be thing OF moment at such a
time, when an unwise but irresistible
Gesire for some expensive dish viii dis
organize all ones little finances for a
week to come
In fact the food question is the bane
of the studio girls life. Just when in
SEPARATION is at its height and she feels
sure that she shall no longer be what
Whistler called the greatest artist I'M
hung. she is obliged to leave of to
run 10 the grocery (Which is known as
Il "deliCateSSen shop around CopIey
square, for butter. bread or beans. She
Is always out of something without
which she cannot support life, and
never discovers it until the very last
moment Then she is obliged to cook
when she wants to be painting. and is
prone to paint when she ought to be
cooking. She often remarks. 1T would
be easy enough for artists if they didn't
have to eat. The time. trouble and
expense 1t takes could be much better
expended in painting a new picture"
She sleeps in her studio too and re-
Srets that sleeping also involves great
waste of time. A couch, which is actu-
ally big box artisticalIy disguised
with gay upholstery. and of immense,
storage capacity. makes her very
roomy and comfortable bed unless she
prefers hammock. as many do. or
camps down on the floor in Oriental
fashion among an infinity of rugs and
pillows. Her great preOccUpation is to
disguise all evidences of material uses
which her belongings may display, and
give the impression that the studio is a
studio, nothing more. nothing less.
The girl artist or art student Of
course has her social pleasures in the
evening They may include concerts
and theatres, if her allowance is ample
and well hUsbanded- Then in the
studio building itself there are the oc-
casional rarebit parties. candy pulls
and muSicaleS, and once a month
social meeting Of the COpley society. It
ism wildly exciting. but the girl who
expects to make her living as an illus
traitor or decorator isn't looking for
more than an occasional frOliC Her
art is her keenest pleasure.
The most exhilarating affair in the
artist community comes off when the
Copley society gives one of it's famous
pageants- The time before the artists
festival Is the most exciting of the
whole year writes Miss Jean y.
Oliver, miniature painter. art writer
ana good genius Of the Boston colony.
Everybody is sewing OF otherwise
working on costumes made up of all
sorts of materials.
One girl made n costume costing less
than s.. which received the full ap-
prOval of the critical costume commit
tee. She bought a remnant of the
paiest blue satin. and. after pro-
found study of Abbey's decorations in
the public library, evolved a Gothic
dress of Blanche Fleur.' the little rose
crowned bride in the decoration Her
veil was borrowed her roses white ones
touched up with the aid of a pastel box.
her long brown braids extended bv the
means OF travelled strands of rope. dyed
brown TO match her own hair. and her
jewels were hairpins. the pin part cut
OF and the gems Sewed on with gold
cOlOred thread to gold braid. Her
queer shoes were simply pieces of felt
folded over like a fat CornuCopia and
drawn over her modern slippers, form
ing a medieval tOepiece.
Another girl tells of an elaborate
gold net, studded with diamonds. this
being made of d piece of fine mesh fish
net. first stretched over a board and
then gilded with light gold paint |
When dry. the diamOndS-smaII rhine |
StOnes-were stuck on with cement |
where the strands crossed. and the set
ing gilded. too. This same girl it was
who needed an elaborate gold-embroid- |
cred robe. and she bought small square
tides of Openwork design. Eilded them
heavily with the ever-useful gold paint. |
and made herself a most rOyaI-lOOking !
gown
Another stirring epoch is when the |
artist girl Is preparing for d studio ex-
hibitiOn- and calls i'm the assistance Of |
all her friends and relatives TO help her |
hang her sketches and put her studio |
IN order. Mats have 20 be cut for water /
cOlorS which are then mounted on
Them Sometimes. to save time. she |
attempts gliding her frames. The !
whole building knows It. if she does.
for the banana gold used for this |
purpose has an OdOT as penetrating aS
a whole grove of defunct bananas"
Many studio occupants also make /
themselves noted through their devO- !
ion TO little handiCraft ventures Of /
their own. Those who are at work in /
the department of design presided /
over by &. Howard Walker are
naturally ready TO turn TO such avOca- |
ions girl who is studying in the /
drawing and painting classes of the |
school Is pretty likely to know that |
she IS not ready to paint pictures for !
Sale-Mr- Benson or Mr. TaTbell stand !
'eady to diSa buSe her of that idea /
twice a Week-but she is very apt to 1
fancy that she can add TO her allow
ince by burning wood. or painting 1
nina or embossinE leather or hammer
ng brass Some do make money this /
way: others only succeed in making
noise which their neighbors describe as