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her. The other, her face and attitude showing1 keenest disappointment;
lias just put on her shoe. These shoes, while nicely made and ill
keeping with their dress, should be the largest that can be had. The
slipper may be of white satin, small and handsome,

SCENE II.
Cinderella, having begged permission to try 011 the. slipper, has just
seated herself, withdrawn her shoe and plaecd a dainty foot on the
cushion beside the slipper. The sisters give her a scornful and
reproachful look.
SCENE III,
Cinderella, having put on the slipper, has just drawn from her
pocket its mate. The sisters, bewildered and dumbfounded, have
thrown themselves at her feet. This scene makes a fitting conclusion
to the performance, and the next two scenes should not be attempted
unless the appliances are at hand to make Cinderella imagination's
richest queen.
SCEKE IV.
The fairy has touched her clothes with the magic wand, and
Cinderella has become a being of marvelous beauty. Her gorgeous
splendor dazzles the eyes of the Prince. She helps her sisters to their
feet, and shows, as before, no resentment for past insult.
SCIlNE v.
Cinderella and the Prince, arm in arm, prepare to leave the stage,
followed by the two sisters,

TABLEAU— LISTENERS HEAR NO GOOD OP THEMSELVES.

r iA H E scene is a parlor.-— In the foreground arc two young girls,
1 one of whom holds a miniature out to the other, who puts it
aside, with an expression of angry contempt. The first girl is
laughing heartily, and pointing her finger at the second, as if teasing
her about the picture.
Peeping out from behind a win dow-cur tain is a young man, who,
with an expression of perfect rage, is shaking his nst at the ladies in
the foreground.