The critic. (Washington, D.C.) 1890-1891, 1891-02-18
KIT.KAT TApLEAux vIvANT.
Charming Pictures Given in New
York.

YORK
From ne Nty York Times 11tk.
If II were possible to have the pictures
shown on the, stage of the Berkeley
Lyceum in the tableaux vivants of the
Kit-Kat Club last night preserved and put
up at auction, they would certainly bring
very high prices. Each one of the eleven
living pictures, ranging from the presenta..
tion Of Walter. Satterlee's "Angell, Of
Prayer TO that of "rhe Delugc," of
which the Kit-Kats themselves were the
originators, was given with broad effect
and perfection Of detail that brought the
heartiest applause from company OF
artists and art lovers, whose appreciation
was of real value.
In between the tableaus was given con-
cert and reading that in itself was de-
lightful entertainment. The entire per-
formance was under the management of
President J. II. Dolph and j. Wells Champ.
ney, and 1t went on without a break, and
was concluded promptly on time. The
pictures were shown in gigantic gilded
frames set in wall of red cloth, and by
means of gauze fairgrounds the effect of
actual paintings was wonderfully achieved;
The first tableau, "An Angel of Prayer"
arranged by Walter Satterlee, represented
beautiful girl poised lightly upon a
cloudbanS, with her wings spread rs If
for instant flight. She was swinging a
censor in one hand and held in the
other the Quill with which to record the
appeals of the righteous. The second, ar
ranged by j. Wells Champney, was "Thc
Amateur Photographer" which por-
traycd a typical summer girl reclining
idly in the stern of drifting skiff and an
equally typical summer young man stand
ing by tree on the bank making q sly
record of her beauty with his camera.
The third, by j. Carroll Beckwith, was
"Ophelia," as lovely as Shakespeare
painted her, standing in musing mood and
looking at the clusters Of white roses
which she held in her shapely hands.
haha,' copied by William l.. Dodge from
his famous painting. The Indian maiden
lay upon couch of birch bark, at the
head of which fire smolders, and beside
| her crouched in attitudes of despair two
brawny braves. These braves were real
Indians, and when in response to the tre-
mendous recall this tableau was given a
second trial Mr.. Dodge posed one of them
alone with his hand uplifted as il swear
ing speedy vengeance.
William Nj. Chase contributed the fifth
and eighth tableaux, one Franz Halls
showing one of the young bloods that
artist loved to paint, and the other q
| yelasquez showing a beribbed and hooped
dame Of naughty mien. A "Great Sculp-
| TURF, lllc slAll tttDleil, WAS urTdilBeu ny
Olin r. Warner, and showed magnif-
Gently formed young Greek in his studio
putting the finishing touch to bust of
Apollo. Percy Moran's tableau was a
copy of Kaemmerer's celebrated painting,
"A Marriage under the Directory" and
the dozen pretty girls who posed in charm
ing costumes in II made picture that
outrivaled the original.
The ninth tableau was arranged by c..
Y, Turner, who presented q buxom, rosy
checked Dordrecht mikmaid stridng
across the meadows with pair of im-
mense jars suspended from her shoulders
by the traditional oaken yoke. A second
and equally pretty picture showed her at
home stitching earnestly at her wedding
veil. Leon Moran gave tableau No. 10,
and his subject was the beautiful Fran.
cesca da Rimini arrayed for her bridal
day. The final picture was "The Deluge,"
arranged and taken part in by the Kit
Kat members. 1t was a striking scene,
showing u score of exhausted men and
women endeavoring to climb from an
endless waste of waters upon q point of
rocks that had already been taken posses
SION of by an enraged tiger and her cubs