The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1864-02-11
TabIeanx in MaxsriIIe.


CANT and brilliant entertainments which ha
ever been witnessed 10 our City. Th,
Tableau Society is composed of numbe
ofthe most lovely and accomplished ladies
and public spirited young gentlemen Of The
City, organized for the comm endable pur-
pose of securing funds to pay off the deb
incurred for the Nativity School Building
connected with the Episcopal Church in
Maysville. Well and creditably indeed
have they met the public expectation, moi
word OF dissent having been heard from
the universal expression of pleasure and
appreciation with which their tasteful and
classic deliueations have been received.
Considering the utter want of experience
by almost all the mem bers Of the Society,
the elegant arrangement of the properties
the fine conception of the characters, the
graceful positions, the tasteful drspiug Of
the figures, and the perfect harmony of the
whole, was a matter Of wonder and admira-
ton to al who witnessed the beautiful re-
presentations. Some of the scenes were
transcendently elegant and effective, and we
apeak in no terms of extravaganza praise
when we say they would have extorted
applause from any audience. of no matter
what critical tas To, cultivation or refinement.
We have witnessed many representations OF
the kind, by accomplished artiste,s but have
never seen any that su rpassed these, for cor
rectness of delineation and Perfection Of
taste.
BELsHAzzAR's FEAST was gorgeous rep
resen:ation of that remarkable scriptu raj
event, and seemed to bring to the gaze OF
the spectator every parsonage and incident
connected Herewith, as natural as life it
self. The King. the Queen. the Guests, the
Wise men, the Prophet Daniel, the Writing
of Ere, were all happily conceived and ad-
mirabiy represented. o..
The DANCING GIRL IN REPosE and the
ENCHANTED PRINCEss, defy our powers of
description. Nothing could have been
more charming. No artist has ever yet pro.
duced upon canvass more beautiful and
glowing pictures.
The DEATH OF EDITH, the GUARDIAN
ANGEL and the SPIRIT OF RELIGION. were
equally beautiful, though more spiritual and
grave, and elected unbounded admiration.
The ScULPToR's STUDIO, so exquisitely
classic, was, perhaps, as much admired as
any other piece in either of the programmes.
It represented the great American Artist,
Hiram Powers, whose fame is not bounded
by our own continent, in his studio, sur
rounded by some of his finished and unin-
shed works, giving the last graceful touches
10 the greatest Of all his noble achievements,
he statue of Liberty, recently elevated to its
position on the Dome of the new Capitol at
Wash iugton City. To convert the warm
,reathing life of the lovely young ladies
Who represented the statuary into apparent
tone. and to arrange drapery so as SO per-
ectly to resemble cold marble, required,
erhaps, as much genius and artistic taste,
s any other part of the labors of those en-
aged in these elegant Representations. The
most fastedious critic would have searched
D vain to find any defects, in the arrange
nent of the figures, their positions, or dra-
cry. Hiram Powers would have recosniz-
d in his representative (aud namesake) an
lmost like-life figure OF himself, with his
louise and cap, mailet and chisel, and other
of a disordered studio.
MERCY's DREAM, The GRACEs, The
EAsoNs, and many other pieces selected
nth like good taste, were caPitally repre-
snted, but they were too numerous for
Decial description.
The Tableau Of PEACE was great favor
Q, and drew from the immen audience
nrestrained bursts of admiration. It was
epresented by many characters, and afford
] fine field for the display Of every varie-
of artistic delineation. II it were not
vidfous we could describe some of the {
,atures Of the scene so much like life IL
r might well have been mistaken for the !
aracter himself A bank officer who fig 6
ed in the piece, personated blacksmith {
accurately, as to be really mistaken for a
orlby and well known gentleman of the
ighborhood belonging to that craft. (;
TIE BRIDAL SCENE and TAKING THE a
ELL are wei associated, and were touch ?
gly beautiful. The Managers seem to
I'VE arranged these pieces for the most +,
liking effect. and succeeded wonderfully /
arousing the sympathetic emotions of the a
disnce. No one could have witnessed I
th indifference these exquisitely beautiful .
mes. a
The comic tab,eaux alone remain to be u
iced. JONATHAN on VISIT TO HIS CRY 4
UsIN was done up in most mastery style, Of
! convulsed the audience with repeated le