Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-04
SUB ROSA
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BY MIMI.

BY MIMI.

| Rosita Is a model-not a cloak
model, an artists model.
| Rosita lives at home with her par
| ents, goes to church regularly ana
| lives regularly.
! Rosita Is a good little girl, but Rosita
| Is one Of those girls who are SO ten
red-hearted they can't say no; at least
| it is with an effort that Roslta can
say no--particularly to people that sne
| likes.
| Rosita has been posing for an art
ist-4e man artist who can certainly
paint. ,.,
The artist Is a wonder with the
| brush. but Rosita says he is not appre"
ciated and does not sell many Things
! that he paints. :,
| The artist is an artist in another al.
rection, too, although | did not get
| this from Rosita in so many words
gathered it from other facts that she
| has told me.
| And he is an artist in love!
| And, say /, a pretty smooth artist
| in it-~-for listen.
| He takes Rostia to an occasional
movie, he has her sip tea with him In
| the studio, and ne devotes many q
moment telling Rosita how much ne
| loves her lips, her eyes, her soul!
| These last moments-the loving
ones-are during the rest periods OF
| the posing, for you must know that
| the model is allowed a few minutes
| rest at stated intervals. During these
| times he grows eloquent,
| He is eloquent at other times also
| after the movies, or after tea in the
studio, but during the poses he works
| feverishly.
| / don't doubt a moment he Is an IN
spired artist, but the thing I do take
| exception to is that Rosita tells me
about the monetary remuneration-ln
other words, the pay envelope.
| Before he started making love to
Rosita the money was paid regularly,
but since-well, since, he has been
putting her off with a hard-iuck story,
and before she can summon courage
to demur about 1t, he seals her lips
with a kiss. followed by many others.
| Rosita is in despair, She Is in love
with him, but unfortunately he has a
wife back in Russia, and so there Is
not even glimmer of hope there, and
| altogether Rosita Is sick about It..
| What shall she do?
Oh, yes, / almost forgot. he had in
| duced her to work for less than the
| usual posing price. believe the price
is one dollar an hour and he had per-
| suaded her to pose for him, for the
1 SAhOe Va 1uI nCFGAbyILtc CctlIS uM
| hour! Useless thrift, 1t appears to
me, as he isn't paying her anything
| now.
But to give Rosita the benefit Of my
| advice
If were the little rose, for that's
| what her name means, translated, I
would write him gentle, little. affec-
| tomato Observation-Disclosures, because
| she Is Is in love with him, and would
tell him how great my sorrow was that
could not see him during work hours,
and would get another. better-paying
job. And the next job got / would
not fail for any love,making, not the
slightest bit OF it.
II any symptoms began to appear In
the next artist l posed for, would
get my pay. and find another,
And, then, If found that. I could
not pose without arousing such senti-
me1ts in the artists l posed for--I
would shift and only pose for woman
artists--there are plenty of them
/ would so to work where there's
no danger Of mixing art and love.
They do not mix we'll. my dear Rosita:
one or the other must pay the price!
Downright. 1921