Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-27

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come. over me in evollng sgsin the mem
cry % the old friends who are no longer
with ua those faithful Companions ara
friends of the Master Julian. On whose
honor you are continuing In the New worid
beautiful ] thank you 6or not forEetting
me, Tor nskng me 20 send you a word OF
enesursgement Nothing u seams 20 me,
could Be more sweet than this request
except the fact Of being AZ this reunion
and you have found delicate means OF
ssuggesJing an SGoePtanee of The honor for
after All, distance cannot separate the true
friends. In drinking TO the memory OF
one who was ever charrninF and rsod hut
70 the artist who was the friend Of al
other artists without him you would not
festive board and without him Nv / Would
not have the privilege Of thanking you for
the honor done me by your request and
sending you my best wishes FROM France.
Receive my read sirs, these wishes for
JULES LEFEBvRE,
Member Of the Institute
"A few years ago Gays President Fos-
dick. L was wandering In a desultory way
about Paris. until I found myself within
the sacred portals Of the present principal
Julian studio In the Rue du Dragon. AS
In the times when 1 studied. ell a student
had to do was to open the door hang up
his cap after paying his moderate tuition.
Which is now unchanged, 60 francs for q
years schooling. working all day II you
wish, an hour n you prefer. saw one
student DO this while I waited
Il stood a moment In the doorway, look
Ing at well remembered scene which the
80 ars had not changed apprsciably. the
model standing with a bored expression.
the hot, untidy room. the walls covered
with dusty sketches. some Of them bearing
twenty, thirty-year old dates In the cor
rers some names long since erased from
the list OF the living, some names world
famous. Just as we used to do at the sight
Of strangers. one by one the students rose
peered over their eaSels then sank back
into place again with the simple curt an
nouncement 'Nouveau' After a while cat
calls and limitations OF my voice as I spoke
TO the professor were heard. and
FASTENED to explain to the stu
dents that 1 was not a nouveau
at all, but was. on the contrary. 'un an
cien.' To prove my case 1 pointed out
some Of the sketches and told when and
where they were executed. They listened
and when I had finished they said in one
voice. oh, yes; we see well enough that
you're an old one all right This was one
of the student compliments which have the
double edge, so to speak
After while remembered that from
time immemorial It has been the custom
when an 'aucien' returned for him to
treat the whole crowd. and invited them
to come to the nearest cafe with me. The
model dressed hastily, and as a great
honor was allowed to walk with her, a
pretty Russian girl, the procession OF stu
dents closing In about us and whooping
ing q nearby cafe we sat at the tables and
drank leisurely, according to the French
fashion, my own health that of the an
cien-proposed according to immemobial
usage. 1t was while / was sitting there
that the thought occurred to me that 1t
was a shame to let die out that beautiful
spirit Of comradeship. 1t was from this
beginning that the society was formed,
1 think the only society in New York
where position counts for nothing and
where some OF the principal offices are
held by men who are practically unknown.
The Julian studios" continues Mr..
Fosdck. and there are several now in
different parts of Paris, ARE under the
management of his nephew, his widow
having a financial interest. The principal
one is, as I described 1t. in the Rue du
Dragon. The original one in the Passage
des Pyramids. where studied as did
many Of the society in New York, is given
over now entirely to the woman's class,
carried on in the same manner as the
mems studios, where painting ad lib.,
criticism and the use OF models, etc, Is
guaranteed for a very moderate sum, en-
trance to the 'concours' or examinations
and to the prizes given OF course. neces-
stating further expenditure 1t was the
prizes offered and the well advertised fact
that more Of Julian's pupils took the Prix
de Rome than did the pupils Of d'EcOle
des Beaux Arts that made this studio SO
popular with the Americans in the begin
ming, added to the fact that one did not
have TO go through the stiff preliminary
examination necessary for admission into
the National academy.
Mr.. Fosdick digs out from the drawer
full OF souvenirs an interesting sketch Of
BoulangeT, who was one OF the chief teach