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Show ARTISTS AND THEIR MODELS. Beauty of Face and Form Are Rarnly Found Together. Artists sny It Is curious but net or-tholess or-tholess true that beauty of fnco aid form aro not often found in ono aid tho tamo person. Tho woman tfno has an Ideal faco frequently falls from tho standpoint of figure, so tJ'-at painters are obliged to make thilr Ideal figure from half a dozen modi In. From one will como a beautiful threat or arm or shoulder; from another a perfect back, nnd so on. Even nf"er that tho painter has to ldoallzo lis figure to throw Into it whatever form of fleeting expression ho desires. Onco In a while his model gives blm unconscious help. The model vfho posed for Church's "Fairy Talo" wed to toll of having onco stood before tho picture nt an exhibition, listening to tho comments of enthusiastic visitor. They commended tho fanciful painting, paint-ing, but marveled most of all at tho wonderful look which tho artist had managed to got Into tho woman's face. Tho model herself was able to enlighten enlight-en them. "Ho didn't havo to Idcallzo for that wonderful look," sho said. "I remember remem-ber tho day It was painted. I was wondering whether ho was going to pay mo by tho day or tho week." A photographic artist tells this llttlo story of a model. Sho was a simple, rnthor shallow, straightforward girl when not nt work. When sho posed her beautiful, mobllo faco expressed tho most varying emotions. The nrtlst used to wonder If sho felt one-quartor of what her expression Indicated. Ills doubts wero set at rest ono day. Aftor tho girl had posed with an exalted aspect as-pect that onraptured tho artist ho waited to hear her dollvor somo sublime su-blime Inspired thought. Hut sho moro-ly moro-ly looked up wistfully Into his faco and said: "Oh, how hungry I am." |