The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-21

upon again or they all go out to lunch and spend a merry hour in some near by restaurant over croquettes and cake, with plenty of fun and shop talk" for an accompaniment. After lunch the student returns to her class.
 Some girls, however, who are fairly advanced plan to study in class only in the morning, working independently in the afternoon. For all as the light wanes the chance of successful paint ing diminishes, and the palette Is duly scraped off late in the afternoon. The young artist may then offer o'clock tea to possible, probable or inevitable callers, unless she becomes a possible, probable or inevitable caller herself at some other girls studio.
 By this time. as is natural. she is usually worn out, but she must never theless sally forth in search of dinner, which may be a matter involving care- full calculations as to expense when the month and it's allowance are coming to an end together. The difference be- tween a 25-cent and a 50-cent dinner may be a thing of moment at such a time. when an unwise but irresistible desire for some expensive dish will dis organize all one's little finances for a week to come.
 In fact, the food question is the bane of the studio girls life. Just when in- spiration is at its height and she feels sure that she shall no longer be what Whistler called the greatest artist un- hung" she Is obliged to leave off to run to the grocery (which Is known as a "delicAtessen shop" around Copley Square) for butter, bread or beans She is always out of something without which she cannot support life, and never discovers 1t 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, Ttwould 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 pie ture."
 She sleeps in her studio. too, and re- grets that sleeping also involves great waste of time. A couch, which is ac- tually a big box artistically disguised with gay upholstery, and of immense storage capacity, makes her a very roomy and comfortable bed unless she prefers a 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 am- pie and well 'husbanded. Then in the studio building itself there are me oc- casional rarebit parties, candy-pulls and musicales. and once month so- cial meeting of the Copley Society. It isn't wildly exciting, but the girl who expects to make her living as an illus trator or decorator isn't looking for more than an occasional froltc. 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 N. Oli- yer, miniature painter, art writer and good genius of the Boston art colony "Everybody Is sewing or otherwise working on costumes made up of all sorts of materials.
 "One girl made a costume costing less than $2. which received the full approval of the critical costume com- mittee. She bought a remnant of the palest blue satin, and, after profound study of Abbey's decorations in the Public Library. evolved a Gothic dress of Blanche Fleur.' the little rose- crowned DTlQ6 III IIc Q6COTaIlJn. Tier veil was borrowed. her roses white ones touched up with the aid of a pas tel box, her long brown braids cxtend- ed by the means of travelled strands of rope, dyed brown to match her own hair. and her jewels were halrpins the pin part cut off and the gems scwed on with gold -Golored thread to gold braid Her queer shoes were simply pieces of felt folded over like a flat corndcopia and drawn over her modern slippers, forming a medieval toepiece.
 Another girl tells of an elaborate gold net studded with diamon is. this being made of piece of fine mesh fish net, first stretched over a board and then gilded with light gold paint. When dry, the diamUnds-small 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 emoroid- cred robe, and she bought small square tides of openwork design, gilded them heavily with the ever-useful gold paint. and made herself most royal- looking gown.
 Another stirring epoch is when the artist girl Is preparing for a studio ex- hihition and calls in the assistance of