Eighth Stanza. Harry takes big Bible from table and turns leaves slowly, until he finds what he wants. Mother leans back in chair, with closed eyes, one hand on Harry; countenance calm, expressing resignation.
Ninth Stanza. Harry kneels near mother, who, in last two lines, with clasped hands and uplifted face makes her petition. Curtain falls on this tableau, after the last word of the poem.
AN ORDER FOR A PICTURE.
by Alice Cary.
(Tableaux Illustrating This Poem, Arranged Especially for the “Preston Library.”)
Only the “cue” lines are given for each tableau, the well-known poem being found in various collections, and space forbidding an entire reprint.
Characters and Costumes:--The old man, who is speaking; the artist, who may be a young man, in sack coat or cardigan jacket, with fez or smoking cap; the mother in quaint old style dress, hair parted on forehead; two small boys in roundabout and long pants, such as were worn thirty years ago.