New-York tribune., 1911-03-05
A MODEL WITH AMBITION.

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The writer set out last week to learn
--bat artists models receive i'm New York.
ed The first ono put the question to hcs.-
.,.,5 "a moment drew me to ono side and
,,rtious'v answered: "I set only s. "a
v-ssk for uos.nI from S:21 in the morning
,,,t1 r.e5 .l the afternoon. Does this seem
,,orcre n certlinl. ISN'T. II it were not
fo- my basket weaving work. ms sewing
end other little fancy knitting and cro-
eseting thar D do 20 help out ! am very
SO that living en thc income derived from
r,vposirc would DO quite .mpos-.6lc. lon
a. used to d0 this work ain the time.
posirc both mornings and afternoons. and
sor,et.-1e. at NIGHTS. hut the work was tor
firing TOO ardroI-. and ! could uot stand
q, that .onc. and only tiJ it through. sheer
,e.asg.fy because ] was compelled 20 have
tte mon for my living expenses. In
going from place to place naturally made
new ece1a.atsHcas. and now and then q
new friend. and they helped me To- get
additional work az better TaE. SO now = am
only do.ue This to ff in time. ] shall not
6b this work much longer The working
hours are altogether too Ions for the
amount of money that one receives. / am
studying tine making Of rewc'rE The de-
signing ~ artistic pieces and when I am
able 20 originate something hope 20 in
duce jewellers to accept lny work. just so
soon as save enough money % purchase
an outfit 7 intend 90 engage in that work
an the time. for I feel confident that 1 viii
find ready sale for che many odd pieces
that know I can make. And. oh. I viii
be so glad 20 stop posing
yes. but what would Ike % know. /
put in. TO get her back 20 the point 'is. 90
you consider posing hard Work2'
Yes" she said rubbing the muscles in
her long and shapeIy neck. especially
school work. where they are $50 very strict
with models II O. model is late they fine
her And then too. ] find students, as a
rule. very thouehuess. and. might say.
inconsiderate. an times. OF course. they
don't mean to be. but inteuuons-you know
what they aye. These students get TO
vo-kng and never realize that pos IDLY
the room is becoming either too warm or
too cold for me. and there ] am frequently
either rersp.rug or shiverinE, and some
times they don't oven think 10 call a -est
Zach extra moment counts when one has
held perfectly s.l for hair am hour As :
said before. schools pay only SIS a week for
four hours vo-E day for five days Be
SIDES. Il costume work is wanted. the model
must furnish the clothes. If she docsu
own her costume she must rent one, and
that is g. cents out of her salary.
why Do vol pose in schools2 Why don
yol pose rr.yate.v2" j asked.
q have tried b3th." She replied. "and ai-
though one .s not as romuneraute as me
other there is great drawback Co ID
watch VIII tell you about When an
artist engages you. you see. although be
paws me- Sd cents an hour. he may want me
for only one cr two MORNINGS. / am then
lst with only So, the best part of the week
gone and nO other work .n view. unless
an fortunate enough 10 find some other
artist 20 use me- whereas posing for class
verk. feel sure OF The whole week work
the g and steady employment but, OF
course. it 5 decidedly more straining than
any other The motels In schools who
pose iu the nude and Illustration classe,
receive IS a week have never done any
ot the latter There is no artists models