An Art Education In Paris

TA-IIEN an rt student first arrive V V in the art worlcl of Paris he y overwhelmed by tbc amount of good work he sees on every hand, the number oí workcrs In the field and the opportunluV nhieh lio about him for bellenn? hk work. The Julien academy i where the iTgttt number of etudents direct thelr stco Whcu I Hrst entered the academy oni' Monday morning, the beginuinR oí a „J pose, I feit quite lost in the crowd crowd composed of almost all nationilitie, of European. Kveryoue soon geta hii alloted place as the "massler" (one of the student elected by the others as a tori 0( piesident) reads olí the namea, noou being permitted to tako a 6eat till hj, name has been callvd, name bein arrauged in alphabetieal order. As with everythlng else, you soon bt. to sift and classify, and what eecmed l at firet to be the work of 800 advanced studepts provea quite otherwise. Tho great' majority are struggling likeyour. seli and doing very moderate work. ] found that earnest work was rnoet encoor aged. The talented pupil who, thourt doing well, did not do his bert, wM thoroughly reprimanded, while the poor, tulentless fellow beside him working most assiduou6ly, accomnlish! ing little, reccived a good and lengthj critieism. Good drawing is considered the foundation of all good work. No lndlvfduality or peculiarity on the part of the pa. pil is criticized so long as he does not carry it to the point of hurting his draw. ing or color. Tbe teaching is very broad and generous in that It leaves the pupil is much as possible the follower of hls omi dJctations. The best drawings are often chosen by the professors at the eadof ti week. There f a constant stimulus In Pari, to push forward and linprove. Etea araong the working people there is a lfob Interest In art, and the names of tbe leiuj. ing artists of Paris are entlrely fam, to i hem. One day while having a cup of codeo it a little restaurant in the outsklrts of Pari an old man with long, gray beard eottred, and sat at my table, opposite me. Hex in good spirits, and a conversation oon opened between us. It was about fUIon time. He soon found that I was lnteretttij in art matters, and 60 our talk ran in ttu channel. He was a workman who had speut part of hls Ufe ín posing, was irell acquainted with most of the noted artliti and their work, and was the model for tha uoted figure of "Caln." by Cormon, non in the Luxembourg gallery. It Is quite oommou to meet wltb llke tv periences even among the very poor ol l'aris; In fact it is diilicult to flnd jourIf In a society where the arts arenóte familiar topic. Most of the noted artiw nave a short time each weck when thn gladly receive any of their pupils with u much work as they can bring. This vfl. lingnes on the part of the strong to help tbose who are struggling is one of the mala reasons why there Is so much oí what we cali "Art atmosphere." It makes all in a sense students. Whea once really in tha current of art movfr ment In l'aris It Is seldom that one eter wishes to leave; the constant help you receive either directly or mdirectly trom our surrounding, is hardly realized umil ou have cut away from it all. On Satm day all compositions of some subjett which bas been given out on Monday in placed on easels and are criticiseJ ud anged according to thelr merit, the bol being No. 1. Often as muny as a liojei receive numbers, the best being somtimes placed upon the walls of the acat emy as a specimen of composition. No. 1 s always entitled to the Uistchoiaof seats for the pose commencing tHe folloing Monday. There being so man; it dents, the strife for positlon becomes mj great, especially as every 6tudcnt is aptti come on Monday to secure his seat, era though he may not appear again tbe maiuder of the week, so that those who names are to be called last are forced U try and secure a number on his compott' tion or be crowded to the wall. Undcr such continual pressure the best t hat U ia the student is likely to manifest itself, whereas he would have done little if left entirely to hlmself. For "We are teldoa willing to do all we are capable of doiB([" and need the art influence of some society to cive liie and interest to the work.