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HOMEWARD ALONG THE BOULEVARD
RASPAIL AFTER THE MORNtNG CLASS

FROM A PHOTOGRAPH
BY Ct.IVE HOLLAND

regulär living by posing. The Model Market on
the Place Pigalle on a Monday morning is thronged
by all types of men, women, and children anxious
to get an engagement for the week. Here a
woman with a Madonna-like head, and there a man
with a patriarchal beard as their chief points;
another, a girl, lithe and elegant, from whorn an artist
would be able to evolve a Psyche or a Wood
Nymph; yet another, of truly classical propor-
tions, who sits for Juno and Greek goddesses; there
a woman and a baby, the woman with a sad expres
sion—cultivated, of course, as she earns her living
by posing as the Virgin Mary, whilst her child
has appeared in many pictures as the infant Jesus.
The fees for the different Studios do not vary
very much, and those for painting and sculpture
aregenerallymuchthesame. At Julian's the fees
are, for the half-day :—
i month . 60 francs. 6 months . 250 francs.
3 months . 150 „ 9 „ . 350 „
4 „ . 200 ,, 1 year . 400 „
For the whole day, which includes three classes:—
month . 100 francs. 9 months . 600 francs.
months . 250 „ 1 year , 700 „
400 „

There is also a fee on entrance for an
easel and painting stool, amounting to
10 francs.
At Colarossi's the tariff is a little
lower; but, when all is said and done,
there would probably be very little to
choose between them. The classes in-
clude drawing and painting from the living
model, sculpture, r6W7*.f of costume and
water-colours, sketching, and black-and-
white drawing, and decorative composition.
There are also classes on Sundays for
the costume model and for sketching.
The fees payable at other schools are
very similar to those already given, vary-
ing slightly with the importance of the
academie and the eminence of the
teachers. It is impossible to give any
very accurate idea of the fees charged
by well-known artists who take pupils ;
they vary so very considerably, and few
students, comparatively speaking, avail
themselves of this dass of instruction.
As regards the cost of living in Paris
whilst undergoing a one or two years'
course of study, this varies with the
needs of the individual. As we have before
said, a considerable number of girls take
furnished rooms, which can generally be
obtained within easy distance of the Academies at
prices varying from thirty-hve to a hundred francs
per month, according to position of the house and
the quality of the furnishing. Of course, attendance
is not included, but the or some member of
his or her family will generally clean up, bring the
bread and milk of a morning, and make themselves
generally useful for a fee varying from ßve to
hfteen francs a month. Indeed, many of these
make a very comfortable addition to
their income by attending to the needs of the
occupants of the buildings in this way. Some ex-
cellent rooms are obtainable in or near the Rue du
Cherche-Midi. This remark especially applies to
the Rue Vavin, the Rue Nötre Dames des Champs,
and also to those along the Boulevard Raspail,
where some small and excellent Hats can also be
found.
Of the hotels and it is unnecessary to
speak in detail, but one of the best is a Villa des
Dames in the Rue Nötre Dames des Champs, and
another is Washington House in the Rue de
Milan. The excellent Franco - English Guild
receives lady students at the house in No. 6, Rue
de la Sorbonne, at a Charge of from a hundred and

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