Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-03

painted all types OF women, pondered the ques-
ton with interest.
be any harder to portray" he decided at
length. cit is true that today her life is vastly
different and she has many more interests
which have made a marked impression on her
personality. But just consider how much more
interesting she is to dol One starts to paint
her with more spirit than the woman of yes
terday, who was very much the same as every
other woman. She not only had less indi-
viduality and fewer thoughts Of her own, but
she was also less inspiring.
GGWOMEN today may dress alike and they
may look alike, but each one possesses
distinct and even fascinating personality.
Perhaps this would make it harder for the
artist really to get to know her. were she not
so frank and honest about herself. But as it
is, she quite willingly permits herself to be
drawn out
After all, an artist must know how to be-
come acquainted with his sitter On the
degree to which he can do this depends much
of his success. Most any one can draw fea-
lures, but it is only the artist who can bring
out the personality. The old masters were
great because they knew how to draw out their
sitters and to show the results on canvas
Il like doing woman better today than when
figure, her short skirts and her ability to do
things independently, think she is as FEM
mime as ever. The masculine type of woman
devoid of feminine charm and feminine appeal
is the rare exception. The new woman is a
decided improvement upon the old and If
there are any men who haven't found hey
appealing, haven't noticed them around" 3
Nothing battles the eye of the artist
laughed Neysa McMein when she was an
preached Whatever there is, he must be able
to get.
1.-The only trouble I find" she continueS
seriously "is that the modern woman refuses
to sit still long enough for me to do her real
justice Her appointment for a sitting is
usually 'sandwiched in among a hundred other
engagements, and you scarcely start to work
on her when she is already anxious to be of.
Naturally, this is very distracting to the artist
"As for trying to get the soul of the sitter,
who knows just what the soul is? 1 think that
II an artist achieves a good likeness he's salts
he'd frequently he doesn't even aim for that,
but merely for something that will make
beautiful decoration
Women have changed great DEAL OUT
wardly, in the last few years. 1t was not SO
long ago that any woman who profeSsed to be
feminist was regarded as a freak and was
likely to be ostracized by her family In fact,
when my grandfather learned that was taking
part in suffrage movement he disinherited
me, and I lost a nice legacy" she smiled
mot that cared, because was body and
soul in the movement.
But believe that on the whole women
are no different today from what they we're
centuries ago. Whereas before everything was
done more secretly, today they are more open
and frank about it.
CAS- for the people who are lecturing and
writing about women not using their new
found freeSOm creditably they are either out
for some publicity or making a great fuss
about nothing. Or, perhaps they really don't
realize that women are still trying to find
themselves that Asy have not yet become
adjusted to preseAb-day conditions and their
own part in the modern order of things"
k1ENRHYN STANLAWS, however thoroughly
believed that the jury of artists was right
n its opinion. ,,,., +a -,
The modern woman is certainly more diff
lcult to paint But. then" he paused effec-
lively. that lends q piquancy to painting herr a