e foot high, and standing in front of them, at equal
distances, are seven more. The gentlemen on the other side are
arranged in the same manner. Sappho, the heroine of the tableau,
stands on the platform between the two pedestals; the left hand rests
on the top of one of the pedestals, and the other is raised up at
arm's length. The head is thrown back slightly, and the eyes are
raised upward. The right foot is placed twenty inches in advance of
the left, the body facing the audience.

Sappho's costume is a long, white robe, cut low at the top, over which
is worn a short half skirt of white tarleton muslin, reaching to the
knee; sleeves five inches long, trimmed with Grecian border; the
lower portion of both of the skirts trimmed with black velvet two
inches wide, ornamented with gold paper and spangles; a wide band of
gold is placed around the top of the dress, and covered with wide
white lace. A band of wide black velvet ribbon, ornamented with showy
paste pins, encircles the waist, and a wreath of silver leaves adorns
the head. These can be cut from silver paper, lined with cloth, and
fastened to a small wire. The hair is arranged in wide braids at the
side of the head, clasped by a silver band at the back, and allowed to
hang in short curls in the neck.

The chorus ladies are costumed in white dresses, low-necked; sleeves
five inches long, trimmed with narrow pink ribbon, a bow of the same
at the top of the sleeves, fastened to the dress by a brilliant glass
pin; over the skirt of the dress should be worn a half skirt of white
tarleton muslin, which should be two feet long in front, and three
behind; this is belted about the waist with a pink ribbon, and trimmed
around the bottom with oak leaves. The hair of most of the ladies
should be arranged in curls, which should be confined together with a
band of silver, while three of the ladies must allow their hair to
fall loosely over the shoulders; wreaths of artificial flowers should
adorn the heads of all. The lady who stands near the corner of the
stage at the front should have in her left hand a torch, from which
issues colored flame, while the right hand is raised above the head,
the right foot placed twenty inches before the left, the body and head
thrown back, the eyes cast upward, and excitement should be expressed
in the countenance. (The torch can be made of wood, and covered with
silver paper.) Every other lady in the row of seven should hold a
torch, and ta