Show I MARRIAGE ART ARE NOW UNITED TOTED No Longer Will Be Bei i Forced Upon Winners i of Prix de Rome I Jol International rn sews News Paris Fob Feb 7 ln In ln tho world ot of Bohemia Bohemia Bo Bo- hemia whether it bo boo extinct r latin quarter quartet or or- New Yorks York's r prototype p rot down Greenwich Virago Village way tray was ono Invariable rule tho tho artist artst artst ar- ar must not bo be married Ho LEo was supposed supposed sup sup- posed to devote devoto his entire time timo to tho cultivation of or art Feminine charms of or course not outlawed They were cre on tho the contrary indispensable to too the tho o development of or his genius But But But- n. n a J ro lO marriage bond was ivaa nt i c as wj 3 a. a hindrance tho th-c death Hof all talent so any more Tho French gov- gov has ban so dC decreed r An And far tar from acting in an arbitrary manner In n an attempt to crush budding genius tho government has ha merely morel listened to tho appeals of ot too the artists artist themselves M. M I Leon on Bernrd has decided that tho J ban fan ln on hitherto preventing a 3 a Prix do de nome Homo artist from taking to himself a a. wife must bo ho lifted Moreover Moro More over e tho Uio minister of or fine ano arts will task ask lik p parliament nt for funds to la enable tho the su tr sojourning at Lt tho Villa in Rome Komo to tn toko ko caro of or the extra expense ex ex- expense pense of or maintaining a household Those who imposed tho condition of or celibacy on the tho winners of ot tho the Prix de Rome Homo acted d in concordance with tho the view that ll tho artists would study better belt bett bet bet- ter t t r ff It they lived In common In tho the vil- vil i i la cc- cc ins their l time in cs- cs discussions and sipping their coffee coffee cof cof- fee over oer harangues hu about the Muses uses i Within the last few tew years there havo have i L been several artists who in order to 1 get married were forced la to give Iivo up tho the privilege of ot the tho Villa VUla and worse still JUll tho the subsidy of about f t t. francs a 3 year which Is a continued atto at af- j Iter to their return to 1 Paris for Ol three years so s. s as to enable mable them to set get a 3 areal areal real foothold in tn their profession There has therefore been a a. clamor on tho the part art of if r tho artists enjoying tho the government government government gov gov- subsidy for a relaxation of or r the old rule ag against marriage marriage- and the tho authorities have c finally yielded The Tho Villa Medicis is more than its name namo indicates It comprises a a. vast 1 park with willi gardens g separate studios for or the tho students buildings for for- art expositions expositions ex ex- 1 f positions forming in fact t. t quite a a. col col- ony coy Entry is b by open competition yearly In the art schools of or Paris and the Prix de Rome Homo entitles the tho winner J I II I to an income of ot fr francs a 3 year rear fo for five fh years yens with free freo instruction IJ bb bv t r J th the tho greatest painters and sculptors of or J Jf I Italy f m. m i 1 |