"Name the article.

Shall it be jewellery or porcelain, haberdashery or silver ?" "Eh bien! Deux ou trois cuillers, et autant de fourchettes en argent." And the result was a handsome case, containing 300 francs worth of plate.
The programme of the fete-day's proceedings comprised: Presentation of plate, collation in the garden, dramatic performance (with pupils and teachers for actors), a dance and supper.

Very gorgeous seemed the effect of the whole to me, as I well remember.

Zelie St.Pierre understood these things and managed them ably.
The play was the main point; a month's previous drilling being there required.

The choice, too, of the actors required knowledge and care; then came lessons in elocution, in attitude, and then the fatigue of countless rehearsals.