The new enterprise., 1905-04-27

| artlsL anu tneSe pictures sOlu as taSl
as she finished them. Miss Mischief
was improving daily, and no one real,
lied the fact more clearly than her
father, who offered her all the instruc.
ton he was able to give her, and aided
her in seeking further opportunity for
developing the genius which was in
her.
He took her often to the Louvre,
where she could see the grandest works
Of the Old masters and historical paint
ings which fired her Imagination and
fascinated her eye. But her taste and
genius had been erratic arqn the out.
set, II was not in the splendid halls Of
the Louvre that she sought to study
her art but ont OF doors She was
always Mt home with nature, and loved
to sketch among the fields, the flowers
and the domestic animals. She watched
the farmers In the fields. and the oxen
at work, the horses on the boulevards,
and purchased lamb which ran about
with her from morning until night, and
which she painted and sold, on canvas,
fifty times.
All this while the young schoolgirl
was developing into the young woman,
and in every picture she painted, nl-
ways from life, some decided improve
mcnt was manifest over her previous
efforts, She loved her self-imposed
task, and followed it so closely, first in
the minutest observation Of her sub
iccts, and then in the patient Gctail
Of reproducing it, that she could not
fail Of success.
And thus the mischicvous little girl
who had been locked up IN the school
cellar TO punish har for her roguery and
disregard Of all rules Of proprlety, had
50 improved IN her chosen profession
that in lSlS Horace Nernet then presi-
dent Of the Society Of Fine Arts in
Paris, pronounced her to be the first
female artlst,in Francc--he might have
Wulhfully added, in the world.
This was Rosa BOnhem!
Her pictures today gBace the first
galleries Of the world, and command
the highest prices, They are more sim
pie and grand than elaborate, while
her touch is mastery, there being 10
trace of a womans hand in anything
she paints. She aspred to photograph
nature in colors, and her success was
perfect.
Rosa did not grow up TO be n hand
some woman, though she had fine
brow and very expressive and beautiful
eyes; but the face as q whole was
rather harsh. The hands and feet
were Of the most petite character. She
always wore her hair short, ana in
many respects followed the dress Of
the stcrner sex; hut in her manners
she was refined and ladylike.
In her frequent visits to the cattle
fairs and stock wards. whore she So
lected her animal models, she always
put on male attire, and was Invariably
attended by two hugs masifrs. who
could make her respected, II necessary,
by q sign from their mistress.
One day when she was on her way to
visit the cattle market to make some
and dressed as q man. when
her maid came suddenly to her nnd
the illness Of Il deaY lady
friend, who lived hard by, Rosa
fastened up to see her. and throwing
herself on the bed caresscd the in
valid. Just at that moment the doctor
,ntered and Mortified at what he saw,
made hasty retreat.
"For PHYS sake, Rosa" cried boy
'rlend, "hasten after him and explain" !
"Oh, it's no matter" she replied.
"Ah, but he's the greatest gossip llv- |
ng, and Will spread the report that | |
'eceive visits from lovers, ana all sorts |
# horrors"
So Rosa FASTENED after the doctor,
)ut found it not so easy TO convince
lin who she was.
Such is glance at the romantic his
ory Of the most famous female artist |
n the world.-NeW York Weekly.