"scenes"; the curtain being lowered for a moment in order to enable
the characters to assume a fresh position. Examples of this will be
found among the tableaux which follow.

Having indicated the general arrangements of _tableaux vivants_, we
append, for the reader's assistance, a selection of effective subjects,
both simply pictorial and dramatic.

I. DIGNITY AND IMPUDENCE.

(With background of plain drapery, remaining unchanged.)

A magnificent flunkey, in a gorgeous suit of livery, standing, with
left hand on hip, right hand in breast, side by side with a very small
and saucy "boy in buttons," upon whom he looks down superciliously.
Boy with both hands in trouser pockets and gazing up at his companion
with an expression of impertinent familiarity.

II. THE FORTUNE-TELLER

A pretty girl, in simple outdoor costume, standing sideways to the
spectators, with downcast eyes and a half-smiling, half-frightened
expression. The fortune-teller faces her and holds the young lady's
right hand in her left, while her own right hand holds a coin with
which she is apparently tracing the lines of the young lady's palm,
at the same time gazing with an arch expression into her face, as
though to note the effect of her predictions. The fortune-teller should
be in gipsy costume, a short, dark skirt and a hood of some brighter
material thrown carelessly over her head. She should be of a swarthy
complexion, with a good deal of color and jet-black hair.