Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-27
ALL Kinds AMONG MODELS
Ambition that Grew in q Maine Log
ging Camp.
BEHIND SCENES N STUDIOS
Figure Out of the Romaaee-The
Athlete, the 6rand@sthsr, the
Lonruhsremaa - seulpter
and His Creation

haunt TIE doors Of the studios and All
schools Of the city are Of any and every
~nanouality. and some Of them have tired
pretty much every other calling. They
may come from Oregon. from France, from
sicily, from the BowerT or from sixth
avenue. but II they earn a living by posing
they have always one conspicuous trHit
in commons high opinion OF their persons
This Is only the natural pride Of every
merchant m his goods. for the lace or
figure o. the model Is her stock in trade
One Eirl Of about e was brought I'D in
Maine twenty miles from q railroad She
lived In q logging camp. where her father
worked and where occasional old papers
and magazines reached them Once she
read something about . mode and 2cter
thai she used TO cut cut the pictures. not
Of actresses. but Of models. and paste them
over the cracks Of the pine boards In their
little room
she dreamed for years Of being q real
model and posing for a ptetHre OK the
Madonna When her father died she
worked her way to New Tork. serving zs
waitress in sumner hotels Fer a while
she wandered aroma In the streets here
and lived about as the sparr0ws Do. but
finally found her way into an artists studio
and got work and was passed on TO other
= phluLEFN As = naeLlA AALE DtDk
She has not the traditional beauty Of the
noeeL Just a small white face. brown eyes
and a certain New England primness. but
she loves her work and can stand half a
z day without stopping to rest
E "Its a business. she says. same as any
; other. but I Ike it, and the artists always
. treat me Just lovely"
There is an old. old lady well known In
e New York studios who has a few conVen-
2 tional grandmother -poses-head bent over
4 her Knitting. doing IN her chair. which iE
!. often literally true. and reading her Bible
a She has been a model for sixty years and
a Is very proud o. IL even claiming the dis
: tncnon Of being the first original profess
saonal model IN the city.
She once posed for N advertisement Of q
patent medicine which has covered fences
stations and spaces in street ears the eoun.
Try over. You recognize her al oncs as be.
longing to this remedy. She never gives voS
time to mention il but tells you in two sec
Q ends. Ny face is known from Maine K
Z California
q Some evening at dusk in q quiet part o.
the city. you may chance on a tai. thin
a man having . yeil0wish face and 4 bushl
mass Of blue black hair. he wears a Ia
Of such wide and romantic proportions TIA
II lacks nothing but the traditional plum
to transform him into a Dumas hero. II
is 4 model who has had much experience
> and has posed In most Of the larger cite
y the world over.
IN He has small bezdiIke eyes. high cheel
bones. a narrow t9rehead and looks Tx
an exquiEitely studied drawing Of an Oh
N master. He Is graceful md supple enougI
ar to DO anything with his body. he can speal
Ia q dozen languages. al very brokenly. an
your box Of cigarettes during a morning
u sitting.
he travels with a trunk Of propertse
Ike an actor and has many beautiful cos
tunes Of various periods, besides foils an
dagEers, which he sometimes looks quit
to capable Of using. In a broeads cost an
b. SILK tights with a mandolin slung over hi
Ne sh0alder he is the French t~roubadour. Q
10 wrapped in the red robe OF a ardinal wit
a mass book in one hand. looking slyiy q
from under his sharp eyes he seems I
"A belong to some hot-bloOded southern tai
Of love and hate.
h has figured in the pictures OF Illus
traitors and painters. been used by deck
~rstorS. and he loves nothing 50 much as
r tel you how he posed for the Princes
! Louise and another royal lady and no
many times he has hung on the line in n
canveses Of famous artists
He IL fantastic and unreal, tremendous
impressed with his own Importance an
must be handed dencAtely when dismisseI
II an artist grows weary OF his methoC
% lei him have a care how be expresses tn
N for the model. half in French. half
Italian. with an English word or two. ~.
say with a1ook Of scorn; Monsieur dOesn
wish me any more. not wish me. heir
He wishes some other model? HEM
- go away. Monsieur viii never succeed
And he departs leaving the painter Wi
somewhat the sensation that an evil e.
has been cast upon him
There Is another Italian. 4 wistful eys
lad who ground a ~hurdygurdy, sold ban
mas and pushed a cart about the stree
before he became = model He goes abOi
with his coat collar turned Up even {
mild days and is always complaining
the cold and saying, Il 60 hack 70 \
country but he never goes. for he spena
~ al his earnings and never works until
has to.
Then there il a fair haired mits Of
ch1ld who Is always being snztehed avn
BY the soaaety for the PrsvennSn Of Cruel
10 Children OF a labor law Official. but
manages 70 find his way back 20 d
studios and poses with as much pride a.
interest N the picture as the otoesi MOD
in the profession
There Is a young athlete who when
can't gst an engagement IN any q Z
studios gives exhfbitiOns Of strength at q
W variety shows Last year there was
college boy who vas hard Up and got
chance 70 pose. There - = wes1herbsss
cid Io~ngshOresnsa who has found shell
from the winds q the waterfront Of NJ
lns York under the skylight Of the stu Hos
or Over on the East side IN a teDeme
ms house there r. q whole family Of m0di
ace headad By a stout, white haired old m
Ice and including several generations Of bro
YES AHMED men and H0men- youths. glE
aye children. cra~ilnG babhss ara even q
and and dog that each In turn pose They
TIE che BY one and bring home their sArnia
old 70 keep the home. for they are uems
met Ously claunish- They also 40 q thr4vi
or business in the sale Of hrAsses. corr
int shells and antique ssWslry.
IVer Another vel known mode IL a I
we'd slender girl with . coloriess face and
Iork naass Of fair hair. WHO has the nstl
here grace Of a Rosserd OF BUTDs Jones CT