gloom,
The children of the sun came thronging round me,
In shining robes and diamond-studded shoon;
And they did wing me with them, and soon
In a bright dome of wondrous width I found me,
Set all with beautiful eyes, whose wizard rays,----
Shed on my soul, in strong enchantment bound me;
And so I looked and looked with dazzled gaze,
Until my spirit drank in so much light
That I grew, like the sons of that glad place,
Transparent, lovely, pure, serene, and bright;
Then they did call me brother; and there grew
Swift from my sides broad pinions gold and white,
And with that happy flock a brilliant thing I flew!

TUPPER.

Twenty-one Female Figures.

This beautiful spectacle is represented by twenty-one persons. Twenty
of the number should be young misses, of about six or eight years of
age, who will personate the stars, and one, a young and handsome
lady, who is to represent morning. The sides of the stage must be
arranged in the form of terraced banks, two feet wide at the bottom,
and four feet wide at the top; they should be built from the
footlights to within three feet of the ceiling, covered with cloth,
and painted to represent clouds. Blue cambric, with white clouds and
gold stars, will answer the purpose. In the centre of the stage, two
pieces of joist must be placed in an inclined position, running from
the footlights to the background. On these build a sliding platform,
four feet square, with a small seat, one foot high. This should be
made to run with ease from the top to the bottom of the joist; cloth,
painted in imitation of clouds and stars, can be extended across the
space between the two terraces and the joist, so that it will show a
smooth surface. Cover the moving platform with cloth, arranged in
drapery style, and paint in the same manner as the rest of the
scenery. A back scene should be placed at the top of the terraces,
leaving a space of three feet between it and the back wall; this must
be painted like the rest of the scenery, and made to open in the
centre, near the top of the joist.

The young misses' costume consists of a short white dress, decorated
with gold stars, and silver paper interspersed with spangles, white
hose and shoes, hair hanging in curls, and encircled with a band of
silver leaves, with a silver star on the forehead; a light blue sash,
covered with spangles, tied about the waist; and small