The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-08

I've never interviewed an Under Study before" I started off by saying 10 Miss Hull and so you'll have to tell me first of all. how it fells to be an Under Study and what are the chief characteristics"
 Just a star in embryo, I should say" Miss Hull quickly replied Al least I hope that is true for I have great aspirations"
 But 1t is such an uncertain sort of life" I suggested. You never know when you are going on or what is go- ing to happen. It's like being born under an East wind" I suggested That's true, too.' said Miss Hull, see that's what I'm getting now. To be an Under Study to anyone as lovely as Miss Morrison is pleasure-shes so nice to work withp
 How long have you been on the stage?" I asked.
 "Only three months." was the quick reply. I'm a novice you are thinking, now aren't you?'
 YES" I drawled, agreeing with her.
 Well I am in way" said Miss Hull, but I have had lots of exper- fence as a concert singer all my life hadn't planned a stage career; never dreamed of becoming an opera singer until Mir Aborn offered me the opportunity, I'm a Scandinavian if you please. I guess you never met person of that nationality before-have you?
 Pleading guilty to the fact that hadn't, Miss Hull continued:
 When I was born-Tm not going to tell you how many years ago-you'n lave to guess. Some very wealthy friends of my family wanted to adopt me and I've often said that perhaps ] might have been quite a butterfly in society if that had happened instead of being an opera singer as I now mean to be. The prettiest complIiie.,. ! ever had paid me was when l sang The Last Rose of Summer at a cor cert recently and a lady came up af- terward and told me that my voice reminded her of Christine Neilsson. | Wasn't that lovely?"
 'Is Airline the only role you have ever sang?' l asked.
 As an under study I sing Arlire and the role of The Queen, too," said Miss Hull. "I had made plans to con- tinue my studies in New York with Mir lsadore blackstone this season when this offer was made to me with The Bohemian Girl and wasn't it funny coincidence that when I joined the company the first person I met was MT. Luckstone's brother-Harry Luckstone who is singing the role of Count Arr helm?
 T hope to sing in grand opera one cf these days" said Miss Hull en- thusiastically. "In fact, that is exactly
 what l am gleaning this experience l for now. l have been very much en- couraged by everybody-both critics ! and the members of the company-they ? are all so good to me and have helped t me so much, and the musical friends , that l have in New York, Miss Janet , Spencer, Shanta Cummings Madam Schumann-H -Heink and others, have been so kind to me in every way and all
 that helps. doesn't it? Don't you feel sorry for us having to play one night stands? I hate it."
 Which shows again how different tha ; Under Study is froni the Heading lady. D And you haven't sung at all in Bir- , minShamY l said as the first notes from the orchestra waited to us tho beau | tiful music of The Bohemian Girl and everybody was hurrying to and fro behind the scenes,' awaiting their cue.
 'No,' answered Miss Hull, but you never can tell I may be called upon at any moment. l never know"