Wilmington journal., 1874-01-16

while taELs of her shoes and stock
ings she desires to know if the tthalf-
hour" has been called. Being told
that the "half- hour and ''tifteen min
utes" have both been called, she asks
to be informed how long before tho
orchestra will be rung in.
Her shoes and stockings being off
by this time, she reaches over to where
her tights have been hanging since
the night previous, and securing those
necessary adiuncts to her wardrobe,
she proceeds to don them.
Tho tights, which are not, as might
be supposed, all one piece, but merely
long trunks, such as men wear to bathe
in, having been pulled up and fasten-
ed loosely for the noncc, Miss Flora
sits down and leisurely puts on her
satin stage shoes.
This done, she divests herself of the
long white rutfed and embroidered gar
mont before mentioned, and putting
on short muslin sack, sho stands in
front of her glass and commences the
most important partof her labors-the
makeup. Taking her bloom Of vouth,
or blsmuth and rose-water. or drop of
chalk, or whatever she RAY use, Miss
Flora applies it iberally to her face
and neck, and even Though not at this
stage, but after being dressed) to her
arms. Carefully brushing OF all su-
perfuous bits of the whiting. she ap-
plies with much delicacy the rogue
(Flora uses Dauran's No. 49,, and if
necessary also puts that preparation en-
her lips that gives them the beautiful
cherry color which SO fascinates the
Count Johannes. After Miss Flora
.o1Qnf:fr,ttx-
black cosmetic, and heating hairp
in the gas, runs it into the black COM
pound, and whilo the amount that ad-
heres to the hairpin is soft with the
heat she applies it to her eyelashes,
both upper and lower this, together
with little black line at the extreme
outside corner Of the eve, enables the
lovely Flora to assume that melting,
voluptuous expression which is aG nired,
and, at the same time, gives her eyes
srgerappearance than nature intended.
The makeup" being complete, then
comes what Paul calls glory to q wo-
man, her long hair. Tbs has been
carefully combed and brushed. and is
now, with great care, SO as not to dis
| arrange its curls Or crimps, placed by
the fair Flora on her lovely head. The
wig adjusted the great work in done.
! Being nade-up, Flora now devotes all
her attention to her tights. First re-
moving the little sack, and tucking in
the Ittle-what shall We call it
! Hauberk-that she wears, she begins
to pull up her tights SO as not to leave
a wrinkle in them this she does by
means Of strings securely sewed at the
| joining of the silk stockings and cot
ton trunks, and having pulled them up
to perfection, she crosses the strings
at the back and bringing them around
her waist ties then in front. Ibis
! done. the lovely girl puts on those in
finite cauzy skirts, adjusts ribbon
c3quettishlv, adds some ''stage Jew
elry to her fingers aniears, takes last
peep at her glass, aud giving Il little
exclamation OF delight is nletarlor-
p;'o..i from the dowdv little girl OF
at hour a@s' ;ilsl the ballet girl az the
period.
Harll ti.- cs.ii-buy,s silrill vote, is
hard .;ud,, with 4 riroue;te and w;,ir;
s;,e hoTuds on the stage. and bows 10
;!.a piandits Of the aprreciative c!aqac,
- Il she didn't know there were such
iuuoc 2nIs IN the wide, wide vorI1.- -
v /. Spirit OF tic Times.