Show I. I TH THE THo LIFE Ift OF r AN t ARTISTS ARTIST'S FI MODEL I Some o Artists s Are Nice Nice But But I Find There Are Others Manya Rudina native of Russia came to Canada with her parents who settled near Winnipeg Miss Rudina had always longed to be an artists artist's model After sketching her earli earlier r life she is telling how she came to New York and finally be became became came one of the most sought mods models mod els eis in the studios By Manya Rudina Rudia Famous New Y York rk Artists Artist's Model Perhaps I was a So little frightened when I 1 started out the next morning for my first experience o on an n artists artist's throne In m my mind I carried a picture of that rather untidy but co cosy little studio studio studio stu stu- dio in Kief Klet in which I I first posed I knew I thought just the kind of place to which I was going I rang the bell and the artist opened the door for tor m me ma himself But nut my ex expectations ex- ex were not a at t a all f fulfilled The Theartist Theartist Theartist artist an etcher was very kind to me treated me very nicely but the studio no no it was not just what I had expected ex exI expected ex- ex to find I It was so big it was so gorgeous gorgeous it was so elaborately furnished that I 1 was sadly disappointed I had been picturing something else somethIng else something well a little more bohemian and workmanlike workmanlike workmanlike work work- manlike and not so much like a drawIng drawing drawing draw draw- ing room I discovered afterwards that I had been to the the studio of a rich richand richand rich richand and fashionable artist I posed in my ordinary clothes for rorI I several hours and I did not get tired at all I was too much engrossed in my work to get bet tired During the rests every hour half I 1 showed the artist some of ot my own conceptions of or poses He liked them H He lie decided to start another canvas of or orme me in a lying pose This took some sometime sometime sometime time to complete All the time I was encouraged by this artist in my am am- He told me that I was born to be a model and that I had a beautiful beautiful beau beau- figure But he warned me I would have to endure many hardships and disappointments disappointments disappointments and that I would be comI compelled compelled com com- to meet many different kinds of ot I artists and that perhaps they would not all be nice This disturbed me 11 a little Soon I began to receive calls from artists and postcards asking me to I sit In a little while I was plunged Inthe in inthe the life of or the Latin quarter that has grown up around Washington square I soon discovered that the famous ramous etcher was right when he told me that I would meet all kinds of or artists and that they would not all be nice Hl I must admit that most of or I them hem treated me as kindly as though I I 1 Y was their sister The war In Europe had driven many I artists from Paris London Brussels Rome and other art centers They composed a queer and picturesque colony colony colony col- col ony and Imparted a real atmosphere of or bohemia Into Greenwich village an and their revels became famous Miss story grows more interesting from day to day Be e e sure to read every chapter T |