. Programme . nd invites them;he begins to dance. The first of the girls runs towards him and they dance asks for a kiss; she escapes him. Another demand; again she escapes, butrejoins him, consenting. The other girl is peevish and shghtly jealous while thecouple remain amorously ecstatic. The girl dances by herself in an ironical, mock-ing manner. The yoimg man follows this dance at first from curiosity, then takinga peculiar interest in it, he leaves the first girl, unable to resist his desire to dancewith the other. It is thus that we will dance. She repeats the same evolutionin
. Programme . nd invites them;he begins to dance. The first of the girls runs towards him and they dance asks for a kiss; she escapes him. Another demand; again she escapes, butrejoins him, consenting. The other girl is peevish and shghtly jealous while thecouple remain amorously ecstatic. The girl dances by herself in an ironical, mock-ing manner. The yoimg man follows this dance at first from curiosity, then takinga peculiar interest in it, he leaves the first girl, unable to resist his desire to dancewith the other. It is thus that we will dance. She repeats the same evolutionin a mocking manner. Dont mock me. They dance together. The dancegrows more tender. She rvms away and hides behind a group of trees. They sooncome together, the young man pursuing her, and again dance together. In thetransport of their dancing they have not noticed the behavior, at first restless, thengrieved, of the first girl, who, holding her hands over her face, wishes to run away. Complete Financial Service. Main Office, Court Street Old Colony Trust Company Boston, Massachusetts MEMBER OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM 681 Her companion vainly tries to retain her. She will not listen. The other girl suc-ceeds in embracing her. The young man gently puts their heads apart. They lookabout them: the beauty of the night, the joy of the light, everything urges them togive way to their fantasie. Henceforth the three dance together. The yoimgman, with a passionate gesture brings the three heads together and a triple kissmelts them in an ecstacy. A tennis-ball falls at their feet; surprised and frightened,they go boimding away, and disappear in the depths of the nocturnal park. Jeux, as an orchestral piece, was first performed in Paris at aColonne concert, March 1, 1914. Gabriel Piern6 conducted. It issaid that the audience was undecided, cold. Some applauded; somehissed; the majority remained passive and distrustful, cautious. Theywaited. For concert use, Debussy made a sHght cut in th
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