with green bocking, and also the floor of the
stage. Make the May-pole as high as the space will admit, and cover it
with green cambric, decorated with garlands of flowers. The light
should be quite brilliant, and come from the right side of the stage.
Music inspiring.

WAR.

'Twas man himself
Brought Death into the world; and man himself
Gave keenness to his darts, quickened his pace,
And multiplied destruction on mankind.
First Envy, eldest born of Hell, imbrued
Her hands in blood, and taught the sons of men
To make a death which nature never made,
And God abhorred; with violence rude to break
The thread of life, ere half its length was run,
And rob a wretched brother of his being.

PORTEUS.

Twenty Male and Six Female Figures.

This tableau is a vivid representation of some of the effects of war.
The foreground of the picture represents a battle field after the
combat has ended.

"'Twas the battle field; and the cold, pale moon
Looked down on the dead and dying;
And the wind passed o'er, with a dirge and a wail,
Where the young and the brave were lying."

The ground is strewn with the dead and wounded soldiers, broken
cannon, muskets, flags, swords, and portions of torn and tattered
uniforms. In the background, there is a representation of a
breastwork of stone; on the extreme right are two females weeping; at
the extreme left is a mother and two children. The mother lies across
the breastwork, dead. The children stand by her side, looking with
wonder into her face. Standing on the centre of the breastwork is the
Goddess of War. In one hand she holds a torch, which is raised above
her head; the left grasps a standard and sword. The number of figures
in the piece is twenty-six. Twenty young gentlemen must be costumed in
various styles of military suits, while many should have wounds
painted on various parts of the body. The costume of the Goddess of
War consists of a crimson dress, black velvet waist, trimmed with
gold, hair hanging loosely over the shoulders, and a red French
military hat on the head. The two ladies at the right are costumed in
mourning. The mother should be attired in a white dress; the children
in bright-colored costumes, with hair hanging in ringlets. The stage
must be formed like an inclined plane, beginning at the footlights,
and rising towards the background, and covered