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ETIENNE PLERAL, MUCH IN DEMAND.

richest and most famous men Of Paris
senat tors authors. Silded Noutils-at he
feet. she threw item all oNe" ana mar
"A waiter OF q littl" cafe near the Gar-
Nontparnasse. For some months tneN
have been missing from their 1aNori'"
haunts. and ii is said that they have G"n-
to Nice. where they have bought li'i'A
cafe Oi their own.
The woman was extremely retiCeHt re-
gard:ng her anuecedents Indeed iro'n
what has been learned they were unim-
portant and unnterestinS. Her fatl.r
was a heavy dr-nllcr. ard trCateI MS
beautiful child with persistent brutality.
Her mother was conSumptiV3. over
worked woman WHO died when her dau9i-
ter was only five years of age. y fe"
months later her father died in the gutter
from the effects Of an unusually heavy
debauCh.
Taken in by a poor neighbor. she grew
up a creature of enhancing beauty. and
il was not long before she made her ap-
pearance in the studios of Paris as a clI'li
model At eighteen her physical beauty
was at its height and she was IN constant
demand by the greatest artists OF the day
She became the faVorite model OF Wh.ri-
ler. OF BoUgereau and of Carolus Duran.
Her charms have been immortaiized by
the brush of Bougereau.
To the girl model al this time 'fe
was one round Of joy. She was an inde-
pendent. wayward little mink and Kept
or broke her professional engagements as
she felt ulSpoSed- sue almost ui u -
Duran crazy on several occasions when he
was painting against lime and she re-
fused to pose with any regularity. The
fame of her beauty and grace spread over
Paris and it was not long before she lad
half the men about town in her train beg
sing for a glance or a favor. Money.
iewelry. fine clothes. motor cars were ht-
orally rained upon her in bewiderlnS pro
fusion Is it strange that this girl. vino.
during her childhood had known nothing
but abiect poverty and privation. had
her beautiful head turned by all this at
tenrion?
As her visits To the studios became
more rare her attendance at the balls ana
restaurants OF Paris became more ire
ulent. The cheap but tasty apparel "f
the obscure model gave way 10 the costly
silks and dazzling jewels of the most
sought-aftar beauty of Paris. Her fresh
coloring which had been the JOY of tie
artists disappeared beneath the arllClal
contents of the rouge POI.
Ii was al the height of her popularity V
as a habitue of the dance halls. when
her appearances at the Bal Butler. IN
the Latin quarter were the signals Tor
the gathering OF scores OF the most Ia
NOUS men of Paris, who risked position
and fair name in paying court to tie
proud beauty. that she married he. hum
bic "garcon.
Although in her going she left many
sOrroWing hearts behind, Paris Is chiefly
interest ed in the iuc0nsola ble grief of tI!r
Belgian portrait painter, as famous N
America as he is in Europe. who is 80 d
to have offered in vain his heart, name
and fortune to the bride of the ''garcon.
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a dull. greenish star OF magnitude ~
contrasting strongly in color with the two
red stars & and d. figure -.
So remote is this great world that the
sun viewed from it would appear as an
intensely bright star, showing no disc to
the eye Our own world and the three
other planets nearest the sun would be
so minute and so lost In the sun 5 rays
as to be hopelessly invisible.
Two-thirds as far away as Neptune
and yet 500 600 600 of miles from the
sun is it's sister planet. Uranus The
two worlds are strikingly similar. eacn
slightly more than 10000 miles in diam
eter. each very much less dense than
the earth. and both of them probably
still very hot and in vaporiZed condi-
ton. AS Uranus is SO much nearer to
us it appears much the brighter, and is
clearly visible to the eye under favora-
BILE conditions as a sreenish sixth magni-
tude star.
Throughout the month Uranus is near
the planet Mars which is seen shining
out in the southeast for two or three
hours before sunrise. 1t will be most
easily found on the morning of the 10Th
or 27th. for in the afternoon of March
IS Mars in its eastward motion Will pass
exactly below the outer planet. at which
time they will be separated by dis
tance only very slightly greater than half
the apparent diameter of the moon.
Though Neptune is so enormously dis
tant from the sun that IL requires $50
Years To pass once IT'S btDIt IL
has many times been suspected that
there may be one or even more great
worlds so far away that their years are
thousands OF times long ours
The possible existence of such body
has been inferred from two differen,
facts of which the first is the positio:
of the paths of certain comets and the
second Is possible disturbance of the
motion of the planet Uranus.
II is well known that when comet
passes near planet the pull of the
latter body may cause the comet tC
move in an entirely new path, and wher
this occurs both the point of the new
path which is farthest from the sun and
also the point in which the comet pa Sses
through the plane OF the planets orbit
will lie near the orbit of the disturbing
, planet. Thus, in figure =, there ar,
drawn the paths of several comets which
. have been disturbed in this way by the
planet Jupiter The points marked f
are those in which the comet moves
, through the plane of Jupiters orbit, auu
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out of situations: and. by far the most
interesting class. students Of art. music.
singing medicine. who pose part of
every day to make money enough to sup
port them While they pursue their studies.
=
The ranks of the professional models
of Paris have been SwclIed of late wears
by the influx of many women who have
deserted steady but poorly paid posts
in factories and deDartment stores. Lured
by the promise of an easier existence.
the gay Ronemianisn of the life of the
studio and the life OF tie Latin Quarter.
they enter the already overCrowded ranks
of the models. only 10 discover trat,
with the exception ot few 9. den months
OF the winter. they are unable to find
work to compete ag.-.nst the more
frugal Italian invader y few of them
taken to tie SeaShOre by artists.
where they work as servants when they
are not posing. But such pests are
eminently desirable and only com
paratvely few models can secure the
chance.
Today the spiri; of comradeship which
once existed between the artist and his
model has almost wholly disappeared.
This is due. iii a measure 10 the decline
iii the standard OF models. In tire days
which are still easily recalled by the Old
timers the popular models worked con-
scientiOusy and inteiligently. with the
interests of the artist constantly at
heart The models were perfect masters
of their calling. handsome in face and
divine in form. Artist and model to!led
together on the canvas which was TO
make the fortune and reputation of both
Together. in fear and trembling. Yet with
brave hearts. they waited for tie COM
ing OF the card that was 10 seal the
pictures fate. Then at vanishing day
the two-artist and model-held an inn
pr"mptu reception in front of the
mast terpiece''- picture as the girl
would explain. with unconcealed pride
But if the changed conditions are due
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il will be noticed that the points B and
\ all lie not far from the path. NJ. \. OF
Jupiter itself There are thirty comets
connected with Jupiter in this way. two
with Saturn. three with Uranus. SIX with
Neptune, and a few others whose creates
distance from the sun is about twice that
of Neptune. 1t is these last which are
assumed to have been disturbed by
hitherto undiscovered planet
If Il new planet exists its pull must
slightly disturb the motions of Uranus
and Neptune. About twenty years ago
evidence of such disturbance was SuS-
pected with the former planet. and the
new body was carefully searched for
with the great telescope at W Washington.
We canno. he certain that such dis
turhance exists until the pull Of each
Of the known planets Of the solar sys-
TEN has been determined and allowed
for: when this has been done the pre-
diction of the position of the disturbing
body among the stars is comparatively
simple matter. If it exists, which Is as
yet by no means certain. il Will proba bly,
be discovered by photography. 1t has
been suggested that this far-diStant
world, revolving slowly and majesticaliy
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point of the horizon at about . O'Clock.
bat the sun is steadily drawing nearer
the planet. and April will pass 10 the
east OF il: from this time until next au-
tumn Saturn will he morning star.
The far more brilliant Jupiter is high up
in the southeast. in the most favorable
position of the entire year for observa
ton 1t reached its least distance from
the earth at /. pm. February ~. and dur-
ing the next few weeks Will only very
SLOWLY rcccde from us. Its golden d'sc
ercirc!ed by rCse-colored bands parallel
10 the planets equator. and its wealth or
finer markings. which are brought into
view ore after the other. this great
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&C the public. Of Waat niue romance re-
ma.ngd to them and breaks the last tie
= any there We're between the profession
al model OF today and the splendid and
now famous types of a generation ago
for the mcu. women and children VINO
gather today at the doors OF the big
studios and schools OF art in Paris are
hut sorry reminders o. CClarossi. Juana
Romani. Palma d'AnnunZio. DCZzi and
Witt. ali Of whom rose from humble
models To enviable positions in the world
OF art.
l. is proha bly, due 10 the fact tina: ro-
name and Clitterng success hulNed 50
large in the lives of these world-renoUna ed
models of past generation that the
profession Is so shockngly. seriously
"vercrowded today. Nor. than 5000
people are entered in the police register
If the city of Par.s as pro essiona!
models. In addition to this vast army.
for hundreds of whom employment cam
not possibly be found. except at inter
walls, throughout the year. there are
many of both sexes who pose now and
then during temporary freedom from
their CWn class OF empIOyment-the girls
"f the fashionable cafes and restaurants.
under Il spell of hard luck: working girls
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rossi which sill remains one of the lead
ing art schools in the world.
* :.
In 1861 Colarossi came TO Paris. He was
then nineteen years old. strong, robust
and handsome, having an unusually fine
head His success a model was marked
from the first He Immediately beg III
posing for the large art schools, especially
at the BeauN arts, and III private atalierS
Il was at St Germain where he had fed
during the Franco PruSSian war. that he
first met Meissoner. The master is SAID
to nave painted over thousand figures.
and for nearly ali Coiarossi posed as me
model.
BY economy and right living he mana ged
to save the greater part of his earnings,
50 that in 1878 the model became pro
prietor He obi aimed possession of the
Academic Rue de III Crande ChaumierG.
which was founded in 1914. and called il
tolarossi Academic. Tie had new ana
original ideas about running an art school
and they turned out To be just what WAS
needed. For long while his academy
WAS the great rival of the Academic
Julien''-that other famous art insutu-
ZION. whose founder was also a noted
model i'll his early days. and VINO Su''-
ceeded in rising to such an extent in the
Monde Tart that lie dictated not only
who was 10 receive rewards at the salon,
but even to whom the Legion Of Homo"
was TO be bequeathed, truly a dreadful
enemy and Il powerful friend. Co!aroSSl
did not attain such an exalted position,
but his school fiourished and money came
in fast Among The most renowned artists,
who, as students. studied in his academy.
are Sargent. McMonnies, Bartlett. Tanner,
HARRISON Dodge, Simon, Prinet and Lau-
rent.
Prosperity brought with it eXcesses of
various kinds, and the once sturdy, hard
working model now had become a well
known figure on the grand bOuleVardS and
in the cafeS-clad in the latest cut Eng
liSn clothes. The pleasures of Paris con-
uuered the son of the south. and. although
the school continued to bring in good
revenue he was soon deeply in debt. At
the time Of his death the academy was
and still is being run for the benefit of
his creditors, according To the French la w.
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MANY stories are told among artists
about this rema rha Bile man. lie had his
good points, strongest among them kind
heart, and men now in the foremost rank
remember. when funds were low and work
hard to be produced for exhibitions or or
ders this big-hearted Italian would pose
for them an hour or two without pay. and
with his gay songs. good-natured chatter
and CHEEKY manner encourage ANA IN
spire.
Coming down to more recent cate Druba-
bly, the most famous model of her time is
a girl who is still young, but whose career
as a professional poser has evidently been
brought to a close. With some OF the
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have been secured. showing AN almost
continuous history of its wonderful
changes in form and structure. 1t is
hoped that when these have been care
fully studied our knowledge OF the ma
ture of comets may be greatly advanced.
Already ii Is recognized that this comet
shines principally by its own light. Al
though doubtless composed of al immense
swarm of small particles, there are few
of these which are dark until lit w by
the light of the sun. Another most in
teresting result is that though great
clouds of radiant matter were driven off
from the head of the comet their motion
was very probably not due to light pres
sure. as has been quite generally be-
lieved because their velocity did not in
crease as they receded. but actually
seemed 20 slightly diminish. 1t seems
probable that the wonderful repulsve
1orceS whose action forms the tails of
comes are electrical in character.
This is the best time Of the year for
observing that faint. mysterious pyra-
mid of light. which extends upward from
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in a nea sure TO the model the artist or
today must also accept his share of the
responsibility. After he mas served rs
appren nticeship. after he las arrived
i'm days gone blythe Latin Quarter. the
Quarter of Youthful Dreams. exists no
longer for him, and the poor model VINO
hoped to share his prosperity as well as
his hard times sadly starts ane" Oh hei
rounds of the studios.
All the old-timerS Will De anie 10 recall
tie history of Juana Roman: now from
a timid little faun-like creature with hls,
dark soulful eyes who stood on the plat
form or model stand at Juien's and Cola
rossi's she tinSly became one of the
foremost woman artists of France her
father was famous NeapoNlan Drlsdhu
whose boldneSS and daring mace nliii
feared Shorty after Juana's birth the de-
sire for adventure oVercame hln and ne
abandoned his young wife and ably. In
the struggle for existence the uhhapp!
and deserted woman collected enough
money TO enable her 10 reach Rome. oli
arriving there she took service as q
housemaid in a branch Cf the Rorneni
family The Romans were and are stlli
one of the oldest and most important
families i'm the Eternal city. The master
of the house yielded to the charms OF the
beautiful Neapoitan. and they fed to-
gether to Paris, taking with them the 1T
tie girl Juana. They quickly spent all tae
money Romani had in his pos session, ana
Romani was so reduced in circumstances
that he was obliged to accept position
as flute player in the orchestra OF a cheap.
third-class theater of the quarter. while
the little Juana was sent out to pose III
the big art schools.
In symmetry of form, grace of attitude
and seraphic expression she was with
out a rival and she quickly passed into the
private studios. The child model became
the talk of the Latin Quarter, ard ii
was not many months before she was en-
gagged exclusively by the most celebrated
painters and sculptors Of Paris.
She posed for The Mirror, by Mercier.
and Diana" by Falgert. But the little
Juana was not destined to occupy for
long the humble position Of a model.
From almost the first moment that she
began to pose in the schools she would
walk around dur ng the rests looking on
the floor for bits of charcoal. which she
usually found. and walk slyly up TO the
wall and begin to draw. AS she became
less bashful and more accustomed to her
surroundings it was noticed that aef
n,tck sketches OF the students. sometimes
of the professor himself. evinced an apu-
1ude that was far from common 1t was
tn. Younger Colarossi who first took seri-
Gus interest in the young girls talent. and
he invited her to draw in the acaueny
in which he was director.
Her progress remarkable. ana a
few wears later she would only pose Tor
those masters who were inclined to help
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PICTURESQUE CHARACTERS OF THE LATIN
l QUARTER ARE FORMING UNION TO OBJ
TAIN A LIVING WAGE-STRIKING CONTRAST
BETWEEN THE PROFESSIONAL MODELS OF
TO-DAY AND THE REMARKABLE MEN AND
WOMEN WHO MADE ART HISTORY IN PARIS
WITHIN THE MEMORY OF THE OLD TIMERS
THE JOYOUS CARE-FREE LIFE WHICH MADE
THE TYPES OF A GENERATION AGO FAMOUS
THE WORLD OVER, NO LONGER EXISTS
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a.


en- away from the head.
the western horizon after the sun has
fully set II cannot be seen except when
the sky is very clear and the moon alb
sent: the observer should therefore look
for il during the second and third weeks
of the month. II is probable that this
light. is sunlight reflected from great
leus-shaped swarm of little particles
which surround the sun and extend be-
yond the orbit OF the earth. but there are
also several other theories in regard to Il.
How Brussels Cabmen Agitate.
From Eclair.
Cabmen in Brussels found d new form
of protest yesterday against the taxi
autos. They met To the number of 20O
with their hcrses and cabs on the Pla-
teau de Kokelberg. and adjourned en-
masse to an adjoining cafe.
Thereafter they paraded the streets in
line. with crane on their whips, and car
ried band of music in the leading vehi
cles Meanwhile the hated 1aXis drove
a thriving trade.
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HE beautiful planet
Saturn. which. with
its rings and nu-
merOuS moons. is
always a most in
teresting object in
the telescope. is
rapidly leaving tie
evening sky. Dur
ing the first week
in March il may be
seen setting almost
exactly in the west
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her with her OWE work Among these
was ienner whose Influence can sill
be seen in Juana Romans work. Al the
age of twenty. when at the zenith OF her
charms. ia RomaEi.' much to the de-
spair of her masters. retired absolutely
from the model stand to devote herself
exclusively to her own art. After dill
gently studying for a year she sent q
picture to the Ssa lon and il was accepted
meeting with considerable success. Each
successive year showed Improvement and
three years later Sna received a nren-
tiun. and afterWard 4 third medal. Just
recently her painting at the Salon was
awarded the second medal. thus making
her hors cOncouTs. the government has
purchased one of he: pictures. and it now
hangs in the Luxembourg gallery near
the works Of MERCER and Falgert. Cor
which she posed.
Another fair Italian. Pa ina d'AnnunZio.
also possessed of much artistic talent.
gave UP posing to become artist. bat
she mari ed the sculptor D'Aions and is
now one of the most domestic of women.
devoted mother and loving wife.
The far-fa med Am rican sculptor. An
drew o'Connor. married The woman VINO
posed for tha female figUres in nearly
all of ms more pret etantious works. His
celebrated "RepoSa and Meditation" is
an absolute portrait of her. and her
rene Grecian face. Madonna-ika in eX
preston. and strong bI:t graceful figure
are repeated again aHd again in the orna-
ments of many .! tn" greater buildings
i'm America. Tie O'Connors# have three
fine little boys and live in he quaint old
town of Clamart. suburb Of Paris In
the center of Il large park. picture Sque
and restful, surrounded by great stone
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A PEEP. THROUGH THE
n r

BY Prot Eric DooIittle OF the University
OF Pennsylvania
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the east the first Of the fainst summer
considerations may be seen Just beginning
to appear This is the Virgin, which
closely follows the brilliant Leo; by next
July Leo. which is the last of the winter
considerations to linger with us, will sink
from view in the west. and the whole
southern sky will then be covered with
the faint summer stars.
=; ::
During This month the possessor OF
small telescope should hunt for the two
faint little planets. Neptune and Uranus.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-05-13
M()RDER| IN
SEAT Tie
DEAD BODY OF WOMAN rs
FOUND AND HUSBAND CON-
FESSES TO CRIME.

SEATTLE, May 13.-With q
bullet hole in her right temple
her face and throat blackened and
bruised, the dead body of Mrs
Elizabeth George, wife of Arthur
George of Brighton Beach, was
found by police officers this after
noon. The body lay in a filthy
shack, where the woman was fell
ed by her husbands revolver.
- noon today Arthur George
walked into. the office Of the chief
of detectives and there confessed
to having shot and killed his wife.
+ Detectives Phillips and Griffiths
were at once detailed to- inyesti-
gate the case. Upon their arrival
at the scene of the tragedy the Of.
ficers learned that, despite the
fact tina the woman lived in squal-
or in filthy shack at Brighton
,each, she was worth something
like $4,000 and was supposed to
have had from $4,000 to $1,000
in gold and currency hidden about
the shack. :
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-05-13
HELD MURDERER'S
SECRET s YEARS
WOMAN FORCED TO LIVE
WITH MURDERER BECAUSE
SHE KNEW OF HIS CRIME.

SAN DIEGO, CAL, May 13.-
The local police are holding in de-
tention Mrs. Effie Smith who, ac-
cording to her own statement, has
been living for six years as the
wife OF Joseph 8. Lucas because
of fear that Lucas would Kill, her
IL she told of an alleged murder in
San Jose six years ago.
Lucas died yesterday at q To-
cal hospital of what the physi-
clans believe to have been sleep
ing Sickness" For several days
before his death he was in a state
of coma from which it was i'm
possible to arouse him.
Mrs. Smith in her statement to
the police said that Lucas killed
a tenderloin character of San
jose named Shorty Murphy and
that she threw the body OF Muir
ply into river, not knowing
whether he was alive or dead.
She said that after the crime Lu-
cas- compelled her to live with him
under threats Of death and that
only after hie death did she dare
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-05-13
THOUSANDS
Of ACRES
FLOODED
Hundreds of Caiifor mia
Farmers Are Driven
From Their
Lands
(By United Press Leased Wire. }


BAKERSFIELD, CAL, May 13.
Hundreds of farmers along the
Kern river. who have been work.
ing night and day to prevent in
roads of the water and the inun-
dation of their lands, today gave
up the fight and relinquished to
the triumphant flood waters 10,-
600 acres of wheat and barley
lands.
"A few in desperation are still
fighting the flood, but the breaks
in the river levees grow hourly
under the pressure of the water
and the attempt of workmen to
rebuild the levees has failed.
The principal loss so far sus-
tained has been from inundation,
although some stock and machin-
Iery has been destroyed.
Farmers here declare that the
present trouble is traceable to the
refusal of large cattle owning
firms to permit the farmers to re-
pair the levees, before the melting
mountain SHOWS swelled the river.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-05-13
BLOWs
OUT BACK Of ]
BUILDING

SACRAMENTO, CAL, May 13
AN explosion of accumulated
gas caused q blaze IN two-story
building in the Japanese quarter
at Third and L streets today
Masao Perao, Japanese jewler
is at the Receiving hospital suffer
ing from very severe wounds. r..
Heinrich, retired fireman, waf
badly cut and burned and his
aged mother was rescued by fire,
men and carried down ladder.
The force of the explosion wae
felt for blocks and windows were
broken across the street. The
back end Of the building was
blown out and the sidewalk fol
loo feet completely shattered. A
horse standing in the street in the
front Of the building was blown
of its feet. The property loss II
estimated at $4,000.