Show I The Ruling Passion Menzel whose paintings are now on exhibition in Paris has a studio in Berlin adjoining his private studio in which his pupils work from living models One day a student rushed into his sanctum exclaiming breathlessly Herr Menzel The model The young woman who was posing 1 Yell what of her She is dead She has dropped down lifeless Stepping into the other room he found her on the floor dead indeed with the horrified students standing around What an admirable pose he cried as he saw the corpse j make a study of itl Quick And seizing a pencil and sketch block he quickly set the example New York Tribune |