The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-05-10
ALIVE.
Novel and Artistic Society Event at
Mrs. Stevens Castle Point
Home.

The first instalIment of the long ex-
pected tableaux vivants at Castle Point
Hoboken, was given an expectant
audience yesterday afternoon. The doors
Of the Stevens mansion we're ANNOUNCED
10 open at three O'Clock. Ten minutes
after that hour every seat in the two par
lors opening on the stage was hlled.
Fifteen minutes after standing room was
at a premium. When finally, nc twenty
minutes before four O'Clock, the first pic
ture appeared, the very last fringe OF the
rear parlor was coupled oy u paaiahA Oh
stevens men, perched IN the pay
window.
The entertainers regarded the pro-
gramme as lawyers are said Co regard the
IIuth:-a convenient thing to depart
from. After the beautiful Miss Suction
mad posed as the laplesS Pr1ncesse de
Lamballe aud the audience were expect
ing Chaplin's Golden Age" and the
Duchess of DeTonshire. q ITEM
brapdtesaue old man and a Van Dyke
portrait appeared in the geld frame
within which the pictures were Set, SO
upseLting the preconcelved IDEAS on the
part or the audience that it was Just as
well the darkness III the rooms prevented
consulting the programmes at ali.
WONDERFUL EFFECTS.
The truly WouQeTlul cASCtS pIOuuCC0
bv what appeared to be Il system OF cross
lights shining through curtains of black
net. made the illusion SO complete, that
at times it was difficult TO detect the diff
ference between nature in the am aud
art in the portraits of dead aud gone
Slevenses hanging on the walls OF the
rotunda, over the stage. The best man
aged effect of this kind was IN Franz
Haas,s "Portrait OF au Old Woman" for
which Mir. Stevens posed. The peculiar
reddish-brown tint of an ola painting
was as perfectly reproduced as the
pose anu very expression OF the original.
The other portraits were a Van Dyke
cavalier, Mr.. N. Campbell, Madame Reca-
mier by the beautiful Miss Gertt ude Hoy,
and the Duchess oil Devonsnire, big hat,
roses and all by Miss Van Rensselaer,,
whose laughing face looked out from
under the nodding plumes with the very
expression of her illustrious prototype
Miss Adams, Miss Albeit and Mr..
Campbell posed for Defregger's ''lyrolese
Peasants of which Miss Albeit was the
principal figure. Marriage under the
Directoire," or rather. an abridged edi-
ton showing only the two figures in the
centre. was called Tor three lines Miss
Angelica Crosby was the bride, aud au
artists dream of a bride, her beautiful
face with its half suggestion OF inelan-
cholv set in the frame OF her bridal hnery;
Mr., Shieffelin, the roo arrayed to dis
court Solomon in all his glory, with a
yellow and black striped suit aud an i'm
mense bouquet.
A GREAT SUCCESS.
Bisson's "Snower Of Roses" created a
positive furore, due no less to Miss
Whitehead's animated expression than
TO her graceful pose. Miss Utz, in Lis
teniug to the Fairies" held a trying posi-
ton with perfect grace. Her beautiful
hair was one Of the strong points of the
picture. Miss Perry posed i'll Lsighton's
"Solit ude," which was recalled three
times. Mrs. George Hubbell. the Newark
beauty appeared in the famous portrait
OF Charlotte Corday, ana Miss Nanlta
Adams in ST. Cecilia, where her angelic
face made the picture ideal. Miss Stevens
was recalled three times i'll Chaplin's
"Golden Age"
Scattered through the programme
were songs BY Miss Julia Lawrence, who
possesses the most beautiful conGralto
voice it has been tue writer's privilege TO
hear for many a day. The effect of the
tableauX was somewhat marred by the
fact that on the parting of the curtains
there was o general uprising or those OF
the audience occupying what Mr.. Chase.
who was in charge of the tableaux,
night call the middle distance, which
made thugs obscured for those in the
rear. With this trifling exception the
afternoon was a complete SUCCESS.
The tableaux will be repeated this
evening. This afternoon there will be a
change of bill.