Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-20

One of Harrison Fishers typical heads.
pose of the thinker, the poet the philosopher.
The head with chin seeking the hollow of the
neck is a quiet, gentle posture, suggesting a
thoughtful nature, while the head with chin
jutting straight out neither dropping nor up
turned, suggests nature simple, natural and
direct.
There are no fixed rules for beauty. 1t may
all be summed up in the word harmony
You can't measure it by tape measure the
ruler. If the face gives the impression of bal
ance of harmony, it should be attractive, but
if one feature is out of harmony it spois the
balance and therefore misses beauty. The same
is true of the figure. 1t may be thin or plump;
tall or short. It matters not so much what the
plan of the building provided it has correct
proportions. like a face that is firm and
strong as well as beautiful girl with brain
and heart. An expression of latent energy to
meet any demand is the great charm of the
American face 1t is a mixture of sweetness
and power, femininty and intelligence. Give
me the girl with her head up and shoulders
squared:
Furthermore, beauty is not cornered quality
found only here and there. 1t is found wherever
the eye searches and is as apt to be found be-
hind the ribbon counter or on the crowded
street car set off in jewels on a ball room
floor. have found it on the crowded trans Of
London, in Partisan flower stall, on an Oak
land street corner and in New Yorks jostling
throngs.
"Of course, every woman sees in beauty a
glorified picture of herself. It is the natural
desire of every woman to want to be beautiful
1t is her birthright. And in the proportion to
which she surrounds herself with beauty and
thinks loneliness she will bring these things
into her experience. Beautiful thoughts
are worth more in the attainment of good looks
Blue Bird in Maeterlinckis great drama, beauty
is at home. 1t is in the heart of every woman
but the secret is so simple that it often goes
unnoticed."
HARRISON FISHER came by his love of
beauty honestly, for his father and grand
father were artists before him. He was born
in Brooklyn, which was named for his great
great-grandfather, Van Brucklin. AS child
he was so frail that change of climate was
father took him with the rest of the family to
California settling in Alameda, where his boy
hood days were spent.
San Francisco in the eighties made a vivid
and lasting impression on the boyish mind of
the future illustrator, for it was indeed
picturesque. Notable vigilantes were pointed
hats and tucked their trousers into their boot
tops. Things were bought with gold dust and
gold nuggets. Miners came through the streets
driving burros. Gambling houses were wide
open.
In the open air young Fisher grew up well
and strong and at the age of 10, with consid-
cradle knowledge of art gained in study under
his father, he got his first job as a newspaper
artist on a San Francisco newspaper. He was
given the task of drawing murder scenes (there
were many in San Francisco in those days.,
fires, prize fights and all the hectic affairs that
lent themselves to perturbation. Suicides, too,
were in vogue and the future portrayer of
pretty girls had to visit the morgue every day
and draw pictures of those who had destroyed
themselves by pistol, poison or drowning:
Young Fisher grew tired of this job and longed
for something of more beauty. So he set out
for New York and got a job as artist on one
of the New York newspapers.
PRETTY girls were at that time just coming
in vogue for magazine covers. One day. in
the studio of A. B. Wen7el the young artist
had his first opportunity to sketch real live
pretty girl model. Wenzel congratulated him
and advised hin. to stick to it and he's been at
it ever since
Young Fisher was SO encouraged by the re-
marks of the older artist that in few days
he took few sketches around to w. c. (Pop)
Gibson, then art editor Of Puck With a merry
righteousness the old gentleman asked:
From whom did you copy these?"
He knew, however, that they were original
and bought two The next week he bought
two more and spou was buying all he could get