| Show ALL HATE TRILBY Nude Models Angry at Do Manners Heroine Du Manner is in for it now The latest charge aganst him Is that he has injured the profession of women wo-men models Trilbys morals have been discussed from the pulpit to the stage Even Mrs Grannis president of the Society for the Advancement of Social Purity has had her say about Du Mauriers heroine hero-ine and as to whether her profession is a legitimate one for good women Women models have always been a little sensitive about their profession and since Trilby ha been the favorite topic of studio gossip some of the best of them have declined to pose for the nude Child models who have been in the profession since before they could walk have been forbidden to enter studios while women who have supported their families by posing have refused t mount the model stand Miss Arabella Gold who is known asa as-a famous figure model to the best artists ar-tists of this city has recently sent in a public resignation from the pUblc resignaton profession profes-sion Many models whose forms have heretofore here-tofore been prominent figures in the portrait exhibitions declare that they too will renounce the business entirely I is not that they object to the altogether al-together they claim but the notoriety which embarrasses their profession has become intolerable since the publication pub-lication The majority of models have not read the book but they are all sure that Trilby whoever she was has seriously seri-ously degraded the profession Some spoke of her as a New York model guilty of some despicable crime while others believed her to be a reformer Two girls who are highly respected in the studio are the Misses Dally Hiss Lilhe Dally is the sculptor St Gaud enss favorite model Miss Dally was the principal figure he used in making his statue of Diana for Madison Square gardens She posed for a whole day to have plaster casts taken of her figure and the back of Diana is 3 fac simile of hersI do not mind posing at l said Miss Dally The men I pose for understand un-derstand thoroughly why I do i and the spirit of the profession There Is nothing to be ashamed of and I am proud of being able to pose for good artists What I bate about the profession is the notoriety it brings upon me If It werent for that and for having to discuss dis-cuss i with people who can never understand un-derstand i I should not feel at I bad I dont know anything about Trilby but if she is a woman artist I dont want to pose for her You never can make women understand under-stand the profession They always look upon models a something beneath contempt and cannot believe that we I are good honest women and work hard for what we earn Do they suppose sup-pose that we stand on one foot in a badly heated studio all day just for funThe minute people find out what i our profession is they become suspicious sus-picious and want to know why we are in i It is almost impossible for a woman to live in a boarding house and have her profession known I lived in a place a long time once and nobody knew what I did until one day an artist ar-tist came to the house to engage trie and let the cat out of the bag Of course he did not do it purpose but then he did it just the same Well the result was the landlady wanted my room She said she only kept respectable women in her house and I had to go The same thing has happened twice since That Is why weal we-al use fictitious names Napoleon Sarony has more use for undraped female models than any other artist in America says the Cleveland Cleve-land World He has an address book containing the names and addresses of the best models in New York and has taken hundrds of photographs which color he reproduces in black and white and |
