THE FLOWER GIRL.
Reading edition
Flowers.
They are the autographs of angels, penn'd In Nature's green-leav'd book, in blended tints, Borrowed from rainbows and the sunset skies, And written every where—on plain and hill, In lonely dells, 'mid crowded haunts of men; On the broad prairies, where no eye save God's May read their silent, sacred mysteries. Thank God for flowers! they gladden human hearts; Seraphic breathings part their fragrant lips With whisperings of Heaven. Albert Laighton.
One Female Figure.
The statue tableau of the Flower Girl is quite a pretty design, and is produced in the following manner: A pedestal two feet in height, with a circular shield at the top three feet in diameter, is placed in the centre of the stage, around the sides and on the top of which are arranged folds of white cloth. The young lady who personates the flower girl is to stand in the centre of the shield, holding in front of her a basket of flowers. She should be of good form and features. Her costume consists of a pure white robe cut low at the top and long at the bottom, sleeves short, the front of the waist ornamented with a small bouquet, and a wreath of flowers or silver leaves around the head, the hair puffed slightly at the side, and confined at the back of the head with a band of silver, and allowed to hang in curls in the neck; the basket filled to the top with flowers, held at arm's length, and resting against the right side of the front of the body. The lady faces the audience, inclines her body forward a very little, the hands grasping the basket at each side, right foot placed twelve inches in advance of the left, head inclined back and to the left, the eyes directed forward, countenance pleasant. The crimson curtain, and the two fairies used in the "Bust of Proserpine," can be used in this piece, the curtain placed above the statue, the fairies taking the same position as in Proserpine. Illuminate the stage with the footlights. Music soft and plaintive.
