Evening journal., 1912-01-02

art dtudsrt ln Paris lie was consid
cred VERY promising b. connoisssars.
an number II bis chulns looked
uDoe him az coming genius. Crook
lirea jusl suc1 8 rfe sc ctbor artists
iirea in the Ketii quaster az that TIME,
which WIS boaeu2ian one uingllng
of..s With thog who were either ar..
rs g. artists nc iels or rriseltss. He
had a bed In hi siAlc, where ne aiept
Rno GOT his own breakfast. dining
nfnailf nt a rretuuant .hcee he met
ot'ier artsia nd fba women they as
sociated rith lnelul.ac models 9-ley
Fcold usrely set logethes az the same
sable and merrilr lot were not 10 be
1ourd in 81 Psris
There VAS q ~rI who BELONGED to
fhls SET W., se, mti ont of place.
There was refined purity about her
Nne none o. fAc others possessed. She
"a ade her living 10 an artists model,
tpt especially FOR her head and shoul-
FefF She had pored for more n. don
a'a } 'ctures than would M one o. the
17onN ir tiie louvre Crook. heing
1e lipst prominent artis az the set.
10 Aid''rei that any one Of Inc girls be
no smile upon should smile upon
4tp 1 return fie took fancy TO
;i1 BQrfr-"inc Madonna" as she
sas camillarly referred 60 aud was
irtry nuch put out thet sle cd not
i'm his Admiration
pc truth is Cecir bad nvon her
a. 90 David Forbes ONE ~ the least
pf mineut ol the young artists study
"a ~ par's. uc too, was an Ameri-
ca why he trici 90 make n artist
OF imseli no one rculd couiectr ire, for
h' nd 10 idea Of any OF those matters
N sh pertain io art lie un iertoolS
&c mint a scena ss revealed through
a Tia'ov nnd devoted tvo-ihirds OF
h space "a the curtain. As 10 per
81 Dve. lf would paint q holse and
a Namp, showing the pump larger
& sl the house When his chums
r1'ccicd bis work Cccle defended
hlrl Indeed, the only cause they
rauid 1s,lgr for Ger affection for him
"ls pNr Crook could Dami excellent
piciaes. hut Cecile did not love him.
Fcraes couldn't paint 1pyihing Of
value. aad he was hers heart and
1oui
lf ali thr yclnc women who met at
ihe 3 cafe rcclie was the only one who
cef posed except completely dressed.
1pdeed. aiuce she was wanted special
ly for her head and shoulders. nudity
Vae Unnecessary. The singular fea-
fure ~ her association with he others
Fas thar she asa not ia any way as
sumo 20 te better than they
Unfortunately fnr Forbes. he could
not afford 10 p1nl his time trying TO
is.fn what seemed imnossih for him
tc leaIa. for be- was poor r 1t the less
noney ne had in hts pachti the more
-i-rilri-ei he became 70 IN Ike an art
isl ~ himself Whether -ecile en-
Coma eci him IN his purpc le no one
know though aii understood she stuck
fy hhq. About ihe imc his last franc
Sfas spent aud no remifian0e to come
from America his health b olKe down.
pa1 thar finished ana woiE ior him, at
icast ior the present
Ills arist ffendg wen see him
aro astoc n they couid H. anything
lor hini. but be shook hi head and
rrid that ho was getting p very well.
Sometimes they would fud Cecile
tbere Numbering TO him Ildeed, she
YVES providing Tor him, but at that
tine no one dreamed of such thing.
During Forbes illness raul Crook
attempted lo gain some ~ thold with
Ceciie she neither encouraged nor
ropeiie1 him Indeed she ntinued to
- irldcIent 90 hin. He fered her a
large sum 90 pose 20 him q a picture
roQUlrng o. model Tor the ole figure.
Foi time he believed he would
consent She wanted is money for
David Forbes She went 10 David.
fold nm Of the oi'or and aid that II
b. would accenf cf the crifce she
would rcccpt Crooks prppos osition.
~ Ibis size gave him dose that
TOO avae hls ua'a,'y and called out
an artistic ability tfat no one knew
vns ~ him. Be spurned e PROPOSE
&on with horror. saying
TUG 4 tAlA ~ HiNN'f 4 "HN u IlIuuuCc
wonder
laat was the origin " orbes' pic
trs Of Eve. which was hing In the
Paris salon Che next scar None OF
SET of which Pau Croo was the
rg iieht Recognized Ce lie as the
lo-e' for I'VE Torbcs rf lst enough
change in the features 10 prevent her
fing rec9gnized. He shrank from her
appearihg before the world as his
model more fAan she. She was shield
ed by his love@nd her sacrifice.
what a singular bouleversement
oot as expl ted to give the world
ast one great work. SO he did.
fr howl b. stgring the poison OF
ealoasy 30 q man who it was belieYl
al oat not n single artistic instinct,
Cruz called oat latent, unexpected
alriify Crock himself seldom rose
abo7e ncliocriy and after awhile
seemed "a reeeil from his best work
1nces1, ht1rcen the two men there
WuE produced but one celebrated pic
frfe that painted by David Forbes.
Forbes riagle chef d'ouvre is a puz
1le II r vas really genius, why dit
4 NOT rope itself? II it was simpl,
the result oi ttmulus. how could 4
produce work Of genius where gen
f0s did not elists The problem borders
90 those natural laws which are stil