The Washington times., 1913-12-13
Romances of
Artist Models
Henry HUT and the Fair Shoplfter.

| Copyright. 1913. by the Press Publishing Co..
r< BOUT ten or twelve years
~ ago." began Mr.. Henry
| ~ HUT. the artist, in relating
the romance Of one Of his
models, Il received an order from q
magazine to illustrate a story Of which
the heroine was shopfifter. As was
planning the pictures I casually men,
TONED to Emmy, the model I was US.
| Ing, what the character Of the girl In
the story was like.
A shoplifter!' said Jimmy, who. the
next moment. added: Want me to gel
you the genuine article to do the trick I?
That seems hardly possible 1 an
swered.
'Nothin' amt impossible asserted
Jimmy. II you knows where to lay your
nands on 1t. And I knows with finality
I'll sit my own girl for you IL you
swears not to pipe her Off to the COP
pers. nor let on to her that you know
what she's up to-
Having been assured that his sweet
neart would be secure from the police
SO far as I was concerned, Jimmy pre-
pared to go for Ted who, he said. was
at home. as she never commenced her
days work until the shops were so
crowded tina. she ran no riseks of be-
Ing detected In her shoplifting procIivi-
ties. Jimmy returned In about a ba1r
nour, accompanied by her. Her mama
was Theodore Hawkins.
TED is game!' shouted Jimmy
She'll do 1t as a special favor
Before me stood a beautiful younp
girl. dressed In very expensive clothes
Of which every detail was in keebinp
with the fashion of the day; the long
full skirt. the basgy sleeves and m.
bloused waist. No doubt the voluminop,
folds Of her gown made a god nlacs IN.
which to secrete her loot.
Ted did not utter a word. but ,ool,.d
at me with narrowed eyes. as if in
search OF some sign of enmity. At the
slightest sound she would steal a quick
look IN the direction from which If
came. as, like a cat, she watched everv
movement OF mine
"One of the illustrations was N sbo,,
the arrest Of the heroine, and for a
model for the policeman 1 sent for a
broad broad ,,Gt.s siI.shooter. and hired a police
studio early one morning. and put on
the rented rig. / began to sketch hin,
while We waited for Ted to come,
She entered the studio, and when sbs
saw the model appareled In the bIne
uniform. the helmet in his hand. Ted
white with fear, uttered the moan of a
trapped animal, and made a run for the
door. The hunted expression and her AT
titude of terror were just what I wanted
for the picture. 1 went after her and
pulled her back.
Lemme go; Lemme go,' she walled
You've put the coppers wise-you'ye
trapped me. I amt going to be sent nm
for somethin' you amt got on me" she
cried hysterically. as she gazed at the
pseudo officer.
II had no end of time assuring her
of the mistake she had made. Then she
laughed and cried, partly from relief
and partly at the joke on herself.
THE very evening Of the copper epi.
sode Jimmy came to me with a hapnv
look on his face. and told me that Ted
had decided to give up shoplifting
and marry him. The fright the boeus
copper had given her was enough to
decide her to keep straight
"'She won't have all them rich clothes
that she's used to- said Jimmie. .but I
always tells her they don't cut no ice
with me nohow. I like my goiI for her.
self, and l likes her straight. She's 90
ing round to get more posin'.'
And so happened the reformation of
Ted, the shoplifter.''