One Male and Two Female Figures.
This tableau represents a home scene. A wife and husband, and a young
child, are seated at a table in a snug little parlor. A solar lamp is
burning on the table, by the light of which the wife is engaged in
finishing a piece of embroidery. The husband is reclining in a
spacious easy chair, busily occupied in perusing the evening paper.
The little girl is at play with her tea sets and paper dolls. The wife
is costumed in a blue silk dress, cut low at the top, a white apron,
trimmed with pink ribbon, and hair arranged to suit the performer's
taste. She should be quite pretty, and of small figure. She is seated
at the right of the table, facing the audience, body bent forward, and
eyes fixed on her work, the countenance expressing earnestness. The
husband is costumed in light pants and vest, dressing gown and
slippers. He is seated at the left of the table, showing a partial
front view of the body; his feet rest on a small ottoman; paper held
in such a position that it will not hide his body; eyes fixed on the
paper, countenance placid. The child is costumed in white dress,
trimmed with blue ribbon, and is seated at the back of the table,
holding in her hands a paper doll, which she extends towards her
mother, for her to look at. Her eyes are directed to her mother, her
countenance beaming with smiles. The table should be covered with a
crimson cloth. The furniture of the room of good quality, the floor
carpeted, walls hung with curtains and pictures. Light of medium
quantity, which may come from either side of the stage. Music soft and
plaintive.