The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-12-01
LILLIAN.
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her "airy, fairy Lillian" which &c
scribed her exactly. She earned il,
less money than other models, because
she would never pose nude. indeed J.
was difficult to imagine the modes
looking little girl thus exposing heE-
self, though do not mean to IMPLY
that a model may not i'll that case Il.
modest. Lillian however, made Sliia
Gent money to pay her room rent an"
keep quite enough flesh on her bones
to insure employment at her callIAS
As TO dress. she was never well dress
ed except in the fine clothes provide"
bv the artists for whom she posed
Her people lived in the country. She
had left them to come to the city ana
while looking for employment was tax
en- up by an artist who made H!ustfa-
lions for magazines, and in that way
she came to be a model.
OF course Lillian fell into bohemian
life. Several of us, all bohemians.
used to have suppers together al"
were usually accompanied by some el
the models whom we used to EN-
ploy. Lillian made no scruple to at
tend these suppers and never held
her head above the other models WHO
posed as required, but her demeano!
was always ladylike. and at the slight
est suggestion of impurity she would
leave us Therefore whenever she was
present we were especially careful
ANY of us would have been glad OF
Lillian's preference, but it was re
served for my friend Kendall to alb
sorb all she had to bestow. kendali
was a handsome fellow and as attrac-
tive otherwise as handsome. We al
agreed that he and Lillian made very
pretty couple Kendall had barely
scraped enough together to secure his
education at the art school, but soon
after graduation made some success at
illustrating But he was ambitious to
paint marine views and in his infatCa-
ton dropped his other work. Then he
began to look shabby and hungry.
Now, the story of Kendall and Lii
liam l cannot tell. l am sure there is
a great deal to tell if l only knew it,
All | do know is certain incidents that
were as well known to every one OF us
artists as to me. The first of these is
that Kendall fell i'll. | saw as much
of him as possible and would have
kept him in my quarters. but be pre-
ferred to remain in his own room, and
l frequently met Lillian there nursing
him. l was poor as church mouse
and could do but little for him in pro
viding means, and the rest of our set
were in the same fix. Not one of us
ticed that the longer kendall's illness
lasted the more worried he seemed to
be about his necessities and where
they were to come from. | was with
him one morning when the subject was
mentioned-Lillan was there, too-and
when he spoke with infinite depression
as to his condition she said cheerfully:
Hes blue today. Come and see him
tomorrow. He'll have windfall."
called the next day and found q
lot of delicacies on the table. new and
clean linen on his bed-indeed. a mum
Der of comforts he so much needed
Nevertheless he looked more dismal
than ever l asked him where his luck
had come from. but he only shook his
head.
The next incident l refer to is this
In Ms picture Of that year. which Wa:
sold for $780, was a nude figure OF
a nympth We all agreed that it re
h.
had been his model. but he turned
away and evaded a direct answer. say
ing:
Il supposed Lillian never posed il
that fashion"
Meanwhile Kendall recovered hi.
health and set about practical work
He was excellent at outline dra win.
and gradually worked into some of the
best paying newspapers and magA
zines. B.. a figure painter Of reputp
but blunderer Gas artistic people o.
ten are). needed 4 model for his We
nus of the Springtime." Knowing tia
Kendall was intimate with Lillian. 3
was stupid enough to go to him a:&
ask him to use his influence with haI
to induce her to pose for it. Kendall
replied by knocking him down.
We heard the story of the affair fro:
B., but Kendall never mentioned j;
Indeed. after his illness he avoided u:
all and seemed very moody. Nee
theless he was working hard. runni2..
an original feature in a newspaper that
must have been paying him larSaiy
AS for Lillian. we missed her from
our studios and she dropped complete
ly out Of our lives.
The next pointer to the story is tha'
Kendall came to me one day and aston
ished me by asking me to be with him
at his wedding. which was to be p::
vate. Indeed. l was to be the Only
witness | asked him to name the
bride, but he said that / should see
her on the day Of the wedding On
that day went to suit of rooms OF
which he gave me the address and was
received by Lillian.
l never saw happier smile or L