THE FIREMAN'S STATUE.
Reading edition
One Male and Six Female Figures.
This tableau is quite a tasty design, and is represented by six females in a kneeling posture, supporting a circular shield, on the top of which stands a young and handsome fireman, dressed in his regalia. In his right hand he grasps a hose pipe, the end of which rests on the top of an imitation hydrant, which is placed on the top of the shield at his side. His position is, facing the audience, body and head erect, the left hand resting on the hip, eyes raised upward, countenance calm. The ladies' costume consists of a white dress, red waist, blue sash, hair done up snugly and encircled with a gold band, on the front of which is a silver star, with a blue border and spangles in the centre. The shield should be three feet in diameter, and placed on a pedestal high enough to allow the ladies to kneel beneath. It should be covered with a white cloth that will trail to the floor. The ladies kneel in a circle around the shield, the body facing outward, the head turned slightly to one side, both hands placed against the bottom of the shield, the eyes cast down. The two centre ladies should partially face each other. Expression of the countenance pleasant. Music of an operatic order.
