It was not till Christmas that the royal family went out of mourning; but, as soon as it was left off, the court returned to its accustomed gayety balls, concerts, and private theatricals occupying the evenings; though the people remarked with undisguised satisfaction that the expenses of former years had been greatly retrenched.

She describes to him a series of concerts, at which she had sung herself with some of her ladies.

The Terrace Concerts at VersaillesMore Inroads on Etiquette.

Being a good musician, he obtained the protection of the king's daughters, taught them the harp, and conducted the weekly concerts which, during the life of Marie Leczinska, they gave to the king and the royal family.

Concerts, dances, and private theatricals, in which Magdalen cut a great figure, winning even the praise of the professional manager, who begged her to call on him if ever she should require a real engagement, passed the weeks rapidly by.

In the meantime his poverty had compelled him, much against his wishes, to accept an offer from the London Philharmonic Society to conduct their concerts for a season (March to June, 1855).

Equally unsuccessful were his efforts, a few years later, to better himself financially by a series of concerts in Paris (1860).

Most of his concerts in German cities, undertaken for this purpose, did not yield him any profits.

Rare morning and evening concerts those cottagers must have.

A band stand is located at each end of the oval, and at night concerts are given by the military bands.

I thought that, perhaps, if you would only sing my little song at one of your grand concerts, some publisher might buy it, for a small sum; and so I could get food and medicine for my mother.

The full programme for the season of Promenade Concerts which opened last Saturday is, as usual, a most interesting document, and we are of course glad to see that our gallant Allies are so well represented.

The palaces, the equipages are European; there are societies, balls, concerts, promenades, almost the same as in Paris or London; and if it was not for the tawny natives in the streets, and the Hindoo servants in the houses, a stranger might easily forget that he was in a foreign country.

CONCERTS of music and singing in the heavens, 17.

He had started these concerts two winters before down in the village of Little Shale, and they had originally been for men and boys only, but the women had grumbled so loudly at their exclusion that Green had very soon realized the necessity of extending a welcome to them also.

But in the summer, as a concession to High Shale, he held his concerts, whenever feasible, up on the hill, and practically the whole of High Shale village came to them.

But, thanks to Green's untiring efforts, they met on common ground at his concerts, and any member of the audience who dared to commit any breach of the peace on any of these occasions was summarily dealt with by Green himself.

DEAR SIR, Having a few weeks vacation at the theatre, we agreed upon a scheme to give three concerts at Lancaster, a town in Pennsylvania, about seventy miles west of this city.

And she proceeded to praise London, its public libraries, its shops, the multitudes of people, the facilities for "doing what you like," the concerts one could go to, the theatres.

Teas, concerts, and occasional dinner parties were with her permissible;as were also ribbons and a certain amount of costly array.

"We might get up band concerts for these fellows.

He was warmly received by the press, and had already won a name at the Opéra Comique and at concerts.

My niece sings and plays, she spends almost the whole day at her piano, knows your works by heart, and has had the greatest desire to meet you, particularly since the last of your concerts.

" But, rising in his cushioned chair, He grasps, with trembling hand, The neck and bow, and tunes the strings And thinks of concerts grand; And hears the crowd applauding loud As when he led the band.

It was at Sceaux, with its endless succession of entertainments and conversationssupper-parties and water-parties, concerts and masked balls, plays in the little theatre and picnics under the great trees of the parkthat Madame du Deffand came to her maturity and established her position as one of the leaders of the society in which she moved.