Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-01-03


model. For instance. while the re-
porter was visiting the club the
other day. a wealthy artist, who
lives in a suburb of New York,
came in and told the secretary he
was in a search of a Dutch type
and a Dutch costume OF the kind
worn by a certain group of peasants
living on an Island in the Zuyder
Zee. The artist was told to go up
to the club room and make himself
ct home while the secretary found
him a model In a remarkably
short time, a faxen-haired girl. with
broad cheek bones and a robust
figure came in the front door in
answer to the secretary's telephone
summons, and was rushed up to the
third floor to be fitted for the said
peasant costume. The same after
noon she was out at the artists SUI
burban studio. ready to take her
pose.
Once, every February, the club
has a Models Review, which is con-
sldered one Of the most important
events in artistic circles. To this
review all of the known artists in
the city are invited. The club
room is turned into a small audi
forum. with rows of chairs to ac-
commodate a large-sized audience,
while in the center of the room is
an elevated platform for the exhi-
bition of the models. The girls ap-
pear in the most beautiful costumes
that the costume department is ca
pable of turning out-costumes rep
resenting everything from the early
Greek and the italian Renaissance
periods to the latest frock and
aA@xtr- E.Avzx ~11 fhA
Paris Masions. BY reviewing these
models, the artist often gets the in
SEPARATION of his life. so we are told,
while the model gets a well-paid
job.
Fashions in Models.
Not all of the models in greatest
demand are beautiful. but all of
them are distinctive. Types are
what the artist wants-not neces-
sarily prettey faces. This year
girls of the Spanish type are much
in demand. while asst year there
seemed to be a general preference
for French girls. A few OF the
models. who are kept very busy
posing for mural decorations and
character poses, are middleaged
and grey-haired, but as a rule the
life of the average model is only
~ IN oahA Win Ro q
mering skin and firm, supple mus
cles. is the chief requirement in the
posing profession. so when a model
enters her thirties she also begins
to look for another kind of employ
ment. Sometimes she herself tries
poster or commercial art designing,
and others return from whence
they came-the theatrical profess
sion or the business Office.
knowing how t~ragically short is
the career of the poster. the Art
Workers Club endeavors to per-
suade its members to study for an
other profession while doing their
regular work. According TO the
secretary. most of them are now fol-
lowing this advice. which keeps
them extremely busy and certainly
unable to indulge in all the mad
gayety with which the public cred
its them. 'Of course" she explain
ed casually. the majority of them
marry-either the artists they pose
for. or ~millionaires. It's no trouble
for an art model to marry. The
mere fact hat she is an art model
has a tremendous fascination for
men,"
"'Then it seems to Us that the art
model oes not require much help"
sara we, SO why Qlu you START lnlS
club for her? She seems to be the
last kind of a female in need of
charity"
Then the secretary explained
that art models have not always
been so popular. There was a
time years ago when no one paid
much attention to- them. When
Miss Helen Sargent. o Mrs. Rip
ley Hitchcock and founder of the
club, was studying at the Art
Students League some years ago.
for example, such was the case.
One afternoon a young girl posing
for her class tainted from fatigue.
and according to Mrs. Hitchcock 1t
was ten minutes before anybody
went to her assistance. "Oh. ITS only
a model they said indifferently.
"They are always doing that"
1t was then that Mrs Hitchcock
determined that things should
change, that an organized club
should be started for their benefit.
and that the time should come
when artists models would be look
ed upon as human beings and treat
ed seriously.