The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-02-12
Rarest Of All Models
Is the Child Model

the way from $40 to s2j an hour. according
TO the work in hand and his income yearly
was that Of the head Of large manuiact ur-
ing industry, because when he ~illed ne
could take almost any pose as noonsciously
as a dog curls down before an open fire.
place to sleep and dream OF cats.
And the prices that can be got for the
Photographic record Of such a pose IRE
quently as high as $500 makes 1t worth
while to put up with antics that outside
of the studio would speedily lead to Ju-
doious application of the proyerb that has
to do with child and rod.
The foreign born baby, on the other
hand, rarely breaks into tantrums, ana
when il does there is neither silent nor
pitying acuulesOenoe on the part OF the
accompanying parent. Rather. there fol-
lows some form of chastisement that brln "a
the child to it's senses-a look or word
usually. and then a gathering OF the little
body into mothers arms, and kiss or two
to bring back the smiles TO face and eyes
and once more awaken in tho youngster
the posing mood.
For these child models have their moods
and, like all babies, are sensitive httle
souls: and to keep from woundin g this
constituencies or bringing 1t to the surface
! In the form Of self-con seriousness IL one OF
| the hardest tasks in the art Of handling
child models. Let n child become self
conscious and it were time saved 20 quit
work then and there.
Or give II the least bit Of encourage
ment toward precocity, and its days OF
usefulness are numbered. 1t VIII shortly
become fully aware OF its own IMPORTANCE,
and the child model world will be min US
one of its members
1t is always the aim to secure enid modes
as young as possible, keeping IN mind he
fact that the younger the child the less
likely il Is TO become spoiled But the
ouiokness with which even mere Slips OF
models begin TO feel their own Importance
makes that one the rare model who viii
last iii first signs Of approaching awk-
ward years begin to show, when the model
has finally and definitely outhved all
A photographer tells Of baby model Of
less than years Of whom he was fortunate
enough to secure the monopoly he fondy
imagined himself photographlng the young
ster for at least four years TO come, out
before the baby was years old 1t some
how got dim notion OF its own greatness
acted smart after that before the camera,
and at last the photographer had sorrow
fully to announce 10 the two firms VINO We're
using the child's poses jointly ana pay
ing from 500 TO twice that sum Tor each
of them. that a strenuous search Tor ne"
model for their work would certainly nave
to be instituted instanter.
The cornering Of a child model by firm
doing extensive advertising Is by no means
an uncommon occurrence, though 1t takes
a pretty penny to effect corner here as IN
other lines But it's worth the money
The childs poses become associated with
a certain line of advertising; its face Is an
unreg stored trademark as 1t were. ana
people. when they pick up magazine or
newapaper and zee i looking at them
smiling in roguish glee perhaps, at once
saw without looking at the printed matter,
Here's So-and-so's lates advertisement
and proceed to read It forthwith, solely
because of the face whose acquaintance
thew have previously made.
The modern aim Of advertising rs more
and more 10 make II appeal strongly 10
the eye All advertiser agree that a
pretty girl portrayed IA an 'ad VIII surely
attract TO the lad" itself tho masculln
, norton of a publications. readers. bu'
a baby attractsnot only men, but women a.
, well-and women are the large buyers
Hence. the ever pressing demand toI
, child models a rush TO corner them "lei
found. and the harvest OF money they
: reap for their elders just so ong a. an nm
guarded word on he part of the latter doe
, not bring he youn gster TO a realization OF
its importance; or by the natura' processe'
il does not cultivate precociousness ana
. with the subsequent loss OF even sclhlil ID
? OF childhood's charming innocence, be
: come as useless for model purposes "a th'
homeliest youngster in the land. For
, far and above everything else. and as th'
first requisite, a child must have beauty
;, ! beauty Of the ideal kind. or almost hefor'
II can become the rage OF the studios.
But there arc lots OF youngsters, IA
from good looking, whose likenesses appea
in advertisements, you say; what OF them
The reply is they are merely makeshits
4 ana az firm
n using such a model telling IL that yol
!, know Of a child who could certainly III
: the biz much better, in all probabllit
you'd get an immediate letter saying
For heavens sake for our iinanca
Il sake and yours too wherer