Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-11-26
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less money than other models, because
rhc would never pose nude. Indeed. It
vas difficult In Imagine the modest
fuo!,ing little girl thus exposing hcs-
rclf, though | do not mean to imply
HAT II model may not in that case he
modest. Lillian. however made suigl-
Gent money Ia pay her room rent nnL
Keep quite enough flesh on her bones
to Insure employment ut her calling.
Az 10 dress. she was never we'll dress.
cd except In The flnc clothes PROVIDED
10y the artists for whom she posed.
Her people lived in the country. She
had lcft them To come To tho city and
while looking for employment was TAX
cn up by an artist who made ilustra-
tons for magazines, and in that way
she came 10 lie model
or course Lillian foil into bohemian
life. Several of us. all bohcmians.
used TO have suppers together aud
were usually accompanied by some of
tho models whom we used to en-
pOy. Lillian made no scrnplc to at
tend these s,IpperS and never held
her head above the other models who
posed MS required. but her dcmcanor
was always iadyli:>c. and ut the slight
est ,s'l;.yrSlipn or impuriy she would
leavcrs. Therefore whenever she was
present. We were especially careful.
.\hs or rs would have been glad oe
l.iilian's preferences hut /. WAS ~
,crvch for my friend Iicnilnil 10 alb
sorb all she had To bcsiow. Kendall
was n handsome fellow and as a,irac-
tive otherwise MS handsome. We all
agreed That he aud Lillian made very
pretty couple. Kendall had barely
scraped enough together 10 secure his
after graduation made some success mt
illustrating. But he was ambitious to
paint marine views and In his iurntua-
lion dropped his other work. Then he
began 10 look shabby and hungry.
Now. The story OF Kendall and LII
Ian / cannot tell. am sure there IL
a great deal TO tell ir only knew 1t.
All do know Is certain incidents that
We're MS well known 10 every ono OF ,is
artists rs 10 me. The first OF these Is
that Kendall fell Ill. saw as much
OF him as possible and would have
kept him in my quarters. but he pre-
fcrrcil TO remain IN his own room, aud
I frequently met Lillian there nursing
him. | was poor rs church mouse
aiitl could do hut little for him I'm pro-
vidni. means. and the rest of our set
were in, tue same fix, Not one OF us
but Indy n hard tine TO live. no.
Of,
lnsicd The more worried he seemed 10
he about his necessities and where
they were To come from. | was with
hlnl one morning when the subject was
meaiiulcd-l.i Lillian was there, too-anu
when be spoke with intinitc depression
M 10 his condition she said ciccrfully.
He's blue today. Come and see him
tomorrow. He'll have wlndfall"
called the next day aud found a
lot of delicacics on the table. new and
clean linen on his bed indeed. mum
Der of comforts lie so much needed.
Nevertheless he looked more dismal
than ever. asked him where his luck
had come from, but he only shook his
head
The next Incident refer to is this:
In Ms picture OF that year, which was
sold for $500. was nude figure of
Il nympih. We all agreed that II re-
sembicd lillian. We asked y If she
had been his model. but he turned
away and evadcd direct answer. say
ing
Il supposed LILLIAN never posed in
that fashion,"
Meanwhile Kendall recovered his
health aud set about practical work
He was excellent at outline drawing
and gradually worked into some of the
ocst paving newspapers and maya
zines. H., figure painter of reputc,
but u blnndcrcr Ws artistic people Of
ten arcl, needed model Tor his We.
nus OF the Sprlngtime." Knowing that
Kendall was intimate with Lillian. Il.
was stupid enough 10 so to him AMI
aSk him 10 use his influence with her
10 induce her TO pose for IT, Kendall
replied by knocking him down
We licalt, the story OF The affair from
b., but Kendall never mentioned it,
Indeed, after his illness he avoided us
all ami seemed very moody. Never.
thcicss lie was working hard. running
an original feature in Il newspaper that
must have been paying him largely
As for Lillian. we missed her iron,
our studios. and size dropped complete
ly ont Of our liycs.
The next pointer 10 The story is that
Kendall came 10 me one day and aston
ishcd me by asking me 10 he with him
nj his wedding. which was To he lIri
vatc, Indeed. ! VAS TO, lie The only
witness. asked him 10 name the
bride, but he said that | should sec
her on the daySnt the wedding. On
that day went to u suit Of rooms OF
which hc gavc me the address and WIS