The Camden confederate. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1861-1865, 1863-05-08
May Day.

carnival they celebrate. All nature smiles
the mocking bird sings from every tree !; the
butterfly gaily sports away it's brief existence,
and the humming bird, while it sips its nectar
from its widespread and gorgeous banquet,
adds beauty to the scene and music to the
sounds Of happy Spring. How proper and
becoming it is then, for young life to be happy
and gay that wreaths and crowns should deck
our fair young friends and that schoo-boys,
freed from the desk, should revel among the
flowers themselves and ponies laden with
garlands-s should course to and from, with all
the speed, Importance and excitement of a
courier, on his first field Parents, too, grow
young again, and are subjects for brief sea-.
sen to the Queen of May.
For year or two, however, serious, if not
sad thoughts have possessed the minds of pa
rents, and our young friends have lost some of
the pleasures of this bright season; but this
Spring it happily entered into the minds of
some of our young ladies, whose oenevoence
has been prominently evipced during all this
war, towards our noble soldiers, to mingle
"utite cam dulci,' to carry on the good work,
and at the same time see to it that our young
friends were not cheated out of their spring
time. The dance and frolic were deemed out
of place now, and they determined upon
"Tablcaux Vivant," for the benefit of the
soldiers. Happy thought-happy execution.
The large Town Hall, crowded to its utmost
| capacity on Friday evening, evinced the ap,
proval, the interest and the anticipations of
our whole community; and amply were all an
ticipations rcalized-interest and approval re-
paid.
The curtain first rose upon "sTbe Crownng
of the May Queen" beautiful floral scene,
indeed, and was difficult to tell which was
the fresher and more beautiful-that Young
court or the bowers, wreaths, sceptre, crown,
&C., of flowers, by which they were surrounded
Next "The Execution of Mary Steuart"
elected the admiration of the spectators-pcr-
feet in costume, posture and bearing, sad
thoughts arose in answer to the life-like delin-
cation.
"Hagar and Ishmaep next appeared
the originals looked we can only farcv--but
we know that in this day so fair Hagar
would not long be left in that lone condition.
leaving ont of question any interest in that
bright young Ishmae!.
"The Gipsey Camp was perfect-the camp
fire smoked as only genuine camp fire knows
how to smoke; it blew into every ones face,
it burned every ones eyes, and it had en-
Drowned those fair young imtators as only
camp life usually does-how they SO suddenly
became so darkened begets the suspicion that
| they are already skilled in the school of the
complexion.
La file du Regiment" next attracts our at
tention. We have seen few fine specimens
of the original, but know no regiment so hap
py as to possess such child"
The Peri at the Gate, &C., was beautiful
scene-too brief-for our attention was divided
between the beautiful Peri, whose golden locks
in rich profusion, hung over fairest shoulders,
and the lovely garden we fain would have en-
| tered.
"The Henpeckcd Husband" was intended
we suppose, to elicit our sorrow for the victim
but it didn't-we only wished to change places
with him. We would, with pride and ioy.
have knelt and tied that slipper on that foot.
| The " Three scenes from the Bridal of Trier-
man" alike reflected credit on the managers
and actors. Few poems have greater adapta