. St. Nicholas [serial] . frowningface, leaning on his sword. Courtiers, maids, andmen look on in interested attitudes. Swords aresheathed, and servants have laid aside torches. After a few moments have been given to lookat the tableau, it becomes a moving picture. Thequeen rises, motions the knave to rise also, takesthe platter with a gracious smile and hands it to aservant, who sets it on the table and waves hishand as if to invisible orchestra. Music gives her hand to the king, and theservants lift the table to back of the stage. Eachcourtier and senont finds a partner and
. St. Nicholas [serial] . frowningface, leaning on his sword. Courtiers, maids, andmen look on in interested attitudes. Swords aresheathed, and servants have laid aside torches. After a few moments have been given to lookat the tableau, it becomes a moving picture. Thequeen rises, motions the knave to rise also, takesthe platter with a gracious smile and hands it to aservant, who sets it on the table and waves hishand as if to invisible orchestra. Music gives her hand to the king, and theservants lift the table to back of the stage. Eachcourtier and senont finds a partner and a statelydance is begun, if the performers can manage theminuet. Knave stands with hanging head, at left,until one of the maids draws near, pats him onshoulder coqucttishly, and draws him into the dance. If the minuet is too difficult, begin with GrandMarch and end with Sicilian Circle, or some-thing equally simple, which will engage all the per-formers at once, ringing down the curtain whilethe dance is still going COSTUMES These should be copied as nearly as possible fromthe suit of hearts in a pack of cards. If anelaborate presentation is desired, the dresses maybe made of light-weight satin, satine, Turkey-redcotton, cambric, Canton flannel, etc. Otherwise,heavy sheets of brown paper may form the foun-dation of the dresses, the colors being laid on withwater-colors or pasted on in strips and patternsof red, black, and yellow glazed paper. If ofbrown paper, they should be cut alike back andfront, no curved lines being used, but straightlines and angles. If reinforced with extra stripsalong the edges, they will stand out like is to be no fullness in the costumes, the ob-ject being to make the actors look like the cardsthemselves. The king, queen, ladies, and maids ofthe court wear robes to the floor; the knave, lords, and lackeys, to the knee only, with knee-breeches,long stockings, and slippers or pumps. The eye-brows of all should be heavily marked, e
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