The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-22
DRESSED ONLY IN SMILES
SHE POSES ATOP HA7ZRON
Mort Burger Has His Life Art Class There to See His
Beautiful Model-All Madison Tower Rubbers
as Movie Men Grind Away.

Mort y. Burger decided 10 do some-
thing yesterday afternoon which would
u him to explode into print. He
did IL. Mort had a reason. lie Is the
director of the school of illustration
and newspaper caricature known as the
Associated Art Studios. with quarters
lust under the roof Of the Flatiron
Building.
And Mort-he hasn't admitted this.
but likely as not II IL truc-was sore
because hen a list OF fifty immortals
recently was submitted to Congress as
the nucleus OF a sort OF United states
French Academy Morris name was not
included with those OF Or. y. NJ. Butler.
George NJ. Conan. Oliver Herford and
the rest.
Whereupon Mort Burger called up the
newspaper offices yesterday afternoon
and asked whether or not reporters
would he willing to climb to the roof OF
the Flatiron at . O'Clock 7. NJ and
witness his schools most beautiful blond
model begin TO pose In the open air.
Mort added that the u woman
~ wv N'hi " NV ~ 80
but would come out into the roof
breezes %unadorned except for-wcll. that
she would merely coine out into the
roof breezes.
city editors put the assignment diff
fidently M to the reporters. h an
swered. THAT seems perfectly fair
Giri Gives Directions.
To get up to Morris art school one
takes the elevator to the twentieth hoor.
which ~ Ss far as tn" elevator goes.
Then n climbs a twisty flight OF stairs
and comes upon u stcnographer girl
whose desk Is so placed that it Is i'm
possible TO get into the life class without
taking a running jump over the desk
top.
But yesterday afternoon the stenog-
rapher girl seemed to he in a welcoming
rather than a rcpcll"nt frame OF mind.
Instead ~ blocking the way she released
detailed directions. which included open
ing remarks To- the effect that reporters
and visiting flremen should walk
hrough the door at the far end OF hcr
office. step carefully on, upon the caves
being careful always to avoid looking
ovcr-stroll northward toward tn"
PROV Of TN. Flatiron. place the f""i
firmly upon the iron rungs of "A per
pendicuiar ladder leading to - super
roof above the art school and then gaZ"
and gaze upon whatever was to be gaZ"d
All these things were done. tho feel
ing being general AZ the time that II
was all hunk-thAt. in other words. after
all the trying preliminaries on" would
not only :iud upon tn" roof a model
wearing "A new Easter gown hu'. 10
make things more difficult. a rolumi-
nous Easter gown designed ON hoop
skirt lines.
Outdo"r IiSr Class.
Eui rs reporters, not daring I" look
backward and downward over their
shoulders. climbed into the sky they
finally came upon a topmost roof
Wherein was the beauteous blond model.
Mort Eurger. the great art director.
had made good. lie had mad good.
What il was all about nobody up to
this time knew and nobody sought TO
know. Amid hazy memories the facts
stand out that there was a garnet rug
stretched out on the roof, with about a
dozen chairs and drawing boards ar
ranged around the rug for Mort Bur
gers embryo artists. all OF whom were
youths and maidens IN Their teens or
early twentieS. From the Metropolitan
Life lower across Madison SQuar" rigid
folk were leaning from the office win
doWs.
on the roof itself movie operators.
three % them, We're sfluding strddllN
To one side, as one stood .uraptured,
Mort Burger was vaguely relating the
facts that the reason he "A invited
representatives OF the press TO see MS
star model pose was that the public
Doubtless would he interested 20 KNOW
tina he had instituted an outdoor life
class.
Poses by the Reel.
Now, Miss an ardent II movie
operator was saving. III you VIII take
another pose. Now TAX. another. Re
careful OF the steam pipes. Your part
OF YOU Is back of the steam pipes. That's
better. Try to avoid the steam pipe~.
NOW take another pose. Now try an
other. Now If YOU vii kindly"
"Oh, for the luvva Mike interrupted
a vca2cned faced movie operator, who
minutes befor. had ceased grinding his
machine. cut II out. Bert, and let us