ke similar positions. Those standing near the
torch-bearers are costumed in the same manner, and hold small harps in
the left hand, while the right touches the strings. The body and head
are thrown back slightly, and the eyes cast upward. Those performers
standing near the platform should be elevated on small platforms of
various heights, so as to be distinctly seen. On the platform behind
the seven stand three other ladies, at equal distances from the front
corner of the stage to the pedestals. Their costume should be similar
to the others; position the same, while the hands are clasped in front
of the bosom, and the eyes are directed to the form of Sappho.

The ten gentlemen are costumed in white coats trimmed around the
bottom, the sleeves and collar with black cambric two inches in width,
and ornamented with gold; a black belt of the same material encircles
the waist; black pants or breeches; white hose reaching to the knee,
and fastened with a silver band and buckle; low shoes, with a blue
rosette on the front. A wide white mantle trimmed with oak leaves
should be worn across the breast, the ends ornamented with wide yellow
cambric fringe, which should be fastened at the side with a blue
rosette, and trail made nearly long enough to reach the floor. The
head is adorned with a wide band of velvet, ornamented with gold. The
performers should be furnished with long, full beards, which can be
made of hemp or horse-hair. The arrangement of the gentlemen is the
same as that of the ladies--seven placed on a line from the pedestal
to the corner of the stage, and three on the platform behind. The
front rank have the golden harps and the torches. The gentlemen on the
platform clasp their hands in the same manner as the ladies opposite.
The position of all the chorus singers is such that a profile view is
had of their features.

The front lights should be turned down quite low; the lights at the
side where the gentlemen stand should be very brilliant. A red fire
should be thrown on the platform and the figure of Sappho. Music
should be quite brilliant.

FLORA AND THE FAIRIES.

She haunts the spring beneath a fairy's guise,
With unbound golden hair and azure eyes;
A wreath of violets in each dainty hand,
And round her sunny brow an emerald band;
While all day long she strays o'er hill and glen,
Through leafy bowers, amid the homes of men;
And when night falls, from out the echoing