Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1913-02-06
ARTIST SEEKING
Yankee BEAUTIES
Famous French EtCher's Quest
MOI Confined to Society.
TO SELECT EIGHT GIRLS
Paul Heleu Cares Not From Which
Section of the Country They Come.
Be They Humble or Exalted, bu,
They Must Be Delight to the Eye.


They Must Be Delight to the Eye.
Paul Helleu. the famous French dry
paint etcher. who has received mod
est fortune for each of the etchiags he
has made Of beautiful American So
ciety women. is again in this country.
this time on a beauty quest. pure and
simple, in which the simple country
girl. the modestly dressed shOpgirl aud
the healthy. red blooded miss of the
ranch has Just as much chaace Of he.
ing selected as the proudest society
maid or matron. And the master etch
er takes pains to emphasize the fact
that he is not combining himself to New
York La eight fair faces he desires Ia
encompass the entire range of beauty
in America.
So if you are young woman and
your friends are in the habit of raving
over your charms and your mirror
tells you you are an exquisite type OF
American beauty. look out for tall.
dark man with a pointed beard He
may be after you
NJ. Helleu is looking for types. There
is not room in his sketchbOok for all
the types he may find. and he only
wants eight. Last summer he made
for ILLUSTRATION. the French weekly.
a series Of eight sketches of the most
beautiful types of Parisiennes and 9th
ers that he could find at Deauville dur
ing the fashionable season, and now
the same paper has commissioned him
to make eight sketches of the most
beautiful types he can find in America.
Commissions For Portraits.
OF course NJ. Helleu came over here
to carry out commissions to make por-
traits of American women and chill
dren, which he engaged to do before
leaving home. When Nj. Helleu was IN
New York ten years ago he made pie
lures of almost every young society
woman Of that time and some of these
he has made again almost every year
since then. His reputation was made
first i'm pastel work. and his work is ia
nous not only for its beauty. but for
the few lines he makes in the execu.
ton of a picture.
81 have nine portraits to make" said
he. "Some of them are of children;
some are Of women in society. l be
lieve | have made the portrait of al
most every society woman In New
York. My latest subject was Mrs.
Clarence Mackay Here is the most
beautiful woman in Paris just now"
he said, taking up an etching which
seemed little more than an outline. 1T
is Nine. Menier. Here is recent por.
trait of the Duchess of Marlborough.
and here is n late one of Mrs. Philip
Lydig. whom | have done five or six
times
81 shall not make my selections Of
American types without careful study.
said NJ. Helleu in answer to question
"They will by no means be limited to
society women. On the beach at Deau-
vile, at the races. in the restaurant of
the Hotel de Paris at Trouville and at
the casino last summer | searched long
before / eliminated those that l did not
consider to be the best types"
(Which nationality of women lends
itself best to treatment in your style OF
work. he was asked
THAT is II question which | do not
like to answer was the reply. but IL
you were to ask IN American woman
and she told you her mind her answer
would be that the Frenchwoman is
the prettiest and the most chic. Else
why do your American women come
over to Paris for their frocks and their
hats, their thousand and one little
adornments of person in which Paris
sets the standard? Not only does the
Frenchwoman dress better. but her
face and figure are prettier The proof
OF this is that the American women
copy the French as much as possible
even in the figure.
American Woman a Spender.
"Of course the American spends a
great deal more on her clothes-poor
American husband!-but the effect is
difficult To achieve. A Frenchwoman
is by nature economical. 1t is Unborn
In her to achieve very great results OH
little expenditure OF money. The
Frenchwoman has not the money ~
spend on her clothes that the Ameri-
can woman has Yet take the women
of any class you will see on the streets
of Paris. Consider the little man
nequin on the Rue de la Paix. She
makes wages that are infinitesimal.
but notice the way she selects her hat
how her poor little dress conforms to
the style of the moment. how the dain-
ty touch here and there about her cos
tune makes her u picture.
Your American women are extrava-
CANT In dress. They are getting more
luxurious all the time. 1t is a species
of folly. American women spend four
times as much on their frocks as Pa
risiennes. OF course | will admit that
the French and the American women
are the most stylish in the world.
Beauty Is not confined to any one
set Of women and I shall not neces-
sarily confine myself to drawing the
eight most beautiful women I shall