Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 34, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 January 1902 — HOW TO SUSTAIN A POSE. . [ARTICLE]

HOW TO SUSTAIN A POSE. .

Models Lessen the Strain by Swaying Slightly but Constantly. Professional models, In posing for artists, appear at first glance to remain perfectly still, but a closer inspection of them always shows that they sway continuously and regularly from side to side, says the Philadelphia Record. In discussing this swaying movement and Its advantages a model said the other dayi ' “We sway because, somehow, It rests us, and because through it we can hold a pose quite ten times longer than we could If we kept ourselves rigid and still. A model, as soon as he strikes an attitude, begins unconsciously to sway, moving in the tempo, as investigation has shown me, of his heart beats. Why this swaying helps him 1 don’t know, unless it be that it keeps his limbs from getting cramped and from falling asleep. It does help him, though, Immensely, and without it he could not possibly hold a pose for an. hour, a test of endurance to which any good model Is equal. Posing is very hard work at the best. You, or any ameteur, would find difficulty In posing for ten minutes in even the easiest attitude. ™Ts you should make a trial of it some time you would conclude that the professional model Is rather underpaid at the rate of 50 cents an hour which prevails.”