should be elevated upon pedestals of various heights, as per the following illustration:

NOTE. In order that a promiscuous audience may understand the characters represented, the names of each should be painted in large sized letters, and placed underneath on the pedestals, as in Tableaux Vivants, or living pictures, it is difficult to maintain the same position for any great length of time, they must never be allowed to continue more than three minutes. By the end of that time the curtain should be closed. If a repetition is desired, sufficient time should be allowed the characters to rest before they again resume their positions for the As the labor of getting up the tableau is considerable, that the audience may be led fully to understand its teachings, it should be repeated several times in the course of the exhibition.

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NO. V. A CLASSICAL TABLEAU,

ADVERSE TO THE PRECEDING, AND DESIGNED TO BE REPRESENTED BY BOYS.

Oppression, Vice, Impurity, Famine, Despotism.

PROLOGUE TO TABLEAU NO. V.

When mankind forget the great principles involved in the love of Liberty, of Justice, Servility follows. They cringe beneath Oppression, bow to Vice, waste beneath the clasp of Impurity, pine in the clutches of Famine, and offer willing limbs to the chains, willing hearts to the service of Despotism. Look on the two pictures, O, ye youth! Admire the beauty

of the one, shudder at the deformity of the other, and taking a lesson from both, so live, that after your mission has been accomplished, they who read your epitaph may be led to exclaim, "Here lie the remains of one who lived as a Christian should live, who died, as only a Christian can die, 'in the full hope of a blessed immortality.?"

The Curtain is then drawn to discover the proper position on the Stage of the Characters forming the fifth Tableau

1, Oppression is represented by a figure having its back toward Vice. The right hand, holding a whip, is elevated as if to strike, while the left foot is placed upon an open book.

2, Vice-a bloated figure; a glass filled with liquor in its right hand, in its left a dagger. Attitude as if about to drink.

3, Impurity-a crouching figure, having the representation of a serpent coiled about its neck.

4, Famine- a gaunt, aged form, somewhat bent; over its eyes a green blind; in the left hand a crust of bread, the right is extended as if soliciting charity.

5, Despotism- -a figure kneeling upon the left knee; chains upon the limbs; its head bowed, and right hand laid upon the heart.

NOTE. The adjuncts to the two foregoing tableaux should correspond with their character. Everything connected with the first must wear an appearance of cheerfulness, while wretchedness should char acterize the appointments and surroundings of the second.

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NO. VI. THE REWARD OF MERIT.

DESIGNED FOR THE CLOSE OF AN EXHIBITION.

The Characters-the teacher, and such of his, or her, pupi, may be deemed most deserving of the reward.

For a hint as to the positions of Teacher and those to be rewarded, Bee engraving. To give a pleasing effect to the tableau, an evergreen arch, wreathed with flowers, should be sprung across the stage; and some of the pupils selected as judges. They may be arranged a follows:

The Characters being in position, the Curtain is to be drawn, when the Teacher will thus address the Audience.

Teacher. For their physical triumphs, the victors in the "Olympian Games" were held worthy of public ovations poets sang their praises, and the populace vied with each other in doing them honor. How much more worthy of such honors are they, who, contending in the arena of Mind, faint not, falter not; but with an unchangable determination, struggle on to the end, to victory! To win your favor, these, my pupils, have labored long, and earnestly; and for so doing we deem it but right, that, in your presence, and thus publicly, we should bear testimony to their worth thus express how