South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-09-11

spend some OF her time probably by
posing for well-known artists. She
has inspired some of the most dis
tinctive work in American art. With
her fame came opportunity on the
screen. She soon became a film star,
and began 10 earn a fabulous sal
airy. The name which she adopted
as her last name was taken from her
home town, Mansfield, o.
The Pretty Girls in the Ads"
No phase OF art has come so uni
versally before the people Of the
country in the last 90 years as the IL
Illustrating of advertisement for the
newspapers, magazines and bill
boards. Pretty girls confront US at
every turn. Where do they come
from?
Whether it be reproduction of
photograph. painting or drawing. it
IS safe to say that so per cent Of the
famous illustrations OF attractive ad-
.vertisements are inspired by girls
from the beauty chorus.
An artist friend of mine has gone
so far as TO estimate this at go per
cent, but prefer the more conserva-
tive figure.
Modistes. furriers, hat shops, man
ufacturers of soaps, cosmetics, hos
iery and a hundred other thigs are
continually clamoring at the gates OF
the beauty chorus for models to pose
for illustrations OF their advertise
ments. The result is that the faces
and figures of many beauties are
we'll known TO many millions who
have never seen them in their real
glory on the stage.
Discovered Through Art.
Sometimes famous beauties are
found in this way. A firm Of soap
manufacturers a few years ago
brought out a very attractive win
dow poster advertising their wares.
1t was a girl with long golden locks
seated on an ocean jetty washing her
hair with the soap in question.
A New York theatrical man who
acts as a sort of scout for pretty
chorus recruits, saw the poster and
was so attracted by the picture that
he went 10 the concern and asked for
the models name. Finally they con-
sented TO give il 10 him and a short
time later he met. and persuaded TO
ioin the chorus ranks, a girl who has
been a popular beauty ever since. She
is today one of the highest priced
chorus queens on Broadway Billie
Dove is her name. She comes from
Pennsylvania.
Kirchner Greatest Beauty Painter.
Perhaps the greatest Of all cele-
brated portrayers Of modern chorus
beauties was the brilliant Raphael
Firchner Of France whose death is
still lamented in art circles Kirchner
was one OF the very first men TO dis
cover the radiant beauty Of Ameri-
can women and 10 paint it as it
really was. He did not idealize or
beauty: he truthfully
portrayed ii.
Il is a matter OF some pride 10 me
personally 10 know that Kirchner,
like Helleu, found his inspiration for
his greatest work in beauties then
in one OF my productions.
Several Of his best paintings now
hang in Chicago and New York art
galleries and practically all OF his
work has enjoyed a wide popular
sale.
Chorus Beauty I'm Sculpture.
The beauty OF American woman
hood in face and form. as eXempli-
fed in famous chorus beauties. has
also been immortalized in sculpture.
George Grey Barnard and Mrs. Harry
Payne whitney have used chorus
girls as models. Miss Gladys Lotus
figure served as model Tor striking
statue which adorns the facade OF
the Municipal bldg. In New York.
Martha Mansfield is also well known
az a sculptor's model. This popular
film star, who is OF a musical nature.
has music played FOR her while she
poses. Il is her conviction that the
soft strains Of an orchestra or the vi
brant warmth Of a beautiful voice
lend ATMOSPHERE" 20 the scene and
make more real the emotional ex-
perience OF the model.
The Beauty in Camera Art.
Il is not going TOO far 10 say that
there are several photographers IN
the United States today who rank
with our very first creative artists.
And in all their art-so marvelously
in the last deoade-the
chorus beauty looms an important
figure. The work OF these men is not
commercial-that is, the photo
graphs are not used for advertising
purposes but are sold 10 private col
lectors just as a beautiful painting
would be sold. Some OF the sums
rnraired fnr these exclusive artistic