Young folks' history of the United States . e da3^s ; and a great deal of expense and beautywas often lavished on a snuff-box. To take snuff withone another was as much a matter of courtesy as thelifting of the hat. The theatre was only just beginning to be publiclytolerated ; but private theatricals sometimes took place ;and Washington occasionally had them at his ownhouse. Concerts of music were allowed; and ballswere sometimes given on a very large scale, especiallyby foreign ambassadors. At one of these, given inPhiladelphia by the French Ambassador, a buildingwas erected on purpose for th
Young folks' history of the United States . e da3^s ; and a great deal of expense and beautywas often lavished on a snuff-box. To take snuff withone another was as much a matter of courtesy as thelifting of the hat. The theatre was only just beginning to be publiclytolerated ; but private theatricals sometimes took place ;and Washington occasionally had them at his ownhouse. Concerts of music were allowed; and ballswere sometimes given on a very large scale, especiallyby foreign ambassadors. At one of these, given inPhiladelphia by the French Ambassador, a buildingwas erected on purpose for the entertainment. Therewere seven hundred guests, and ten thousand specta-tors were collected in the street outside. In thosedays ladies and gentlemen went to balls in sedan-chairs, carried by men ; and guests were expected to ar-rive between seven and eight. The dances were chieflyminuets and contra-dances; quadrilles being only justintroduced. At the first Inauguration Ball, a quantityof fans, ordered from Paris for the purpose, were dis-.
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