TABLEAUX VIVANTS.
Tableau vivants, as commonly represented, are so well understood that no directions are necessary, but some of my readers may not have heard of the illustration of poems, &c., by a series of living pictures. This is far more interesting than simply to personify some one picture. Still another way is to represent the different scenes in a song, while at the same time some one who is a good musician sings the verses of the song as they are represented. For instance, “The Mistletoe Bough,” first represent a room decorated with green, a company assembled gaily dressed and dancing, while a lady or gentleman behind the scene sings the verse represented in distinct tones, and so on through the whole song; the last scene representing children in a lumber-room opening an old chest and exposing a skeleton, old flowers, &c. “Auld Robin Grey,” and “The Three Fishers” are easily represented. Still another variety of tableaux is a song represented in pantomime, for instance, the song of “Blue Beard,” or “O, they Marched through the Town,” &c.
The Sibyl.
FORTUNE telling, as a practice, is morally wrong, and they who intentionally deceive credulous people commit a sin; the effects of such deception on sensitive minds are often lasting, and in some instances have been attended with very sad results. Almost all persons have a little superstition in their natures, and naturally relish mystery.