Show An Entertainment for L Lincoln's Birthday CIVIL W WAR SONGS AND TABLEAUX BI BY sr t LO ie NS se t HOWE HOW on r lace HAM I A 1 very cr cr appropriate way tray to to O observe o Lincoln's birthday is to J give c an entertainment enter eater for far t rite tho o benefit of Hampton l' l egee e or one of oi the schools engaged in iu educating the thc ne Jie ro It Jt might be bewell bewell well also to include o Berea collego college o orsome or some Borne other educational institution fo for tho thu poor white people le of the thc south o or nr west If H thu tho affair js is to tako take place at Ht a private house tho invitations in may unto I that An offering n in greenbacks fractional fractional frac free liana currency or ar postage e stamps wil wilbe will willbe be received at this tho door U It will be re roo that titer durin during the c civil wa war silver liver and antI gold old promptly disappeared K If any of the guests bring some sonto of or theold th the old fractional c currency or aa as they thus were Fero called the they could be told sold soldat at auction at Ott the close of oC tho enter ht t. t l War time lime tableaux and sori songs s kc u uan up an interesting program Care must b be bc taken lateen in their selection Vcr Verses cs o or songs appealing to sectional prejudice and to revive Lad bad feeling would be out of place on ou the Hie birthday of theman the thein in man an who With malice toward none with charit charity for all alJ The an and her assistants ma may appear ar in tho rho co of of the sixties not for forgetting the enormous hoop skirts then in von vogue u As wa tra waa was wasa a favorite orito material for tor evening 1 dress at that time a It ball gott gown o n n of the tho period could II bo cheaply reproduced l at the present time The Tho handsomest frocks Karl hall garlands arlan s of artificial flowers encompassing encompassing en cn compassing tho enormous expanse of the tho skirt shirt The fhe lad lady Jally of the lire hOll house c should not attempt to tako take part tart iu its in the 1 ro ram unless it is arranged to have hate her hr mother sister or some re rc- re- re eche e the guests nests for her She should flet otc devote otc herself to tt welcoming her friends cordially raid mid to seeing that they are comfortably seated through h the assist of the ushers ushers it adds a picturesque pic pio touch to to have young girls appear appear ap pear in iu this thi capacity In Lt n selecting the colors for their costume they should remember that owin owing to the recent discovery dis cat cry covery cry of coal tar dyes dies ver very vivid hid hues were tt worn TOrU orn in tho sixties such as arsenic preen an and violent purple pinks called solferino au and magenta enta The guests should be he shown to their r scats scats so o soon as JS th they y have hidden bidden their ho hostess sand good evening Tn arran- arran I ing in the chairs an Nn aisle should left down the middle Tableaux vivans viva us wore popular durin during th the civil war aar One of or the tho favorite was tree all CONTRABAND OP OF WAR WAH This iris showed a little negro child chil dressed all in white and comfortably seated Her white whito troth tooth gle steamed cheerfully in iu a broad brood smile BARBARA HE HEin in three scenes taken front from the dramatic drama dramatic tic in incident lent described in Whittier boom of that name Ices was another Hornof Horn Home of the t versos should be he read in its nation of the t tableau n OLN'S FARWELL ON OA II Ll 1 A SPRINGFIELD NEVER TX 10 0 RETURN ALIVE This brief bric but deeply pathetic ad nd address dress made to his fol follow oW townsmen u uthe as the thc train rain w was as st starting rtin front from the town towi where the best ye years rs of oC Kist his life tad had been spent would l make nako a third sub mb joel rho The address re i should should- be read i in connection with tho UC tableau TIlE THE PICKET This Ibis shows a R pile of oC stacked arms A solitary soldier with his musket over ove his shoulder walks up a art anil d down dawn be bc before fore a tent AB As pan an accompaniment t to this picture Tenting rearing on the thc On Ord Camp Ground should hould bo sung Th The list of war songs on s should comprise sc Jils John John Browns Brown's Body Tho Battle Hymn of the Republic Tho rho Battle Cry of I P I 1 and if southen songs aro are desired Dix Dixie c am ant Maryland h Iv y Maryland n omitting one verso of the tile latter |