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And beside them both his mother, who because of her constitutional inability to see anything beyond the family, perceived merely the fact that her own child would be disappointed if the tableaux for the benefit of starving children somewhere did not go off well.
Already the evergreen house, which had been the center of the camp life, was being dismantled. Katherine Moore had returned to the Gray House on the Hill. After the performance of the Greek tableaux she had not been so well and Dr. McClain had additional reasons for desiring her presence in town at this time. Impatient always to fulfill his own wishes, no sooner was Mr.
"It's been a very nice day for me in spite of my accident; everybody has been so good and kind. I think they tried to give me a pleasant part in as many of the tableaux as they could to comfort me, and really after all it was only a little bit of a hurt." "But narrowly escaped being a very serious one.
'Well, young man, said he, 'we have played some pretty tableaux vivants for your amusement, and you can thank me for that nice seat in the front row of the parterre. 'I am under a very deep obligation to you, sir, I answered, struggling between my gratitude and my aversion. 'I hardly know how to thank you. He looked at me with a singular expression in his ironical eyes.
The subjects of the tableaux vivants were, of course, most classic, for the Netherlanders were nothing, if not allegorical; yet, as spectacles, provided by burghers and artisans for the amusement of their fellow-citizens, they certainly proved a considerable culture in the people who could thus be amused. All the groups were artistically arranged.
Now, I propose that we arrange these tableaux six in all and then, if we run through them a second time, just to be sure we have not forgotten our places, we shall have nothing to do but to talk over any details that may occur to us. First, Mrs. Sartoris, which will you represent, the Lady or the Chambermaid of my charades?" "Well, if you will allow me, I think I will do the Lady," said Mrs.
Surely, one catches enough in passing, in the dialogues and tableaux here, to perceive that there is something going on in this play which is not all play, something that will be earnest, perhaps, ere all is done, something which 'the groundlings' were not expected to get, perhaps, in 'their sixe-penn'orth' of it at the first performance, something which that witty and splendid company, who made up the Christmas party at Whitehall, on the occasion of its first exhibition there, who sat there 'rustling in silk, breathing perfumes, glittering in wealth that the alchemy of the storm had not tried, were not, perhaps, all informed of; though there might have been one among them, 'a gentleman of blood and breeding, who could have told them what it meant.
Irene's eyes followed them with a wistful look as they went off together round the piazza and through the parlors, the girl playing the part of the hostess, and inducting him into the mild gayeties of the place. The height of the season was over, she said; there had been tableaux and charades, and broom-drills, and readings and charity concerts.
It was then proposed that the other members of the company should be taken in turn singly or in groups; but all declined, expressing a decided preference for spending the time in a more amusing manner, such as forming tableaux and acting charades.
At midnight all wish each other "A Happy New Year." Give the children pencils and paper. Let them write out their resolutions for the New Year. These may be grave or funny as desired. Give calendars as souvenirs. Recite poems about Lincoln. Tell stories about him. Explain why "Uncle Tom's Cabin" is a suitable book to read on this day. If possible give tableaux suited to the occasion.
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