CHAPTER XII.

Washington ’8 Birthday Celebrated — Mardi-gras — A Fancy Costume Ball — Concert by an American Pianist — A Night of Revelry on the Boulevard des Italiens — “ Last Rose of Summer” and “ Home, Sweet Home,” by Mme. Luchese — Interior of the Madelaine by Twilight — Thefitre Lyrique, and the Operetta of La Fanchonette — The Prima Donna, Mme. Carvalho— The Op6ra Comique, and Mile. Marie Roze in Le Premier Jour de Bonheur — The Sewers, or Paris Un- derground — Foreign Society — The Palais Royal Theatre, and the Play of La Yie Parisiennc, - - - - - 194