Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-03-19

dies gowns: but there is an important
line OF art knick-knacks, small furniture
novelties. and specialties in leather. mir
rOrs and gilt metal In which she so sue
ceeded that today she does that great
firms buying in them. She has a place
beyond her dreams-and in a field of real
enough art.
She had to represent that work as "spe-
cialized study or the club could not have
kept her. Only one, that of the rue de
Turin. accepts girls who frankly work.
The others are for those learning to work
lin art or something liberal. These dis
tinctions are perhaps unjust, but neees-
sary. They work little heart burning be-
cause tempered by wise managers to indi-
vidual cases. And no American girl in
her senses comes to Paris to earn money.
But s. per week for board and dainty
lodgings in Paris-s 1t not abused by
idlers? l knew of a young Philadelphia
party who married on the strength of
winning a years scholarship in England.
The bride, not to be left out of the
bridal trip, came as far as Paris with
him. She easily won the Hostel paint
ing scholarship, being something of a
painter. Then ti.ey played hide-and-seek
between those scholarships. Paris-Lon-
don. London-Paris, during an exciting
honeymoon. Then, would you call 1t
idling that she settled down I'm the Hos
tel, board free on that scholarship. get
secretly playing the tourist till her Ro-
meo's year was up in London?
One safeguard of the clubs Is that not
every girl can play the student. l say
might get cheap trip to Paris. A girl
who frankly admits that she is Ste
nographer. come to learn French short
hand, will find admittance only in the
club of the Rue de Turin Y. w. C. Al.
which in itself is no hardship, because
the place is charming. If, however. your
soul Graves for the companiOnship of
the muses.. come as a student of the ro-
m toll ch0
hand lessons on the quiet.
] am not afraid of alluring. Girls who
have come to harm in Paris are those
who have had ample allowances and lost
: them. Urls who venture here on Y dollars
are the strong ones. They find their
pasture.
In one case, "X' represented 81 per
week, sent regularly by a devoted broth
err: but as it meant a deficit from the
start. the girl spent her first month
hunting all Paris for some little WORK
In painting or Designing. to be done in
odd hours. and exc out her board bill.
OF course, she did not find 1t. 1t Is
all pre-empted, or it does not exist. She
tried to create 1t. In theaters from the
top gallery, she made charming water
color sketches Of the new-launched styles
on stage and I'm audience. Failure. In
the galleries, she revived and adapted
hat styles for the modistes. Failure.
She tried illustrating. Failure. She
tried borrowing. Success!
was it? She gathered together 5000 in
six separate touches, all from American
women she met in Paris. She paid up
her arrears at the Rue de Chevreuse
Club. and continued in it's cheapest room.
During year she put in twelve hours
day at one Of the strongest women's
academies. BY the time she was hard up
again. in spite Of the 81 weekly from
her brother-and girl must have shoes
she had made such progress that she
felt ripe for the Hostel.
Never had the Hostel known such
gratifying student! She learned so rapid
ly. She did them such credit! She won
the painting scholarship, gained
years board, saved her 81 per week from
home, and finally sold eight or nine paint
ings out of the Hostels semi-annual ex-
hibitions. No need to follow her further.
She succeeded. Her third year she spent
at Trinity lodge-not to monopolize the
Hostel, and to quit it's classes for a
strong academy again-but always at SIS
per week board and lodging! Today she
has her studio, and lives by selling pic
lures.
This girl could have done nothing with
Out the clubs. She. or another. one sum-
mer, grew q trile shabby. How the
hint was given no one will ever know