Show I A RT T AND Tilt FLEETING MODEL L f Idea Concerning the Club u for or W Workers in iti the Divine Cause and Some erne Stories About the Women Who 0 Pose ose for fora a Livelihood 1 r Ir I 4 I I N P R e f 7 1 I Ic i I I c t I Ir r J I r TJ f t I I J I A Birthday Party m to the Tea ca Room Pluto by bV Wildman Magazine and News Service S br bT the tho I ew Torte Ilera d Co All Alt re ercO J HT RT Is eternal but the day of the artist is brief and that of the model still sUIl more fleeting To TI t adjust conditions to their common advantage F Is the purpose of the Art Workers Club the th only organization organisation in the world where artist St Stand and model meet on oat common ground groan l lIn In n a litre more than a decade the club has acquired I j Bex seven oen en hundred members has h settled Itself comfortably In a n commodious house housa and has established esta yn rlou activities that tend to promote the social Interests of or the ilia members Tile Tho ho club grew out ant of an Incident In the i u s at atthe tho the Art League Longue iu lu New cw i York city To the students the th model was wag n a model nothing more Suddenly slit she and nud then was disclosed the UlC fact that tint she was wusI wass s hum ID ox even Ien en as ns they the were and ana that she suffered d She was alone In the city and she was struggling against I difficult circumstances The case appealed to the sym sympathy sympathy pathy paUlY of ot the students They learned too that It was WilB not unique Other models were having hiving n a hard time Some Borne were poorly nourished man many j were badly lodged Lack Luck of ot appropriate costumes was a n handicap In Inmany Inmany Inmany many ways there was great need of or a n helping hand Miss lItEs Helen Sargent one of or the art students students tool took up tho the matter very seriously She appealed to her friends to artists and nOlI to other ollier persons interested Inters Inter ted in inart inart art There can cnn be no art without models she In Insisted Insisted insisted therefore It Is Incumbent upon all nil who are arc w workIng for art to do something for the welfare of the models Tho The outcome of ot the discussion was that art ait students and models one day met In the room of the women t life Ure class The models did not know ow one another nail and t the tho artists had to learn to substitute personal for or pro professional f f P acquaintance Rough edges were worn oil off I 4 F t however by the evident desire to and nu not to toI toI I patronize and this meeting formed the nucleus of the theArt th theArt Art Workers Club for tor Women organized organised or a few weeks later with tho approval and help of nt painters and sculptors who had been consulted There was much enthusiasm but no money mono M which seems Meems an nn appropriate condition for an nn art venture f especially In Ito Infancy Meetings were held bel In varl vari various ht ous studio buildings and the rolling hall begun began to In Increase Increase increase crease crease In iu size I Many Pleasant Features There Thero were lectures and for pleasure and instruction and practical help extended extender Iu lu a n small l way ay where whore It tutus most needed That was all nil very cry pleasant but a n little vague The 1 day came when enough money mone was guaranteed to war warrant warrn warrant rant rn t the clubs movIng Into Its own room There au nu employment bureau for models was established the lie Arst definite practical work to bo be undertaken It was waR cany easy to enlist the tho Interest of or the models In n a u t tt t which helped them to get work and the artists were no less willing to come Into an nn enterprise that saved them trouble and time Today the club occupies a four story house bouse No o ol l 1 West l street and has hILS become an Important element clement In the art life UCe of New ew York If H Hyou r you jou arc a member you are arc admitted ted to any or all aU of or orIts Its privileges from nine Iu III the morning until ten at night That means that any my one who l lives hives In a 6 hall ball bedroom can bac the use of oC spacious t rooms with comfortable chairs good and all the theart theart art as well weB as others oU rs to read Meats arc are furnished In a Il pleasant dining room roD at reasonable prices and at four In the afternoon there is isa Isa a 11 cosey coley tea free tree of or charge Here Hero ma may be found the atmosphere of ot the studio the pleasant part purt of or it lt aud nud the h social interchange based on Rn good will wUl and frIend t J ness neat n I d But who are the th artists and who the models asked n woman who had been b Invited to ten tea It Is ls difficult for a l stranger to discriminate thoy nil all look so refined This fils group of or pretty pr tty girls at nt the tea ten table are models she Bhe was Informed and Olund that group at nt the till tillI far Ill end of or the room is composed cd of or artists models I and art students But I thought there was was a a 1 question of QC caste bc be b j f artists and models Insisted the visitor r I supposed that models were a n class by b themselves and IT r f M MR tie a R I 1 1 f m yi yit t iI r e r r b r r rr r d rf 1 tt t J f f fr r ld I A Model Telling felling Her Trouble to the Sec See Secretary Secretary by Wildman Magazine and News New Service 1 I certainly never Hever expected to see CI them thew chatting In such a familiar way wa with tho rho women artists ts tsA A Word About Models Why not They The are arc the only classes of or workers who lio constitute the art world They both make their living out of or art hence they thoy he have c one great grent interest In lu common and they hind lInd friendly co operation a n great grent advantage The model Is much more likely to take an n interest in the tho work of o an un artist who ho will treat treather her as a 11 friend and und helper than In III that of or the poison person who tries to do business on the basis of trod and mild maid Time ime was when bon women artists regarded c models almost as aR an au o evil 11 necessity when they tho were as IS u s much lunich afraid of them as ns lay people are arc today l But Hul ul that was long ago ngo before the work worl had interested the Ule thenice thenice nice class of r girls Iris it does now now n Of OC course models In hr America occupy a n post position lion Ion from those In ht countries where both art Il and f fare are older and more Whether he her It is better Jetter for art is n a mooted point American models are arc not a n fixed class They do not Ift lutt nd to stay 3 In Inthe inthe Inthe the business us long as their sisters In Europe Indeed mill mall many of or them arc Ire only ouli posing for the tb money moner to enable thorn them to do something else Scores of them arc doing doting something else meanwhile The rhe secretary of or the Art Workers Club I will Inform you jou ou that tint such a Is ls I also an art arf student One has hus already been graduated as a n model and Is 13 making her as an n Illustrator Another AUther has gone In for tor modelling Hero here Is n a girl who Is studying music That hat one Is g going to be ue a kindergarten n teacher t A fellow tellow er Is I writing stories Some have hae gong gone on the stage single e Others Oth are arc hoping to Marriage takes t many fan from the work With nil all of or theta thein 1 it Is only by hy the way ay that lint the tho they are serving art as models In part purt this Is their desire desh e Also It Is a matter mutter of or necessity After a u certain age none too t o remote and also when a model has hns lien l cn drawn rn wn and painted d by everybody her ber Is at an end end Her da day Is over ocr I r Of or courser course cou et there are arc old ladles who f favor ti a vor or for Cor certain kinds of ot work One who died dh not no lop j ago ngo ngoat o ont at nt the age of or posed for tor n a class the day before she died Ille In Europe one sees often ot n the old models ls who have ne r thought thou of having b any nn an y other busing business In life Ufe n llac e a anything of C time sort Is an ann n empty anomaly What puy pay do models get got the of or 0 the club urns asked Of Ot course couro I know tint that It must ruler lt vary with thi artist pad with the model but what hat Is the range of or prices i It lt does do s not vary at t nh Every Etc r Uy c cents nn an hour S J tl s T Whether one Is beautiful bF otherwise or young or orold old r k Exactly No o matter whether she Is the best best or worst of models mod lg or 01 what kind of or clothes she weirs wears or whether she wears none she gets fifty t t cents c nl an nu hour flour The he good models mo els the attractive models however have hn C this advantage they are arc In greater demand Therefore they fluke nuiko more money mOlle because be bo cau cause e they hax have e more ento engagements What type of model is most niost popular The Field Is Wide That is a hard question to answer r Artists who do fancy heads the tho sort of r thing you rOil see ec on op and trIll In III similar plages ei file filc ike n n a blonde model md 1 Indeed 1 the thc light light girl Is most eagerly sought In general The straight regular features are looked r g q L Lt 1 t i r i ti t 1 J I vi fI p t i I Ic 4 c 4 I i Jj r l lp p Tz t I I k x F t tT T lIt r c J i I i ki A F I l t t 1 tJ r 1 1 0 I f i It i t It i t r i o p I tt ry 11 r i J zI I f 1 h w i f 1 j jI 3 1 I ti J Jf 1 f t 1 I 1 1 5 1 i J If 1 Wt i li if 41 Y fj 1 V 1 ir T Jf l f 1 i l r ll t J 1 g g t ta r r t a I 1 It Irus di I 1 o i jH i i 1 J t t i jh aM i il m t if t J rt r Ji jf J tJ i t 11 r sr 6 k f r l fi 1 4 1 I h I Jt 1 Jt i f I y 0 I 11 1 t 1 t 11 t i A t e l U U t f W t 4 v 1 i l t t W Jj i u uM C M f j I t 1 L i HW Jar Jarr Irl r 10 Meditation Photo by Davis pavis Sanford four foi tun tou U the tho kind Idu of model UH they want depends d upon the slur the they are an Illustrating Painters want color hut above everything else there Is a i 1 profitable field for foi OJ the model mou 1 nowadays In III wo I In the g pages of the on ou the ds in ht circulars wherever wares tare are attractively set forth foith In pi printed and aliI pictured p l pages iges the faces o of popular models will willbe willbe be found I ny of ot thew are arc reproduced from photo photographs graphs Some Sonie ire are drawn b illustrators many of the best of oC the be day not disdaining this tills form of C profit profitable profitable able art arL I IOnly Only women artists are arc members of or the club but many men pay pu their dues dueK and become associates thereby haIm having the privilege liege of or obtaining through h the club dub The hu ho io 10 vote vole how however the disfranchised men They have only ulily to tell the sec secretary secretary the kind of oC model they want ant her age com complexion complexion style of features nail and the purpose for which she Is to pose lose and she scanning the naves names of ot one oue onehundred hundred models on the club list selects the one who best Jest Il his description The club supplies only girl models none nono under un er six sixteen sixteen teen years cars of or age After Artel a n girl passes the tho t theartist artist Is li likely to cast n disapproving eye eje on her The he muscles arc are beginning to Sag dug og if It she holds on until null she Is t her figure Is likely Uk to show tho some loss of ur grace and shapeliness At e she Is 19 ready r to tl despair unless she he Is an nn exception Usually however site has as turned front from fro posing us aa u It profession before she reaches that lint sad nd point One of or the most helpful features of or the Art rl Workers Club Is the wardrobe room Here in closets and mid behind protective curtains Jiang linos gown SOll petticoats P coats and cloaks of ot all an sizes colors and til WL Others are re In boxes bo e There are arc bonnets from the tho poke age I to lo modern days day du s 8 There tire are arct Juliet and also als Mar I There are brocades and amid chiffons ocr thing thinS that will tell help out the model and ond the artist For Tor or the t 5 moderate charge of twenty cents a u day daya tIU tIUn a n model can ha have e her Mr pick of costumes from crown to lo satin slippers sUppers A corps of at seamstresses help to alter make over oer and adjust to suit Kuit various persons and aud occasions When hen garments have dono done long Ion duty and are arc no more presentable for artistic purposes they are disposed of or at u a rummage sale Some SOllie of o the costumes are arc given ghen It n by women in society others come from Crom the stage and others othern from costumers costumer A few Ce are arc made to lo Older order for the club The Temperament Sympathy said an officer of or the club Is no Insi factor In hr connection with this work That In Inherent quality that tends to make mako a girl Irl a success as ns a n model Is the rhe the quality that also denotes her sensitiveness It Is 15 the tho artistic temperament I think It demands harmony The girl with tern cannot pose under Inharmonious condl condi fi i ry J l 7 But Who Nho Are Arc the Artists and Who Are Arc tiie me Models Mod ts something else telling her that only young girls were wert wet Iu In u demand as models She flew fiery ew Into a l towering raga rag at once How old do you jou think thIn Ie I am amT she demand demanded ed went six mv nut III next nett birthday llY Ill have you jou your ou know and saying that she lower herself herselt r by being associated with an In organization or which knew I Iso Iso It t so little about Its business she flounced out banging the rife door A woman of or about sixty came In to register reister as a n amodel amodel model Her hair AX was as white and her fact face rather sweet T r f dream of posing for the figure She he be began begun c gun gan although h I ha have e a beautiful bem one but I would sit Rit for fOl my neck and shoulders and Id like to show them c to you jou ou I wanted to say sur Spare me please but bet I only told her It would not bo ho necessary and advised her ber to sit only for the head bend She insisted upon showing mi her hor ned neck and shoulders however taking off her long Ion cloak and stood before me mc in a n light green ex evening cuing i r JL x yv n nv v i 4 5 l I t N t tL I L y It 4 N v v i iF I 4 z 4 F t t w b r rr t r r 7 L 2 c C 1 a 1 1 r 1 1 7 w 1 4 1 1 r a r S 1 iii 1 j Trying on a Costume for fot an Illustration 7 l I Photo by W me and Ne sr ice r I have hac seen s cn thorn them cone come co e In after n a t pose limp and ami worn out and nud nervous because the artist they the bad had been sitting for happened happ nc to be out of sorbs or worried over oer o r his work I do not mean that all models possess temperament to this extent but Jut I r Ileno know leno that all of or tho the successful ones do db The girls who can earn from front twenty to thirty dollars a n week must necessarily have Ime ha It lt Sympathy and earnest earnestness earnestness ness arc are the most important attributes of or the suc sue successful model Without them beauty falls fulls to hold the artists for any length of time Ume We bud had a model who posed until she sho was past forty ort She was wa popular for more more than twenty years jears ears because l e she made made her work a life Jit study stud J She kept her figure by systematic exercises She hold n a poso for Cor an hour without gel gol gelting tinS ting tired and she site was vas well up on all nIl art matters matters I think she would have posed for ten years mow more hind had she not married She Sho Is fg now DOW wife of or a man high in the thc diplomatic service of or tills this country and she fills the position with the grace of an educated and cultured woman Oh yes we have some odd experiences It Is sur star surprising how ho many women think they the are arc beautiful enough to pose Of course we |