New-York tribune., 1912-04-28
Your Daughters Vocation
Rewards of Illustrating

| instruction and practice can be 2aincd At
| nominal fec So even If you cannot civ.
your daughter the advantage OF two =.
three years at the art school, YOU can >.
| least allow he the opportunity to a,,snI
| short course OF this sort.
The woman who wants TO bc a ,y,7,,z,..
and book illustrator has the hard.s, n,,.
| Of her whole career Ia face imnadi,t.i..
fter she finishes her art training 70 -
| has II in her to be an ilustrator-ar r..
sides ability as a Graftswoman she has ,h,
| faculty of observation and doep IN. 80.
| in peoplc-she viii succeed. but Il takos
good deal OF plucl. the first Year 10 %, .
start. or course. real m'~it is iha or,,
thing that brings real success T. ui,.
traitors, bus most successful Hlugtp,,o..
viii tell You that tho first help thoy po, q
their chosen work was through tho fri.nd,,,
boost Of somo other illustrator al-oady r,r,
way up the ladder Of success. For ,bi,
reason a year or 50 spent in the art school
has added advantage for the association,
and friends n woman makes in the A.,
school arc Of immense advantage 10 bs.
when it comes to getting a start
any of the new publications IS enough "A
show that women share equally With mon
the honors OF present day Illustrating Tn.
names Of half dozen women illustrators
whose originality. humOr or sympathy a.
treatment We greatly admire, occur 10 mos,
Of us without difficulty These illustrator,
and hundreds Of others Ike them were one.
al the bottom OF the ladder For the frs,
year or so they may have had 10 scrara
along on a bare average Of so or sle q
week but now the ones who count them.
selves successful receive from 5000 10 son
a year.
The young grl who feels that she 4.
called TO an art career no dogb, NOM.
poohs the idea Of becoming fashion artist
yet as a matter Of fact fashion nlustrat.
ing offers a surcr and USUALLY more "a.
munerative occupation than book and
magazine Illustrating. one of the reason,
for this is. no doubt, the fact that in the
realm of fashion illustrating women have
q practical monopoly. The editor OF a
famous fashion publication which EMPLOYS
ten fashion artists. all women, admits
that men are not satisfactory in this lin,
OF work This is because as he puts II,
they do not appreciate the lines Of
Womens clothes"
The first steps IN fashion illustrating AZ,
not 50 hard to take as i'm book and masa.
zine illustrating. There arc many commer.
cial illustrating concerns and pattern pub.
fishing companicz which have resg-
lar staff of women capable OF making
fashion illustrations, and. upon application
t. such a concern thu Young woman with
ability and training can usually get an
opening at from So 10 81 week Even
at tho lower figure. year or 30 spent a,
such an establishment would boz well worth
while. for II is oul, through the practical
experience Of this sort that tie illustrator
can learn to handle the various mediums
OF illustrating in tn" proper way
The highest ruup Of the ladder of success
in fashion illustrating "a occupied by The
women who make Illustrations for the srtl-
cles in the leading MAGAZINES. Such Illus
traitors hav" 10 pos@"Ss. besides p knoHi.
edge ~ TN" principles - reproduction
knowledge Of fashion ard taste for
clothes They have u have a knowledge
Of the various fabrics Of vomau's attire
knowledge Of lace. mlInsrr. haiIdrcss-
Ils-in fact. Of all tr' clements that enter
INTO tne get-up of q fashionable woman.
Such illustrators receive from 81 70
500 week. varying not only according
20 their own ability but according 10
the size and generosity Of the publica-
ton for which they work. one woman
whose color designs of womens fashions
are used in the pages Of one Of the best
lnown Of women's publications is an in
spring example OF Tie success that may
come 10 4 fashion artist. No one knoSs
juSt what her income from her drawings
Is. but the fact that she keeps Up a de-
liGhttul bungalow I'm fashionabl" suburb
of New York. and owns nor own motor car
to bring her u,o th" city leads one 70
suppose that she mas iouni her chosen yo-
cation well worth following
Il should be- interesting % the Young
woman who IS contemplating fashion Illus
tratinC as her vocation 10 know that ac-
cordlug COB am authority who has made
close study ~ tho various vocations open
10 women fashion Il.ust.a.io ion ~ present -
ore o., the three or four BIS, all around
vocation. for women.
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