The sun., 1908-12-27
ALL KINDS AMONG HdDER|
AMBITION THAT GREW IN
MAINE LOGGING CAAFP.

mother. the Lougsllefenlan
woman's Compliment 20 . Bvelpeez
The models who haunt the doors hf u
studios and art schools Of the oity he8 =
any and every nationality. and soal5 =
them have tried pretty much svefy
calling. They may come from ozea
from France. from Sicily. from the b4Sez#
or from Sixth avenue. but II 'thsy 80 E
living by posing they have alNsyg -
conspicuous trait in commons -
opinion Of their persons. This u Co. -
natural pride Of every merchsns = =.
goods. for the face or figure Of tlis qzss1a|
is his stock In trade.
One girl of about % was broueas . ?
Maine twenty miles from . railroad. -
lived in q logging camp where her tazzzs
worked and where occasional old pexz
and magazines reached then. 0nosss -
read something about a model and 9z5a.
that she used to cut out the pictures -
of actresses but of models, and pHAE4
them over the cracks of the pine boafaz
in their little room. s'
She dreamed for years Of being 9 fNzI
model and posing for a picture q -.
Madonna. When her father died ~
worked her way to New York, serving -
waitress in summer hotels. For asvaItz
she wandered around in the strests if*
and lived about as the spaITows 90, tl1E
finally found her way into a studio ann
got work and was passed on To oiz7F
painters as a useful little beingE
She has not the traditional beauty =
the model. lust small white face, bx.4H
eyes and certain New England prirnnszs
but she loves her work and can stand h1t
day without stopping 10 rest.
"It's business" she says, Lssanief -
any other. but like it, and the artist
always treat me just iovely.'sec ats3*f.
There is an old. old lady we'll knoNfn IN
New York studios who has afew oonxane
tionai grandmother poses-head Ebent
over her knitting. doing in her CHAIR
which is often literally true. and reading
her Bible. She has been a model for eixeT
years and is very proud fit, even ciains
ing the distinction OF being the first 0rlz-
inal professional model in the town.
She once posed for an adyertisanenk
of a patent medicine which has oovered
fences. stc tions and spaces in street care
the country over. You recognise her 81
once as belonging TO this remedy. Abe.
never gives you time to mention 1t but
tells you in two seconds MY face a
known from Milne to California H.
Some evening at dusk In o quiet part
of the city you may chance oDfR tell ts|p
man having yellowish face' 'and'a bftsky
mass OF blue black hair, He weaxos q
hat OF such wide and romantic pfop&F<l
tions that 1t lacks nothing buf IA. tn
ditionsl plume to transfoTm hssn ihtQ
Dumas hero. He is Q model who haN he'd
of the large cities the world over 4
+. He has small beadlike eyes high tRe9t
bones. q narrow forehead and looka }{fH
am exquisitely studied drawing BY a9 Old
mester. He is graceful aild Fg{sI>l>1s
enouPh 10 do anything with hig bqflxf tRe
can spesk O. dozen languages als YER
to the bottom Of your box al a la
during.a mornfng'a sitting. r Sc sS e q
he travels with q trunk OF Rz soa
like en- actor and has many bekhtIfui
costumes of various periods. besSdee feiie
and oaggers which he sometiues fqcEs
quite capable Of using Ia htqssEla IL
,slung over, his shoulder. hesig fhe 1lef1Qn
trcubadour. or wrapped IN the red N1be
of r Cardinal with o msas book In one
'hend looking slyiy up with his 4hdrf e4ee
i.e Sc enrs TO belong 70 some hot tbi41 led
sout hern tale Of love and hates ~ ~
Illustrators and paiptera. been sused by
decorators, and he loves i1Othing 30 much
as to tell you how he posed FOR the RrtfI<
&c ess Louise and another royal LADY
end how many times he has hung ON the
line in the canvsses OF famous artists.
He is fantastic and unreal, tremendously
impressed with his own Importance and
must be handled delicately wheu die-
missed. II an artist grows weary Of his
methods let him have care how he ekA
presses this, for the model, half in French.
half in Italian. with an English word Of
two. will say with look Of scorn: ~MoHs
sieur doesn't wish me any moro, not wish
me. heinz He wishes some other niodslf
Helm? 90 away. Monsieur will ns%uk
succeed" And he departs, leaving fl{4
painter with somewhat the seneatioh filat
an evil eve has been cast upon him se9ia.l.
lad who ground hurdy yglrdy, sold hana-
mas and pushed cart about the etrSefa
before he became model, he &oeA
about with his coat collar turned up ev6&
on mild days and is always compla{n7HE
of the cold and saying, Il 60 back 70 EEg
country but he never goes. for he epensj4
all his earnings and never works until he
absolutely has to. se:s ssl.sst
Then there is a fair haired mife, az
child who is always being snatched aNa#
by the Society FOR the Prevention ~
Cruelty to Children or q labor law ofIi0di'
but he manages to find his way back to the !
studios and poses with as much pride and
interest in the picture as the Oldest modal
in the profession.
There is a young athlete who whom ~
can't get an engagement In any uf th1
studios gives exhibitions Of strength at tha
variety shows. Last year there was &
college boy who was hard up and rot d
chance to pose. There is a weathefb6at1<z
old longshoreman who has found sbelta&
from the winds Of the waterfront Of New
York under the studio skylights.
Over on the East Side in a teneraent
house there is a whole family ef nsodSls
headed by a stout white haired cid f1A8
and including several S6u5T sitiSIi6 i ? q I
brown skinned men and women, youthE
girls. children, crawling babies, apd
even cat and dog that each in turn poe,
They 60 one by one and bring home theif
TO keep the home, Tor they are
olannish. They alao d6tH
a thriving business In the sale OF hrasssas 8.
oorals. shells and antique iewslTy, h -
Another well known model 10 q lonf<
slender girl with colorless face aud q
mass Of fair hair, who has the listleee Kfaoo
Of a Rossettt or Burne-Jopes oreatiou
In street clothes she wears gray. ulster
and hat with O bedraggled plume but
take her into your studio and let her 1id
herself OF these and wrap herself IN any biz
Of old gauZe or drapery and aho beu6naf4
as beautiful as river nymph done lyy 4
master -
There is another girl, noted for hsf
uonderful red hair which -shis,anf Ir.t~