THE PYRAMID OF BEAUTY.

Beauty is as crystal in the torchlight, sparkling on the poet's page; Virgin honey of Hymettus, distilled from the lips of the orator; A savor of sweet spikenard, anointing the hands of liberality; A feast of angel's-food set upon the tables of religion. She is seen in the tear of sorrow, and heard in the exuberance of mirth; She goeth out early with the huntsman, and watcheth at the pillow of disease. Science, in his secret laws, hath found out latent beauty; Sphere and square, and cone and curve, are fashioned by her rules: Mechanism met her in his forces, fancy caught her in its flittings, Day is lightened by her eyes, and her eyelids close upon the night. Beauty is dependence in the babe, a toothless tender nursling; Beauty is boldness in the boy, a curly rosy truant; Beauty is modesty and grace in fair retiring girlhood; Beauty is openness and strength in pure high-minded youth; Man, the noble and intelligent, gladdeneth earth in beauty, And woman's beauty sunneth him, as with a smile from heaven. Tupper.

Fifteen Female Figures.

This fine tableau contains fifteen female figures, who are arranged in the form of a pyramid. They should be quite young, of good figure and features. Their costume consists of a pure white dress, cut low in the neck, sleeves five inches long, a white satin sash about the waist, white shoes and hose, hair done up in a compact and tasty manner, and encircled with a wreath of myrtle, while a small bouquet of flowers is placed on the front of the waist. The pyramid must be first formed of boxes, fastened firmly together, and covered with white cloth; five ladies of the same height sit on the lower seat, four on the second seat, three on the third seat, two on the fourth, and one on the fifth and last. Each should be furnished with a garland of flowers fastened to ratan three feet long; these must be held in the hands of the ladies, making a complete network of flowers. The eyes should be directed straight forward, countenance pleasant. The lights for this piece are as follows: Just as the curtain begins to rise, a green fire should be gradually thrown on to the stage, and slowly moved off; at the moment it is leaving the picture, a red light steals over the faces of the performers; this shade vanishes in the same manner, and a purple light appears. This will give a happy effect, and can be accomplished by burning the fires in large boxes placed on pivots at the side of the stage, and by turning them at the proper time the different colors can be thrown on the stage; a few of the side or footlights may be burned at the same time, so that when the colored lights are leaving the stage, the figures will still be seen. Music accompanying the tableau, must be soft and plaintive.