The age-herald., 1901-08-04
The Success of Ethel Du Ere
 in OpeTatc Role
SOCIETY IN MIDSUMMER
Birmingham Is charmlnsIy Represent cd at Many of tho Fashionable Sea- eide Resorts and the More
 Popular Country Places.
BY ANNIE KENpRtck WALKER.

'swhsn you get your face made up you are half dressed" said Miss Queen Miles. the charming little girl who Ia charming Birmingham in any operatio role that summer opera audiences want. She was in her dressing room where a very miniature mirror was refecting a pair of exquisite eyes and laughing mouth and blond curls. She might have been dressing for a ball. Her high heeled French slippers were sugges- tive of a polished floor. the figures of a ,cotillon, my arm around her slender waist and all the little lines that have ever been written to a ballroom belle. Six incandescent lights were grouped to- gether and hung from the center of the room and by this blinding glare the lit- tie prima donna was making herself up as Grofe.
 You who saw her and applanded her over the foot-hghts cannot possibly conceive how easy 1t is to make up. At least this little stage favorite accom- piished in ten minutes such . transfor- nation that although watched her ab- sorbingly, found 1t hard to believe that 1t was the same little girl who was smil- ing at me through the mirror only a mo- ment ago.
 The makeup box that does duty at the Lakeview theater admits of a ya- ried color scheme. There are the reds of different hue and blacks and pencils of . different colors and really a novice should understand this gentle art. But the rouge, the pencil for the brows, mirror and six incandescent lights will not give the desired result unless one has experience or receives a kindly sugges- ton from friend who has.
 Miss Miles rouged to the edges of her hair. She gave little touches of red to her eyes and with that wonderful black ppencil transformed blue eyes into black A touch of vermillion upon her lips and-"wien you get your face made up you are half dressed" she said laugh singly, and selecting from row of gowns hanging on the wall white brocade she began hooking up the low-cut bodice.
 "As the wife of Spanish nobleman, my gowns are necessarily elaborate, said Miss Norma Schoolar, who takes ihe contralto roles in the opera company. she was holding up a marvellous crea- ton of red velvet appliqued and glittering with jewels.
 Both Miss Schoolar and Miss Miles laughed Miss Scholar was In the midst of her toilet for the role of Aurore, the wife of Don Bolero b Alcarazas- She might have been going to bal poudre. The little makeup box was endless in It's supply. The grease paint gave promise of being exhaustless. The mirror reflect ed brilliant strealrs of red darkened eyes. a fascinating study in scarlet. The pow der box was brought out and the trans formation was complete. Miss Schoolar piled her beautiful hair high upon her graceful head and completed her grey coiffeure with a glittering sunburst caught directly in front. She drew on the red velvet gown, pulled up the Catherine de Medeci collar strengthened sout her train and turned to survey her self in the long mirror before her.
 The overture was bein played. the .strains reaching her through the dress ing-room door. Outside the chorus girls were futterlng by and then some one called over the transome two minutes There was a rush for the wings, the echo of applause and the audience waited for the curtain to rise on the gardens or Don Bolero's palace.
 Back in her dressing--room, Girofie was taking 1t quietly. All the dressing rooms were deserted and the little prima donna had whole dressing-room to herself. She was quietly adjusting golden girdie and drawing on a bolero Of pale plue brocade She had the air of waiting TOT her escort to bring her an ice between waltzes.
 Mourzourk, in the person of MT. Washburn was calmly waiting his cue. Gorgeously attired and transformed into a picturesque Moorish role, he paced up and down brandishing his baroar1c sword. His complexion was or an ex- ouisite Morish tint and he took me Into his confidence and explained how 1t was done. Mourzourk wears moustachio and a krinhley wig. Ills rohe is dazzling with many jewels and they glitter sin isterIy according to the moods or the Jealous Moor. He drinks red hot bever- ages as if they were nectar and gesticu- 1ates with his sword as a lady might with her jeweled fan.
 Don Bolero, brilliant and resplendant