The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-04-25
CHILDREN AS MODELS
THEIR BEAUTY MADE USE OF BY
PHOTOGRAPHERS.
Children Able TO Earn From St2 to
25 "a Week by Posing--Little Girls
With Chubby Faces and Curly
Hair Sought Most.

So great has become the demand
Tor child models In the Last few
years that according to q New York
photographer almost any pretty child
can command an engagement. 1t
not infrequently happens, says he.
that the support of families rests
upon the small shoulders and cases
in which children earn sufficient not
only for their maintenance and cloth
plentiful.
It is perhaps in the line of COM
morcial photography that the best
field for child models lies. Com
mercial photography supplies pic
lures for Advertising the product Of
business and manufacturing houses.
Children who pose for these illus
trated Advertisements earn anywhere
from S12 to IA week and some
times. as In the case of Ruth Wells,
S25.
While children from 2 to 4 years
old are most in demand, those from
4 to 10 can be used in one way or
another. Another branch of photo
graphy in which child models are
used Is that In which beautiful pio-
lures, ideal heads and the like are
sought. These are sold to art
dealers for reproduction.
The demand for child models Is
not so great among artists as among
photographers. It Is somewhat diffl-
cult for the little ones to pose as
steadily as is necessary for an artist,
but before the camera they can
De taken In a moment In al their
simplicity and sweetness and they
are not fatigued by the effort
Girls are much more desirable
than boys. Out of fifty best known
models in the city not more than
one-quarter are boys.
When asked what the require
ments of child model are photo
grapher said
Beauty Is, of course. the primal
requisite. While the infantlle type
IS preferred by many, the piquant
child has many admirers.
Girls, particularly blue-eyed tots
and round chubby faces are eagerly
sought as they make pretty angel
heads and are particularly adapted
for ideal pictures for art and CON-
mercial purposes. They must be
plump.
Little girls with straight locks
haven't the same chance Of getting
nront, ,1fNNy >r,t IL
To some children posing is as natural
as breathing. They fall into grace
full postures very easily. Others are
naturally awkward despite their
pretty faces and winning ways
AS to the remuneration which
these little artists receive 1t varies
to no great extent from that received
by their older sisters In the business.
An hours posing generally bringD
from $3.50 to SO and after an hours
work the average child Is generally
too tired to sit longer, though Ruth
Wells, one of the noted child models
of the city, can pose for two hours
steadily without getting weary.
1t is understood that the chill
dren shall furnish their own cos.
tunes, unless 1t is a character cos
tune, In which case, perhaps, the
professional costumer will be called
In. Most Of these children have
good wardrobes of simple, dainty
gowns used expressly for professional
engagements But only recently
dirty but undeniably pretty Italian
child was brought in here by some
one who picked her up in the street
"A very soiled and ragged cotton
dress barely covered the little ones
nakedness, but there was a charm
about the kid that was simply ire
sistible and SO l took her just as she
was. The picture will be used for u
dyeing and cleaning establishment.
and 1t will be a winner, If | mistake
not. But that Is the exception that
proves the rule, of course.