ed. Colored
fires should be burnt in the ante-rooms at the sides of the stage;
smoke and clouds should be produced at the back, or in the centre of
the stage. The preparation can be ignited by fastening a lighted fuse
to a long rod. Large tableaux require all the light than can be
produced. Medium pictures should be shaded in different parts.
Statuary tableaux require a soft and mellow light. Night scenes
require but little light, which should be partially produced by the
burning of green fire. The following articles are indispensable to a
well-arranged tableaux stage:--

One melodeon, six common chairs, four ditto of better quality, two
small tables, two sinks, two sets of pitchers and ewers; two mirrors,
combs, hair brushes, pins, tumblers, twine and rope; napkins, nails,
tacks, buckets, hammers, brooms, cloth brushes, small bell, large
bell, scissors; one large table, one large chair, one set damask
curtains, four boxes, four feet long and eighteen inches wide, six
ditto eighteen inches square; two pieces black cambric, six feet
square; four pieces white cotton cloth, six feet square; (these boxes
and cloths are to be used in forming up the groundwork of almost every
tableau;) two red damask table covers, (very handy things to use in
decorating showy pictures;) one circular platform, four feet in
diameter, (much used to form the top of pedestals to group statuary
tableaux on;) two steel bars, for producing sounds to represent alarm
bells; one bass drum, one tenor drum, one flask of powder, one box of
material for colored fires, one set of water-colors, one case
containing pink saucer, chalk balls, pencil-brushes, and burnt cork.

It would be almost impossible to furnish a complete list of the
articles necessary. Those we have omitted will suggest themselves, or
the occasion will suggest them. By closely studying the plans we have
outlined, we are certain that no person with tact and taste could
assume the directorship of a tableau-company without success.

The Tableau Vivant.

Walk with the Beautiful and with the Grand;
Let nothing on the earth thy feet deter;
Sorrow may lead thee weeping by the hand,
But give not all thy bosom-thoughts to her;
Walk with the Beautiful.

I hear thee say, "The Beautiful! what is it?"
O, thou art darkly ignorant! Be sure
'Tis no long, weary road its form to visit,
For thou canst make it smile beside thy