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.