The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-10-11
IS QUEEN Of BEAUTY
HAaRisoN FisAtR lAuDs THE
AMERICAN GIRL.
Type ImmsasurabIy supsrIer In Every
Way Over Her French and Eng
lish ceusluS--Full ef Spirit
and IntsIllaence.


New York--"Trench women are ar
tificial, English women are wooden.
The American girl is the only type I
care to draw"
SO said Harrison Fisher, American
illustrator, whose drawings OF lovely
women are known all over the world,
when 1 asked him in his studio about
the war that France and England have
recently declared on the American
beauty. writes Nixols Greeley-Smith
in the New York American.
Il have been away two months"
continued Mr.. Fisher, and during that
time made absolutely no drawings
Of foreign women's faces. II they are
SO beautiful ] could not have resisted
sketching them. made a few sketch
es for backgrounds, and OF two or
three old men | saw in the Latin quar-.
ter-one Of them Robins model"
And you saw not a single French
or English woman YOU wanted to
draw" | asked, incredulously
We'll" Mr.. Fisher conceded, Il
saw one or two beautifully dressed
French women that might have looked
well in a picture But they were wom-
en- of fashion and would not have
posed for me. American women are
Indifferent in that respect. No matter
where meet them, they generally are
willing to pose. | have sometimes
asked . wealthy woman | happened to
,,aat NJ Z. raca,tinu IN nnoa fo,. conap %
illustration was making. and she has
Invariably said she would be glad to.
"The model that posed for this pic
ture," and Mr.. Fisher held up a draw
ing Of slender, dazzling blonde In a
black riding. costume. Ifs little
Brooklyn girl. She is college grad
uate and says that after she had prac'
ticed her music two or three hours o
day her time hangs heavily on her
hands. So she poses for illustrations
and earns her pin money that way
Then Mr.. Fisher showed me an
other drawing. this time of tall girl
Of slender stateliness, coated In fall
regalia, drawing on her long kid
gloves. This was the typical Harrison
Fisher girl.
"That is the type of American girl
like best to draw" he said4
WAS there an original Harrison
Fisher girl?" asked.
"Oh, yes" the artist replied quickly
She was Miss Franklin, daughter OF q
man who ran q small circus out west
paid her salary for years just Il
pose for me. But she got married ant
gave II UP.
"You see," Mr.. Fisher elucidated
'the American beauty is so cosmo
politan. She has the whole world t
draw from. One of my models is the
daughter Of Scotch father and al
Irish mother. and she is typica
American beauty"
"And II she had been born In Scot
land or Ireland she might not have
been near so beautiful. said. Don
you think the spirit OF America. IT.
freedom and equality, have much to dc
with it?"
Yes" asQuiesced Mr.. Fisher, II do
An American model mean q pro
fessional model-can pose for won
an OF fashion and look the part. Sh'
has only to put on the clothes.
French or English model could neve
do that. Models over there are ;
class apart. A model In Paris ha
one dress, one hat frame, on which sh'
pins veil, and q few stock poses.
American women not only hay,
more beautiful faces-faces with spiI
1t and intelligence, besides beauty
but their figures are much better
French women have over large bust
and very slender limbs. The Amer
can girl-is taller straighter. broade
shouldered and much more evenly dc
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