To ponder carefully, or perchance you'll miss In costumes such as did their mothers wear, is one Are waiting me. The Black -hot Afric's son- If so they can, you into their belief,— So draw the curtain! Hold! when I am off, And give our friends a glimpse of "Young America." (Exit.) The Curtain is then drawn to discover the proper position on the Stage, of the Characters forming the third Tableau. A, Girl dressed in Bloomer costume, shouldering a gun. B, Boy representing "Young America," having his hat cocked upon one side of his head, a cigar in his mouth, his hands in his pockets, and his pants rolled up. C, Boy sitting on a stool, nursing a baby, and looking very much ashamed. D, Boy dressed like an Irishman, standing in an attitude of grotesque alarm at the appearance of the "Bloomer." E, A ragged Negro, sitting upon the Stage, engaged in blacking a pair of boots one boot upon his hand, the other lying by his side. F, A boy with a woman's apron on; a parasol in one hand, and carrying a bandbox in the other. DIALOGUE SPOKEN DURING TABLEAU NO. III. The Bloomer. We women are the boys! (To the boy holding baby.) Husband, take care of that child, or I'll show you that one of the "Rights" of my sex is to handle a broomstick for the correction of fractious husbands. Boy with Child. Hush, baby dear! to leave you, as she has been called Mamma is obliged upon to address an audience of the "Strong-minded," at a Woman's Rights Convention. Irishman. Ow! murther, murther! Look at the clothes of her! It's short they are, intirely! By the sod of ould Ireland, I'm blushing down to my very toes at the sight of the cratur. And is it a "Bloomer," ye 'z are? Negro. Yes sah, she's a "Bloomer," sah-a regular Bloomer! Yah, yah, yah! Young America. Yes, sir, she's a "Bloomer" gal, and I'm a "Bloomer" boy-both regular specimens of "Young America." (Curtain drops.) NO. IV. A CLASSICAL TABLEAU OF DEITIES FAMOUS IN ANCIENT MYTHOLOGY, DESIGNED EXPRESSLY FOR YOUNG LADIES. Justice, Purity, Beauty, Plenty, Liberty. PROLOGUE TO TABLEAU NO. IV. Believing that the great object of education is to invest us with a love of the traits personified in the characters we are about to present to you, let me, for your assistance in understanding their excellencies, as I am delegated for that purpose, make a few remarks. "A thing of beauty is a joy forever," wrote the poet. There is no less of truth than poetry in the sentence; for whatever presents to the mind an image calculated to act upon, to arouse its finer impulses, must aid in strengthening and refining them. We are easily impelled to admire, when the object presented is one upon which the eye is enabled to dwell with pleasure; and though but indicated when personified, who who does not feel that Purity should be loved, Beauty admired, and Liberty and Justice worshipped? |