Paris.—Violent agitation from Montmartre to Montparnase is rife] among artists' models demanding proper heating arrangements in the studios to protect their shrinking nude bodies from the recent icy Dlaats of wnuaually severe inten-
Painters and sculptors are being subjected to as searching an exami nation regarding their plumbing and heating apparatus as they are wont to impose upon the prospective model in the matter of her curves and contours. The artist. who is unable to produce satisfactory evidence of comfort in his workshop must frequently content himself with the portrayal of bewrapped and bundled figures of skaters and ski-ers during the inclement winter months.
ttle difficulty is encountered by the artists in discovering shapely' models; they have simply become Somewhat less and tractable on bei ited to def their garments in what sometimes amounts to a refrigerating plant. The famous or Model Markets, are found both fon the slopes of Montmartre and in the Latin Quarter as well. Here every imaginable type of femininity is found. Willowy and chunky, nocent and seasoned, of all tem-paraments and nation they are clustered every Monday' mornig in the corridors of the art academies on both banks of the Aviting inspection by prospective employers, they ie motedly and ' congenially among themselves, for, strangely enough, there is almost' no jealously in the modelling profession. Friendly groups of models are to be seen. invariably squeezed together on narrow benches, communing quietly or excitedly, ike a covey of larks ona limb.
On the approach of the painter or sculptor, suppressed eagerness and anxiety charges the atmosphere; the larks turn into peacocks, and studied preening takes the place of fdle gossip. An inquisitive artist may occasionally politely request one of the seated models to divulge the turn of a calf or a knee by. the lifting of her dress. Others are asked to stand, to turn, to stretch, to and in short, to undergo a prelimin inspection before being given a jin the nude. rule, the Parisian model is: serious and hard-working; few, trades are more exacting in thet nature, or require rigorous _adference to a normal and healthy The usual payment of two dollars a sitting, or standing, as the case may be, is considered a good return, and those fortunate] enough to possess bodies of grace and unusual beauty earn bonuses.
The well-known ambition of the model, in Paris, as elsewhere, is to marry her artist-employer, _'partieulazly if he is successful. Success is often gauged, too, on the quality it's work, apart from its value, and while few models would seriously object to marrying a millionaire, the increasing number of marriages in Paris between models and unknown artists attests the sympathy and esteem existing between members of the two vocations,
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