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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1911-06-23

When IN h'e cups 10 on le
family iar.
New-York tribune., 1911-04-02
n ALWAYS Shine on Fne and Cotde Paris Artists Models
When Dull Care Is Absolutely Shaken Off, However, u
the "Ball of the Four Arts" Where Clothing ls at
Decided Discount They Attain Sheer Bliss.

is Just time to hurry Mimi out OF sight
in the balcony when the girls" followed
by Mama" or Aunt Annie" advance
upon him with "Oh! Isn't this lovely
to see q real studiow
"Ohw and the chaperon brings up
shortly at tho sight Of an article OF
feminine attire on a chair. Il have just
been posing a model" says Fred. red
and embarrassed. trying to look as II It
was the usual thing for the lady to 60
and leave her corsets behind. The chap
eron shifts. the girls look interested.
This, then. is the real Latin Quarter
they have heard 30 much about!
To make q diversion Fred trots out
his pictures for inspection. There
seems to be quite a draft in here"
says the chaperon. presently fixing her
glasses upon q movement Of the balcony
curtains. Fred suddenly remembers that
there Is a tearoom around the corner,
and that the ladies must need refresh
New-York tribune., 1911-04-02

portunity offered for the study OF the
nude. Paris has cornered this market.
But how feeting is this asset OF beau
tiful figure. The serious model tand
there are plenty of themD must guard
her perfection of line as carefully as the
prima donna does her voice. If you are
fortunate enough to get Clotilde to pose
for you, she will tell you how she keeps
In training; but it is not easy to get her.
ClotiIde has engagements booked months
ahead. She is in demand by the big
men" Clotildes graceful figure is to
be seen in most of the masterpieces that
have been turned out of late.
"Ah. no. monsieur. l do not dance at
the Bal Butler and go to the little sup
per intire afterwards" she will tell you
in the rests between poses. 1T is the
rich sauces and the champagne and late
hours and sleep during the day when one
should be at work that soon put an end
to the graceful. fine lines that the paint
or wants for his subjects"
New-York tribune., 1911-04-02

ment, and the situation is saved. Just
such contretemps lost one young fel-
low a fortune. The aunt, wealthy
maiden lady from a Puritan town, ap-
peared on the scene. All went we'll until
a pair of pink feet were discovered peep
ing out from below an old Flemish tap
estry the good lady was admiring. The
aunt had no appreciation of the exigen-
cies of art and the money went to
home for INDECENT cats.
Life is silky enough at the top Of the
profession and the queens rule royalty
from the models throne" Go to "ver
nissage" day at the old Salon, one OF
the social functions of Paris. The mod
els are out in full force. Like actresses
before the footlights, they will be found
standing before the picture for which
they have posed, holding little court
around them. You may see one OF the
New-York tribune., 1911-04-02
MOST REGULAR IN HABITS.

NO, monsieur, | am serious. | do not
throw away twelve francs a day (some-
times il is ever more when / am much
fine compliments. Will that take care OF
me when am old? Poof! No. Clotilde
goes TO bed at nine and rises at halfpast
five so us to do her housework before she
goes to the studios; for she and Marcel
have a little home. Marcel is her ''legit-
innate" husband, who makes imitation
Louis Qulze furniture in little shop
about as big as a bandbox (the old
fashioned kindD which it is to be feared
is sometimes sold from the big shops as
real antiques.
Between poses Clotilde rushes home to
prepare dinner. Il am most careful of
what | cat. monsieur: | will not eat
'blanquette de veau. though | adore it,
nor soup Soup is very fattenng. only
little bouillon with few vegeta bles
I'm it at times, and no pastry-ah pastry
spoils the flesh tints quicker than any
thing else-and only one glass of wine
with a little water. With care, l can
pose many years more, and then per-
haps we will have saved enough 10 buy
little house with garden for Marcel.
not too far away from Paris, monsieur"
You listen to this discourse on beauty
culture with respect. for Clotilde has
already posed many years and looks
about twenty. This is one side OF the
life of the Partisan model. and not every
one would believe 1t.
This posing for the figure is strictly
business for the model. and perhaps ac
counts for her decolete outlook on life.
"If the Bon Dieu has given you a good
figure. should YOU he so ungratefu as
to hide IT." says Clotilde
The Young American from Missouri or
elsewhere in his pursuit of art I'm the
Quarter. Is apt Ia experience some en-
barrassng moments when some of tho
girls from home" drop I'm on him un-
cxpectedly. Fred must he in, | hear
him talking Ia some one" says q girlsh
voice. He curses his mother tongue;
there is no escape. The decks are clear
ed for action as soon as possible. There
New-York tribune., 1911-04-02

from the Midi. poor girls with no dot
From being nursemaids and trundling
their charges about the Luxembourg
Gardens IL is short step to the studio
district that lies about this old palace
Of the French kings. The promise of
in month allures them. Sometimes
it is the garden scene from Faust
enacted under the chestnut trees with
q little Marguerite fresh from Bre-
ton fishing village, and a paint box, In
stead Of jewel casket.
Models, too. are recruited largely
from the shopgirl class, the little Midi
nottes" (milliners and dressmakcrs' ap-
prentices), who are dazed by the pros
rect of exchanging their franc or thirty
sous day for as much an hour. And
then that same glamour. suppers and
dances at the Bal Butler, the gay life
that they all hear about. and the work
looks easy compared to twelve or four
teen hours In a stuffy shop.
There are savage Russians and swar-
thy Spaniards. Scandinavians. Danes
and Fmns-an astonishing number OF
these big, blond women from the North
who are some OF the widest types"
of all this untrammelled. motley crew,
and with more temperament than any
Latin.
There are whole communities OF noisy
Italians, cheap and docile. that form the
hulk of the models used In the big
schools. All the family pose. mothers
with babes on the arm. grandmothers
and toddlng tots. The profession Is
hereditary and eminently respectable.
Occasionally a fair Englishwoman will
he met with, who has crossed the Chan
mel I'm hope that the mantle, or lack
of mantle, of the Incompatible Sara
Browne, who cut an unforgettablc
swath through tho Latin Quarter. VIII
descend TO her.
Was that her name? No matter. SO
long as she stands immortalized forever
in Cabanels Venus. one Of the best
known pictures Of it's type-perfection
of form. Are Americans. too, among
New-York tribune., 1911-04-02

! the sisterhood? It's likely; they are
everywhere. Pierre will tell you yes, but
then lie calls the little brown Brazilian
girl posing for the sculptor across the
court 'l'Americaine."
The reigning beauty of the ateliers
may be the discovery of a great mas
ter Her exquisite figure is shown in his
masterpieces. which each season are TO
be seen in the salon. it is only the privi-
lege oC a few to have her as model and
at prices that are way beyond the usual
artistic purse
But there comes day. alas, when she
begins TO grow stout-that bane of the
model-the svclte lines disappear, her
glory fades, she dcscends from her ped
estal to pose for the younger asprants
to whom her reputation is one OF the
traditions Of the art world. They are
glad enough to listen while she recounts
past glories and that oft-told tale of her
debut in that epoch making picture
which now hangs in the gallery or the
Luxembourg. Thus is she handed down
until a new school comes to the fore;
she is outcassed and sinks out of sight.
Sometimes she may have been thrifty
enough to have saved enough to open IL
little shop, Or even retire and live COM
fcrtably In private. but more often she
drops into an unholy oblivion.
A dozen times day you open your
door at a gentle rap. 1t is model. All
day long they come tapping. like wood
pockers, at the studio doors. She ac-
costs YOU with smile, Does monsieur
need n model" It's hard to turn them
away sometimes they are so pleading
and look 80 girlish. These slender dark
Parisians uhe majority Of these appli-
cants) may be any age; their dark,
cnigmatic faces do not give this point
away. This type Is rarely pretty, but
(. Is not prettiness of the pink-and- white
kind that is in demand In the Paris stu
dos 1t Is beauty Of form that carries
the model on 10 success and makes her
a celebrity Of the Latin Quarter.
What Is the magnet that draws the
art world 10 the Paris studios? The op-
New-York tribune., 1911-04-02

one on either side Of him, their arms
about his neck; a crowd is at his heeis'
1t is the models who play the part OF
the chorus in the Partisan drama OF ART
which is sometimes comedy. but more
often tragedy. The women jump on the
tables the men applaud, even the gar
cons neglect business. Some one jumps
M on the billiard table and dances the
can-can. and nobody goes home until
the cafe shutters are put up.
Every art centre has its following OF
models. but nowhere has the meter
taken the rank that it has in Paris. IL
is a recognized profession, with its own
quarter. its own code Of morals, its own
life, and its feminine portion contributes
largely to the social element and the
eavety of the Latin Quarter. When the
business of the day is over 1t is TO the
cafes that they fock-alone or in COM
pany: TO the Versailles, the Deux Ma
gots. the Taverne du Pantheon and the
cafes of the Montmartre Quarter The
Dome is favorite haunt tnat boasts
of more Americans and American whis-
key than any other cafe in the quarter
"Ces Americans, They put up the
prices of the studios and turn the heads
Of our models with their extravaganza
grumb!es the Frenchman, who sees the
cost of living advancing, even in the
Latin Quarter.
New-York tribune., 1911-04-02
Continued from fourth page.

the breaking out Of war. that the gather
ing together OF unframed. unskiled and
uneducated men will constitute an efficient
army for the country.
..,rhat has always been the course pur-
sued. and until we get some council ike
this probably il will he continued The
result of that apparent policy has been
most disatrous i'm the past. both financially
and from the point OF conservation of our
human resources In the war OF Isl" Great
Britain had never at any time on this con-
tinent greater force than 1850 soldiers
We mustered into the service 52'.Voo men,
more than half n million. In 1879 we had
a pension roll of 5000 pensioners from the
War OF 1872. costing over s5oo,~o more than
the entire regular army cost In ISL Iha'
is simply an illustration"
To bring about the greater changes and
reduction in cost Of the army which Gen
eral Wotherspoon believes possible. the pro-
posed council OF national defence would
have To upset some long established Con-
grcssional pulls" and root out many OF
tho army posts now scattered throughout
the West. These posts, many OF them con-
sidered useless by the army. have been car
ried on from year TO year because OF the
strong influences that have been eXerted
In favor OF their continuance.
TOO much army and too much influence
from local members cf Congress and local
constituents" IL the reason General
Wotherspoon gives for the failure OF the
army board TO abolish scores OF these
posts. A general council would be able to
ignore this influence he believes.
"It would establish such a policy that
imagine the local influences would be over
weighed" said General Wotherspoon. ''The
army. drifting along from its old days OF
Indian campaigning. settled down, here.
there and everywhere i'm the West, and we
have posts In tho most out OF way corners
YOU can conceive OF. the furthest possible
from sources OF supply and sources OF re-
cruits, so that the administration Of the
army Is enormously expensive.
For instance. We can take "A post way
out in Arizona. whore II costs s,2 ton
more for freight than It does in any other
post in the country. The man who enlists
In the troops in that post is brought from
New York or Boston or Philadelphia. lie
New-York tribune., 1911-04-02
A REAL COMRADE FOR HIM

IIcIrc. on his part, gives her his conf
dence and his pocketbook. She sunnllos
the feminine social clement. Together
they take their amusements at the cafes
at the little cheap restaurants when
finances are al a low ebb, at the moro
costly "tavernes' when there is a boom
ln art; she accompanies him on his
summer holidays in the country, she
cheers. advises is a spur to laggard work
ana an all-round "bonnc camaradc."
Rhine chatters she she sips the Amer
ileon About what? oh. about her
ciothes, the two sous her laundress tried
- cheat her out of-trivial everyday
Happennes-while Pierre, high on the
Aohor list" OF the most Influential of
inc salons argues over the rival merits
Oh leathers or flowers for Fifine's new
Spring nat as If there were vo such
'hihgs as pictures. paint and fame.
mere IS some badinage with a group
at adjoining tables, black bearded
Ffenchmen and a smooth faced Ameri-
can or two. With them are three
women. Are they models? Model is on
elastic word and covers a lot of notsam
ana Jetsam that drifts about the studios
But the black-haired Hungarian with
Inc gypsy SILK headdrcss is one; so is
her companion, who wears a scarlet cap
'dshioned Ike a chantecler's comb. be-
Meath which her whitoned face looks
uhe mask, and long ropes of red coral
are wound about her bare neck. They
oelong to the class Of models that can
Oe spotted by the weird clothes they
Hect They do 1t to attract attention.
New-York tribune., 1911-04-02
Thouob Thew Have Their Fun and Often Their "Cood
Friends" Yet Art Is Their Pursuit. and Art Monsieur
Is Serious and Calls for Many Sacrifices.

7 more often because some artist has
painted them in a certain style of costume
or wearing of the hair which they adopt
ever after as their own. Or they get
themselves up to resemble some famous
model. Nothing so delights the mediocre
poser as real or fanced resemblance to
one of the great stars.
Across the cafe sits a slim woman
with face inscrutable as a sphinx. She
quite ignores the man beside her, who
wears sandals on his bare feet She has
come into fame recently by being paint
cd with pink eyes and pea green hair
by one of the most radical of the Post
lmpressionists. He may have translated
her lovely limbs into the semblance of
a Coup" according to the latest Pa
risian school Of horrors, but none the
less is she enchanted to be brought into
the spotlight of her world She is drink
ing absnthe mixed with eau-de-vie.
which will soon finish her career as a
model
Suddenly crowd bursts into the cafe.
III 'it iIliust il ii HOulS ltlloW III 'he
traditional students make -up-an all but
impossible corduroy suit, slouch hat and
floating necktie--surrounded by a bevy
Of girls. He IS the fortunate winner Of
the Prix de Rome, the grand prize Of
the BeauX-Arts and the most important
yearly event of the ateliers. The deci-
sion has just been announced and the
models Of the quarter have turned out
to acclaim the victor. Two girls cling
New-York tribune., 1911-04-02
Plan "Council of National Defence" "

: is sent there at a cost Of SIPS. and Is sent
hack al a cost OF about 500. because he
gets an allowance of a days pay ana
DAYS rations for every day he is supposed
J TO march home. Such a board as this would
correct that.
! Il conceive OF the proposed council as
great clearing house. wherein the army. the
navy and the legislative branch may reach
a common understanding as 10 the military
needs of the country and work 10 con-
sistent end along well defined road we
would thus do away with spasmodic enoGt'
and every step which We took would De CO.
ordinated with every other step
Naval experts agree with the army cfn-
GERS that greater efficiency can be secured
for the same money by tho United States II
definite military policy is laid out and
closely adhered 10.
with the same amount OF money Nc
should get more efficient military and naval
forces" said Admiral Richard Wainwright.
who is the naval aid in charge OF opera
tons of the fleet: "or for the same en-
cheney We should do IT for less money"
The absence OF a general council on MILL
tary affairs is becoming keenly felt through
out all branches OF the government. The
are OF such important nature. including the
fortfcation OF the canal and q; the island
possessions Of the United states that enor-
nous sums OF money are needed. and MEM
hers of Congress md y difficult 10 acccp;
the opinions OF army experts at their face
value.
Tentative arrangements have been made
, for the accommodation OF the board in the
Army War College building at Washing
ton. According 10 present plans. il will
meet ten or twelve times a year.
II is agreed that the council OF national
defence shall not be in any sense board
or strategy in time OF war. IL will be con-
cerned wholly with the general military
policy. and will be a continuing body which
shall at all times demand that army and
navy progress conform To this policy. BY
such means II is believed that something
IKE full value can he secured from the
s22'o"@o annually poured into the national
defence OF the country
WORTH HARDER.
New-York tribune., 1911-04-02
HOMEWARD MARCH BY NIGHT

On fate days it is they who rush
through the streets arm and arm WIN
1 the students from the BeauX-Arts, from
| Colorossi's and from Julian's. At three
o'clock in the morning shouts ana
laughter arouse the neighborhood. A
hand of models and students returning
from some studio revelry is marching
singing up the middle Of the street. They
surround a sleepy cabby and sleepier'
knock -kneed horse. One OF the girls
takes the reins, another scrambes on the
horses back, the rest Of the crowd
climbs into the cab and away they go.
At Mi-Careme it is they who are In the
thick Of the rain Of confetti.
on the national holiday, when all the
student quarter centre about their rally
ing place, the place in front of the Pan
.heon. the Taverne du Pantheon, over
flows into the street, and a bandstand
is set up in the place. and IT is the little
slim models that make up the bulk OF the
dancing couples that whirl madly over
the pavement The latest is TO pin their
along with their bon ami singing the re-
frain from a chanson of the "cabarets,
Look at the harem skirt that comes
from the land of the Turk
But il is at the "Quat'z' Arts" ball that
the model is seen in her glory, shoin OF
even her conventionality. in the most
reckless of dress Cor the lack of iD; she
dances her widest to an accompaniment
Of champagne and license, sponsored by
art with n capital a. This yearly cos
tune ball Of the four great schools OF
art given at the Moulin Rouge is the So
ciety event in the upper circles OF mod
eldom: only those who are backed by
beauty, influence and "pull' can get the
entree, and terrible are the heart burn
ings. tealousies and efforts made by the
less fortunate ones to win the coveted In
yjtations. Even after the ticket is re-
ceived, II the costume fails TO pass the
severe artistic standard Of the jury com
posed of the masters Of art one Is turned
back at the door.
The playground Of the lesser lights
IS the Bal Butler, where they can kick
quite as high as at the exclusive
Quatz'Arts, and it's only a question
OF getting some one to pay their en-
trance fee of two francs.
Where do they come from. this large
army Of women and young girls that
make up the bulk OF the model popula-
tion Of Paris? How do they manage
TO look young, in spite of the hardships
Of a strenuous existence? Ii SOUNDS
romantic and fascinating and the lit
oratuTc Of all nations has done It's best
to throw glamour over the life Of the
model. but a more uncertain and pre-
carious existence cannot be imagined.
They drift in from the provinces
little Breton maids. dark-eyed girls
New-York tribune., 1911-04-02

Dolly-why aren't you at tho cooking
school today
Poily-Teachers laid UP with dyspepsia.
Toledo Blade
Okolona messenger., 1911-08-03
MAKES HANDY PICNIC OUTFIT
Girl Contrives Compact and Easily
Carried Affair Out of Child's
School Bag.

One of the most compact and easily
carried picnic outfits ever devised has
been assembled by a girl who strongly
objects to be numbered with a box or
a tea basket. A child's leather school
bag has been divided by means of can
vas leaves, stitched against the three
closed sides of the receptacle into
three compartments.
In one fits a collapsible chafing dish
and lamp of nickel or copper; into an
other a set of hemstitched paper table
cloth, napkins and doilies, and into a
third a morocco grained envelope
holding dozen or more fatty folded
sanitary drinking cups trimmed with
fine wire and fitted with wire han
dies
This leather bag has such substan'
tial handles that 1t may safely DC
swung from the back of vehicle, but
it Is also so light and wieldly that II
may be comfortably held up on the
lap or showed into any convenient cor
| ner. And wher the cups and table
furnishings have been used ant
thrown away the remainder of the out
fit will go into the pocket OF any III
ster
Okolona messenger., 1911-08-03
Tall Women Who Cannot Wear Short
Coat Should Turn to the Nor
folk Jacket.

The woman who does not care for
the iaunty short coat that is urged
upon her at every turn should turn
her mind to the Norfolk jackets.
The coat of this is longer than the
others and has the straight lines OF
the box plaits, which add to its dig
nifty. The little coat is too diminutive
for the average American woman,
with her broad shoulders and her un-
usual height. Any one who is more
than five feet six cannot indulge in a
tiny box coat that does not reach the
hips and is usually all collar, buttons
and cuffs.
It makes her look too short from
neck to waist and out of proportion
with the length from waist to heel.
1t does not have dignity of appear
ance on a tall frame, and somehow II
gives the wearer the look OF being
patched up in an inartistic manner
This is especially true when there
are small pockets and cape collar
Some of the coats that are within
three inches of touching the hip line
have satin collars that cover the
shoulders and the bust. 1t would b'
far better to make a bodice out O
the coat and not attempt suit
Okolona messenger., 1911-08-03
NEAT LINEN CRASH JACKETS LATEST IN NEEDLE WORK
Tapestry Done in style of Gobelins Is
Most Popular Among
Fancy Workers.

The most popular needlework OF the
moment is without doubt the tapestry
done in the manner of the Gobelins
work. Easy to do, 1t is yet wonderful
ly effective, and when the designs and
wools for a piece Of work are careful
ly chosen beautiful result is OBJ
tanned.
At the Royal School Of Art Needle
work in South Kensington. you find a
variety of designs.
The instructions for working Gobe'
Inns tapestry by hand are simple to
carry out, and you use coarse canvas
and thick wool or fine canvas and
then wool.
The wool must not be worked tight
ly. but should be loose and regular in
case the warp Of the canvas should
be drawn together in the working, or
the finished work will look uneven
and cannot afterwards be made right
by stretching or ironing.
Okolona messenger., 1911-08-03
BLACKMAlLING MUST BE ART
Amateur Makes Mistake When He
Seeks to Make Money In Such
an Avocatlon.

Police Commissioner Waldo of New
York was talking about blackmailers
"They are, as rule, stupid" ne
said "TKeir threatening letters are
as ludicrous in their stupidity as
letter 3. friend Of mine received the
other day"
And Commissioner Waldo, with a
laugh, produced the letter. Written
in a large, boyish hand, 1t said:
Deer sir-Your winder was brok-
en- by a bad boi wat throo it throo
four thee pirpus. The ball belonged
two NEE. but an eneme Of mine
sneaked it and did the deed to put
the blame on NEE. l am sorry he
did 1t, and that ii have give you crate
pain, ana have prosecuted the per
peetrater, wot done it. But you would
not have thee innocent, suffer for the
gilty, 50, If you drop thee ball oVel
the garden wall If you don't be
ware!E(Sfgned) Innocent"