International studio (25.1905)

ever thinks of having his
)ast beer or dancing his last
dance before seven o'clock
in the morning, and most
of them manage to get in
for lectures or criticisms
in the picturesque garb
they have chosen for the
festivities. Costumes, in
truth, during the whole of
the carnival time are, to
be popular, more bizarre
than practical.
The life of the women
art students differs very
little from that of the
men. They have their own
Academy and private
and so far as talent
goes there is very little
WOMEN STUDENTS iN THE ACADEMY GARDENS, MUNICH difference between the two.

seem attached to mouth-organs, and fre-
quently are seen washing them out with
champagne about two o'clock in the
morning.
Duels, so. frequent with all other
classes of German students, take place
but seldom among the art men. The
risk of maiming the right arm for life
is too great to be run, even for
the sake of having the most beautiful
scars on the face. Still, duels do
occur occasionally, and now and again
a student gets a quick slash across the
tendons of his wrist, which sometimes
ruins and often handicaps the whole of
his chances as an artist.
Art students are not renowned for
their sedate outlook on life in general,
and the Munich species seems in no
way an exception to the rule. One
sometimes wonders when they do their
work, for they seem always to be stroll-
ing the streets or lounging in the rq/M.
Carnival time lasts two months, February
and March, and if there is any work
done during this time it is the outcome
of a miracle. During the first week of
the carnival the students always give a
peasants' ball at Schwabing Brewery,
when every man dresses like a peasant,
and behaves like one, too. No one
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PORTRAIT STUDY


BY O. KRENZEK