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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-01-16
Conditlons On Iynchhurr M,r.c,

'Ptf'Ni ~, Jan. l5.-Tho
-eat 'obacco sales on this market this
WWttS amounted 10 10000 pounds.
me the receipts were light. more
sStuaCco came than w,e expected
a!teF the snow. as the roads nave been
very bad all tac week
t:!ces We're somewhat stronger on
80 F-4,s OF tobacco ana the aver
o taS seasu,a
Flae a.@ch WRAPPERS were pa.t!cu-
81! IN st:vns demand some OF the
e-'S.Ss -osS brlHs!H- from Ess u So.
-uEr, aEvu r.SL ana no; a.. tr.t.,S
- GH-.s right Vel. b.i common
S.--"e atl those -amagyd ~ Wild
..Fs continue N,r. .-.. ,.:.4 are bring
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-01-16
South BOSTON Has smaI, Breaks.

SOUTH BOSTON. VA. Jan. I5.-'ro.
nacc2 sales on the South Boston mar
ke, nave been very light until the
"a. .Iss ShTce days. at which time a con-
fered WIS %
Ihe con!noncr grades have FREEDOM
mated IN the offerings and in fact
Yer! lttIe good ana fine tobacco mas
peen offered for sale. but tho U,tie
mat mas been sold has brought a rood
price and seems 10 tie in greater az
I IIa man 1t Was before the Christ
Inc weather conditions have been
very uniavorabie for selling. on; II
5he weather opens up any next week.
iarge sales ar. expected.
The total amount sold from Ian.
vary ! Is l,G6$-TSl pounds. which has
soio Tor S%>1.S4j.ln. being an aver
age o. nearly SIS per hundred
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-01-16
S9,5OO.OO

SiN-rnom briCh. hardwood Noor.
tHc bath: modern In every way and In
perfect condition. Early possession.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-01-16

First National Rnnk
Planters National Iiunl,
mt. Stnie ana City Rink
Merchants National Hank
American National Bank
Hroat' street bank
central National Hank
Bank of Com. aud Trust,
MA Dominion Trust Co.
savings Bank of Rirhmil
Union Bank
church hin Rank
West End Bank
Virginia Trust Co.
hcch. and NIcrch. Hank. .
Subtntnl .....
Brbad'rny National nnnk
Federal Trust ca.
Richmond Trust Co.
south Richmond Hank
T"tnl
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S2,5OO.OO

100 feet on Noble Avenue, in Cintor
i'ark: sricndid location
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Recall


IN m, summers OF 1919 and 1920 in try
iHS 70 purchase Il HON" for uccii-
l"ncy S"piemh"r LIST. 80 possibility
20 eaten up with demand this year.
fHrchISc your HON" nov. collect th,.
rent and insure possession when Won
WANT 1T. Consult with us
4os X. BELMONT AYES rooms.
heS!dts large attic: strictly modern.
=" p"rchcS. screened: window
shades; bargain today. owner
must leave city. QuicK posscssio ION.
1900 BLOCK W. GRACE ST,
rooms " ba tbs: strictly modern.
1900 BLOCK GROVE Avr-,o
rooms hath: furnace heat: detached.
NORTH CRANKY ST rooms,
strictly modern. Terms easy.
1907 FLOYD AVE.-G rooms s,r,c,-
~ modern. Quick possession
$500 BLOCK HANOVER AVE-.
ndt house, . rooms each: modern
VIII consider small house I'm nav.
incnt. '"'
100 FLOCK s. BEECH ST
rooms. toilets. Bargain.
RICHMOND TRUST COMPANY.
Real Estate Department.
9Th and Main SITS.
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SS,5OO.OO

Gtntcr Park Terrace. rooms. s,uc.
co. modern. nearly new: bargain.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-01-16
$10,50O.OO
Roland Park. modern. S-room s,uc-
co dwelling: good buy.
SS,OOO.OO
S7,5OO.OO

W"St Avenue. rooms: electric
lights. latrobc heat. posscssio. I'm
SpTinS: splendid home
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-01-16
TOCLOSE A


II lots. Dickinson Street.
IL lots. Garrison Street.
:? lots. Rogers Street.
&c lots. Mccarthy Street.
Also a x acre tract at half price.
Last Sunday these lots were ndv.r-
Used as being In COWARDIN'S AID
ptrioN. They are Immediately east
and ADJOINING this SPLENDID AID
pIiioN. Buy them for sure profit
able speculation.
j. THOMPSON BROWN & co.
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EoIi SALE.
$9,75O.OO

S"v"n-roo detached brick home.
tlic bath. sleeping porch. deep lot.
convenience. Possession IN co duys
on good avenue. west of boulevard.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-01-09

presence of artist sometimes stranger had but
once or twice. stand before him. be inspected slowly
and in detail by his apprasng eyes, wholly undraped
l mentioned above, in my suggestion of of the
experiences that have been NINE descending Night"
which made no little fame for Adolph Wenman AS
was just beginning to be artists model then when
posed for this exquisite figure in the nude de-
scribe here, when my story just beginning something
of how felt when was brusquely ordered to take off
my Clothes and how that beautiful statue in New Yorks
great Metropolitan Museum of Art really por oys my
embarrassment.
| was then only a little sixteen years old had
been a model only short time. One day after ! had
finished my schooling at ST. Francis Xavier's Academy
at Providence Rhode Island, l standing in front of
department store window Fifth avenue in New York
wondering it, when grew up to have money of my own
could afford buy of the expensive hats saw in
the window. young came up to me- raised his hat
and said he was photographer and very respectfully
asked if would like to his studio and pose for
himhe said he would like to make some studies of my
face
was pleased of course. He gave me his card which
read Ralph Draper and asked to talk it over with my
mother and bring her to his studio
His suggesting that bring my mother seemed to show
that he was sincere Mother interested and hatered
too She took me along and posed for number Of pho
tographic head studies.
shall tell later how this chance opportunity led me
into studio life But the first artist who proposed to paint
undraped was Isadore Kon famous as the scup-
tor of "The Three Graces" and many other splendid
pieces of satuary. had been given a letter to Mr..
Konti by William DeLefwich Dodge, of Americas
foremost painters who had made studies of me-
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Ireca so well another daybefore my fame had spread
among the studios I needed engagements and
knocked at famous scuptor's studio with letter of
introduction
WELL might you-et's what you look like
he said in brusque tone motonng to the at the
of the room
retired behind the folds Of the screen, disrobed and
hesated to step out ino bright light of the studio.
He impatient and cled to to hurry up At last
gathered courage and tried to stride forth with head
up and without selfconsciousness. But faced the
light Of the and realized that naked and alone
before strange my head FELL my hands dropped in
front Of me-and just dropped.
'There-stop-just as you are-never saw anything
like it-but raise your arms to your head-now-don't
budget he cried to my establishment.
The artist rushed to his easel fixed piece Of cardboard
it and sketched busy for what seemed hours to
Strained tired and aching began to trembe and sway
He noticed it.
"Forgive mel have been very inconsderatc But you
gave me an inspiration Your unconscious pose suggested
night coming down out Of the sky
And Adolph Weinman's well-known statue descend
ing Night stands to-day in the Metropolitan Museum Of
Art, the result of many hours of patiently modelling me
in the inspiring pose.
And so it was-an changing and varied experience
in my ten years of life "The Queen Of the Studios.
In that time face and figure have found expression In
the work OF than two hundred of Americas best
known artists and sculptors.
For years have lived that mysterious, generally I'M
known life of the artists model" That which is the
mmodesty of other women has been my virtue-my
willingness that the world should gaze upon my figure
unadorned
But it was not always easy for to walk into the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-01-09


with him. Suddenly he from the table, walked
about me, asked to stand and walk, and then said
that he thought he could methat he had an unfn-
shed work which he had been engaged for three
but completed because he had not found the
model
But, said Mr.. Konti ''you will have to pose in the
altogether The subject is which will depict your
entire form-not only pose, but three"
Mother indignant. She scoded Mr.. Konti fear
fully for his daring She just at the point of leading
from the studio in great indignation when Mr.. Kont
stopped her.
"You don't know the meaning Mrs Munson of posing
for artist To it makes difference our model
is draped or clothed in furs. We only the work we
doing"
For more than three months after that Mr. Kon spent
several hours day teaching mother the ways of studios
and artists persuadg her that there could be nothing
wrong my posing for beautiful works Of art if the inn
parting of my youth and feminine grace to stone and
marble and bronze should help perpeuate the beautiful
AS l say, it took three months for mother to be per-
suaded shall tell after a while something Of the care
and pains Mr. Konti wonderful artist and true lover
of the beautiful took to insure her appreciation OF
his assertion that it the duty of every to
tribute that which she could the endurance o. and
loneliness.
At last stood before Mr. Konti without drapery. The
Three Graces the souvenir of mothers consent Tor
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-01-09
BY Audrey Munson

Copyright, 1921 International Feature Service Inc.
,xxK 1OBODY could gracefully toy with cup of tea
IN if they wore boxing gloves. Very few women
know how to sit stand or walk across draw
ing gracefully because they always conscious of
their clothes. Here is the manuscript of novel by
Chambers Read this first chapter. then take off your
clothes and pose yourself the heroine sitting the
beach. When you've accomplished this naturally
and gracefully then put your clothes and we II begin
the picture
It was Mr.. A. B. Wenze, the wellknown magazine
artist and illustrator of many "best Sellers, giving
instructions 1t his way Of getting the inspiration
he sought for the drawing he had in mind.
One January day l sent for by distinguished
artist who had important painting to make for the
Government of Mexico. On the his great easel
he had already finished the background of waterfall.
And l noticed that he had his studio built up with
curious lot Of pank and supports and sort Of big basin
underneath.
'There-stand right there-turn a little this way-head
forward no. much-that s it Hold that pose Now
I'll turn the water OIL want to get the splashng
your form"
Before realized it deuge of icy water overwhelmed
me. With scream sprang out and Indignantly refused
to 90 back Drawing pistol from his desk the artist
forced me pose under the punging torrent
of water and shouted that the first model who suited
his needs and he would kiln if dared until he
had finished
At the end of hour he released me and benumbed,
tainted on the studio floor He apologized begged for
uyeness and paid for attack of pneumonia which fol
lowed. And Carl Dorners famous 1.-THE Waterfall
hangs the National Museum of the City of Mexico.
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Tv1HAT that has made Miss Audrey unson the undputed
w Queen Of the Studios" for than ten years7
Of the two hundred of the foremost artists and
sculto the United States for whose masterpieces she has been the
question
and sweetness he needed
for the stained angels the Church Of the Ascension New York.
and the found her the inspiration for his vouous
bacchanaan Sybar William Dodge bubbng vivacy
the Spirit Play the Amsterdam Theatre and yet her serious
dignity Adoph Wenman the in the competitive
adorn the the New York Municipal Building and there
Audrey stands Cc Fame copper gigantic
twenty feet tall.
Sherry Fry could find typy maideny innocence well
Miss Munson and his appealing denhood hangs the walls Of
the Metropolitan Museum Allen Newman found her
the inspiration his Southern Motherhood which the pinnacle
Capitol Carolina yet sophi
Gated of the world the upress Evelyn Lonan selected her
the Metropolitan Museum Kont modelled
from her his Wdowhood Petro his Suffering Humanity
Wenze his charming but frivolous Madame Butterfly and Adams his
impressive and serious "Priestess Of Culture
ayatdes which support mantepiece the
main saloon Of Mr. Mogans yacht the Co from the exquisite
of the George Vanderbilt the
dollar the San Francisco Worlds Fair the smiling nyph
the edge of the pool in John Rocers Taytown
angels hundred church cathedral affairs $4,000
feet Of mural decorations and of auay the Pan
American Exposition the face figure Audrey Mnson look down
the passing multitude dorn the homes of patrons Of
Throughout the braries
Museums galleries. and country residences public build
churches bridges fountains public and parks and private
lawns and estates the most famous all American artists models
in endless variety.
Audrey has written the story of her m the incidents
episodes behind the in the studios the history of the in
SEPARATION masterpieces private collections the
strange methods the artand the distressing
pretty models lacked moral balance safeguard
the intimate atmosphere of the studios Audrey
unson fascinating story will be told from week week this
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Mr.. Konti at
first said he did
not need a model
but had me, with
my mother, re.
main To have ton
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-02
THE NEW YEAR COMES

PARKED bridge midnight Armstiee Day the North and and south flying filled with happy screaming and here and there distant welcoming Gods gift of and perfect One hundred twentyone born
 And watched thousands dm lighted streets wondered where they would back God At that midnight white When the clock had finished striking began write their lives it.
 
 beginning shall quickly than know shall all quickly than that went before for the fewer the awaiting the shorter they to become
  that God has
  bring mel" thinking that might of the failure they thinking of the which would bring its gifts of evil lay them their feet They thinking standing waiting while the flowed before They trembling they bearing down the things they loved or the things they feared
 What will the bring foolish question It assumed that the alive and active and that still and bring thing brought thing that coming shall bring That thing opportunity And the vital will mel" What will take it?" With ftfuns devotion will opportunities hand God will surely
 We that flying all life which really The still This waiting to it through all eternity Time static while the long trail which began the dust of the earth and reaches toward deathly nighhade The ouwh The from it or leave with it just what will
 MIDDLETON S. FAREWELL.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-02

ect will be resumed in the House tomorrow and it is earnestly hoped that false economy will not cause the appropriation to be denied. The south will profit by a nitrate plant at Mus cle Shoals, but that will be incidental The whole nation will benefit. The question of cheap fertilizers is vital to every farmer in America, while the necessity of nitrates for use in war is universally recognized.
 It is evident that much of the op- position to the Muscle Shoals project comes from private interests. That has an ugly and sinister appearance. If work on this plant is stopped after approximately $17,O0O,O00 has been spent the American people will not be deceived by the explanation that Con- gress wants to save money. It will be victory for the capitalists who have been fighting the nitrate plant ever since it was first proposed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-02
ASHINGTON. D. C., January l.
 Special. .)-Montevideo, capital of the republic of Uruguay,


 of the republic of Uruguay, where Secretary of State Colby made the second of his official visits in South America. is described in ~the following bulletin issued by the National Geo graphic society:
 Physically situated so that 1t is one an e1uable climate which makes it de- lightful place to live in, and possessing an atmosphere free from the hustle and noise Of the more modern and commcr- cial Ruencs Aires and the more metro- politap Rio, Montevideo has become the resort city Of South AmerIca's Atlantic coast Thousands of wealthy South Americans gre to be found there at nearly all seasons of the year, participating in the carnivals, gambling in the great gov pared to those of Monte Carlo, or merely enjoying the restful life of this city which still ciinss to the Spanish habit of looking to 'n.anana. Since Montevideo is in the southern hemisphere, it's seasons are the reverse of those in the United States Visitors are especially numerous for the bathing season, which begins in October, corresponding to the northern May, and is at it's height at Christmas, the southern midsummer.
 "Detached impressions of iMontevideo will bring to mind many similcs and con trasts with better known cities. Isike New York it covers narrow peninsula from , shore to shore; but in architecture it is the antitbesis Of ite North American metropolis, belre made up of seeming few two CT three stories in height. the great majority f them but one story. The principal thorouahfare, The Avenue sof the Eighteenth of July extending along the ridge of ths peninsula, with its colon nades and sidewalk cafes. gives touch of Paris. And as a great packing center for the live stock produced on the unsur- passed pastures of Uruguay, Montevideo is comparable to Chicago or Kansas City. Evidence of this fact is sometimes wait ed on the winds when they blow to the city from the seat of the gigantic in- dustry across the bay.
 Tn physical equipment Montevideo is modern. It is we'll lighted. well watered, i adequately supplied with transportation facilities, and most admirably drained.
 Socially it clings to the past. following more faithfrliy than any other large city outside of Spain and the Orient the old
 Spanisn-Mo.rlsA traditions of society's proper attitude toward women.
 "courting Is still carried on by smit- l ten swans paradins below the balconies
 of their senos itas and whispering sweet
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-02
THE CITY OF THE HAPPY MEDIUM

nothings to them--from a safe distance. Ladies go freely on the streets, but not in the company of men. Society is main ly matter of family parties. Even at the opera there are separate galleries for men and women, and unless Monte videan man can afford the price of or chestra seats he must view the produce ton from one level while his wife looks on from another
 "A cloistered life can hardly be said to have affected the apeparance of the women adversely Throughout South America, Montevideo has the reputation formerly possessed by Budapest of har- boring the most beautiful women of it's continent
 As in other large South American cities, moving picture theatres are omni- present. Most of tho films they show arc
 imported from the United States Per haps these modern amusement places are helping somewhat to strain the bonds of age-old custom. Young people of the two sexes may attend these cinemas to- gether if chaperoned. And the manage ment of many of the theatres evidently is willing to be the deus ex machina TOT youthful romances, for they make it a point to ring a warning bell before lights are turned on.
 "Montevideo has nearly a score of daiiy newspapers and the voices Of smaii
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-02
LUXE M'LUKE SAYS

woman has to have a sharp tongue to get word In edgewise when three other women are talking.
 The reason she is known as a belle Is because you never know she has a tongue until after you have given her ring.
 Some men seem to marry so they will have some one to fight with when they get up In the. morning.
 If friend husband acts real penitent and brings her nice present friend wife will forgive him for the mean things she said and did to him.
 The trouble with the girl who thinks she has a perfect figure is that it Is hard to keep her from going around half naked.
 The reason why a man acts like he was the whole house when his wife has company is because he is going to act like he Is the door mat when the com pany leaves
 The devil doesn't mind seeing hypo- crite going to church on Sunday. He knows he can use him the rest of the week.
 When lantern -jawed man gets into an argument he doesn't throw any more light on the subject than the other fellow.
 high school girl may not get j0 in her other lessons. Hut you can bet she'll get 100 In her dancing lessons. Many man who owes his success to his wife hates like the devil to pay her anything on account Mendelssohn wrote our most popular wedding march. But he forgot to write . divorce march before he died. (Copyright. 1o20.l
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-02

army of newsboys are heard constantly except during an hour and half at midday when a 'siesta is enforced by law for all business With the voices of the newsboys mingie those of youths and derelict adults hawking government lott tery tickets or boxes of matches from the sale of which the government also ob- tains revenue. On each match box IS printed. moral maxim which may be considered the al fresco substitute for the framed notices that adorn some North American homes.
 Just as Uruguay is free from physical extremes-it is without mountains or gorges, deserts or jungles-so Monteyideo is without social extremes It has no squalid sIums and no ostentatious mil lionaircs' row It may not inapt1y be dubbed comfortable bourgeois paradise.
 "Montevideo is famed for it's port. which is one of the best on the Atlantic coast of the Americas. The city has population exceeding 100000, more than quarter of the population of the entire 20oo square miles of the republic. In 1890 Montevideo was the largest and most important city in South America. It is now surpassed by Buenos Aires, Rio and Santiago de Chile. while it's rank aa fourth city is closely contested by San Paulo, Brazil"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-02
THE MAGNITUDE OF THE JOB

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
 American cities are famous, among other reasons, for the number of crimes committed in proportion to population and for the relatively fewer arrests and conyictions for crime. This fact em- phasized by Raymond B. Fosdick in his hook on "American Police systems" af- lords some idea of the magnitude of the task now undertaken in several cities where clean-up efforts are being made by the police
 Arrests in four of the large American cities exceeded those in London in 1918 by 10000 in Philadelphia and by more than 100000 in New York. In the same year Chicago had 22 robberies for every one in London and IA for every one in England and Wales. Chicago likewise had in 1917 12 times as may murders as London and as many as Engldnd, Scot land and Wales combined.
 Cleveland also gets some unfortunate advertising. Last year there were s1 times as many robberies in the city as 1 in Liverpool. although the latter city is larger by nearly quarter of million. The Fosdick report further indicates that only one murdered out of eighty Is executed in this country. tp4 con traAt
 with methods in Europe expense in this
 country is incnrred in fnn ,arxe meas