The Washington times., 1921-02-06

conscientious worker and few artists ever so completely
forgot the feminine of their models while at work
as he did.
One of his models twice had gone through the expe.
rience of being the studio posing when the wife unex.
pectedy called upon her husband Each time she skipped
through the door of the studio and took refuge in the
neighbors dressing room until recalled She also never
sympathized with the wife, and often declared she
Should be taught lesson One day she proceeded
to do it.
She posing then for fountain. The wife had
decided, after her husband left home early in the
morning. to come into town for afternoon of shopping
She had met two social acquaintance and had enter
tanned them at lunch at Delmonicos Proud always of
her husband and his work. she delighted her friends by
accepting their hint that they would enjoy casual visit
to his studio.
Without telephoning she brought her friends to the
studio and entered her husbands reception The
opening of the outer door tinkled bell The sculptor
heard his wifes voice. The model, who in posi-
tion, heard also. She skipped down from the pedestal
and disappeared into the passageway leading the
door The SCULPTOR little confused but well poised
his wife and her friends smilingly acknowledged the
presentations and began to show the party about the
studio, explaining the works in the outer and then
leading the way to the big work flooded with the
precious north light.
The clay sketch of the fountain taking shape-s
large out Of which the water was to pour
MY husband works without models you know; it is
of his especial talents being able to create such
charmngly pretty things without submitting to associa
ton with those terrible creatures who appear the stu
dios before men, without their clothng''
'Oh, that is so splendid!'' of the women re.
sponded. II am you must have a great deal more
satisfaction in his art than the wives of artists who
continually think of their husbands vis-avis with those
horrible grlsr
Eyes, indeed" the wife began her voice express
ing her delight at being well understood but before
she could the door leading into the back passage
opened, there svery laugh and the model, un
clothed when she from the studio confronted the
party While the women gasped and the sculptor swore
beneath his BREATH the model exclaimed her eyes twink
ling merrily.
,'Oh, excuse mel thought your visitors had gone.
I'll go back and waand won you tell them m really
not horrible girl-just your regular modelf''
One imagine the that followed the closing
Of the door behind that grill The wife was too we'll bred
to make quarrel before her guests but the looks she
must have given her husband might have been knife
hrusts. She closed the visit abruptly and departed with
her friends.
The model did not have the nerve to wait for him
that day. but the next morning she received telephone
ca-to come and finish the pose. He scolded her Sc
verely but Joined with her in laughing at the episode
1t was all right he said. at taught me a lesson
and my wife, too. She knows now after evening of
considerably violent discussion that she will have TO trust
me with models in the future It was the only way
could get out Of t-pead necessity for my past subtcr
fuges and demand concessions in the future She hasn
given in yet but she will, after few days of thinking
It over"