The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-07-03
MODERN WOMAN BEAUTIFUL
of To-day.

wyn, the Welshman. in painting" Hav-
ing thus declared his allegiance. Mr..
Borglum was prepared to take exception
to at least one expression in the Rodin
interview
4 do not see exactly what RodIn
means" he said, when he talks about
the beauty OF the woman being less
/ pure than that of the girl OF course
/ he cannot mean that a mother is any
/ less pure than a young girl. and II he
Is talking about 1t from an aesthetic
point OF view the question arises, What
is beauty. anyway
Nobody can pass on that. II is
exactly as he says-in the eyes OF the
behoIder. You see a landscape, I ask
If you Ike it, You say Not much, IL
IS too dull and gray. Then I paint II
and you rave over IT, Inc beauty was
always there. but It needed my inter-
probation 10 make you see It. That is
what being an artist means, seeing
things that the general run OF people
cannot see. and interpreting for them.
/ So 1t is odt OF the question for any OF
US 10 say that woman is more beauti-
IL
depends on the Interpretation.
Beauty Is Natural Expression.
( I don't know why Rodln should talk
+ about beauty anyway To him beauty
/ lies in the natural expression Of natural
! human beings He is just as simple and
natural and direct as an animal"
do you think. Mr. Borglum, that
people have changed in type from cen
fury to century. or only that at differ
ent times artists have emphasized diff
| ferent qualities?"
| Personal appearance has not changed
the least bit. said Mr. Borglum. 1--WE
/ can be sure of this because We have
types Of beauty portrayed by great artists
| for a stretch of more than 1900 years,
/ specimens uninjured by the elements. I'M
touched by Christians or any other
| vandaIs. These are exact records OF
how people looked. and it is evident
as we study them that types have not
changed
You must, Of course. make allow
ances for the conditions under which
these people lived and under which the
artist worked. Modern life has changed
expression TO some extent, but If YOU
study carefully some OF the best por-
traits by Rembrandt and Holbein you
will find that the men they picture
might be paying out money from a
cashiers cage in any bank IN New
York to-day. I remember especially the
portrait in Boston Of Roman Senator
a remarkable bit Of work, q record o,
fact with very little Of the artists mind
coloring it. You knew, in looking al
him, that that was exactly the man
So little has type changed that that mar
might be pleading in the sugar trus
case to-day,
Face and Figure Change
But if face has not changed, surely
figure has2''
"A little" said Mr. Borglum. "Shoul
ders are slightly narrower, perhaps
That is natural. II you take away from
woman all work except the work o
maternity her shoulders win gradual,
grow slightly narrower than the hips
But in antique statues the shoulders ar
very slightly narrower. though not quit
as much so as to-day. They should b.
I So WIN lAe stkitliC craze lNey VIII
begin to get broad again; at least, the.
seem to be getting rather broader. bu
how much is actual development and hov
much is due to these admirable fashion
can not tell"
What race do you think have tn
most beautifully formed women, Mr.
Borglum? The Italians? Rodin seem
rather inclined to that view"
Mr.. Borglum hesltated a moment
NO" he said finally. I don't thinl
so; but I have not lived enough Il
Italy TO speak very positively abou
that have not studied the types o
different nations enough to talk o.
that phase of the subject. I realize
of course, that every race has its pc
culiar beauty, and what Rodin say
: about Nine. Hanago Is extremely inter
I esting I myself find great beauty i
I the women of the North"
But. Mr. Borglum," it was object
ed, think Of the grace Of the wome
o of the South. Take the Italians, 70
instance, simple and unstudled in a
they do and unfailngly graceful. An
the negro women of the West Indie
are wonders of statuesque beauty c
d figure-only they won't pose for artist.
n having reached that stage of moraiit
: when they insist on being clothed"
e That is a stage of immortality" re
: marked Dir. Borglum, smiling. Il ar