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of cornical adventures which befell the clown, and tho invarinblo
BUCCCSB which ultimately attended tho machiuations of harloquin;
1 need ouIy say that it mas a pcrfarmance as amusing to
the spectators as it mar I~ar~nlcss, aud totally devoid of cont-wness
or vulgarity. With this fnct I was all tho moro atruck
when I happencd subsequently to seo LL party of Englisl~
clovns performil~g in tho public gardens of a provincial
Smcdish town. This mas a paiuful exhibition, eapocially to
an English spectat.or, and culminated in the clown spittiug
copiously at his wife. Compared with our Crystal or Alexandra
Palace, Tivoli is a very minor affair; but civilisation is not a
question of magnitude, and, in spite of its comparatively small
size, Tivoli is a model of good taste and decency, nnd of the
way in which, under good regulation, all classes may Lo induced
to mingle.
The cnltivntion of ~nusioal recreation is by 110 mcaus confined
to tl~c hrger towns of Scandinnvia, but is to bo found in
towns of a sizo which in England mould never entertain the iclen
of supporting anything of the sort. I mas much struck with
the fact, when, on ono Sunday evening, I arrived at the very
small scaport of Stsvanger in Norway, nnd found the larger
part of the population of tho town, apparently after attendmco
of tho evening servico in the church, promenading in a small
public garden adjoining the churchyard, where D, very fair band
mas playing in n pcrmnnent raised orchestra.
I give bc~lorv the progr:tmmo of one of the similar kind of
I~~~I‘~O~UI~IICC~ held at Bergen 011 Sunday afternoons in a stnall
Public garden, a trifling charge being hero made €or admission
within an euclosure.
PARK-CONCERT.
PROGRAItX :
ISTE APDELINU.
1. Narsch af Op. ‘‘ Carmen ” . . . . Bizet.
2. Meditation 8: Preladium (Baoh) . , . Qounod.
3. ‘‘ An der schoaen, blaaen Donan” . . , Stranee.
4. Stabat-Mater . . . . , . . Rossini.
5. Le Chant d’Amour Val8 , . , . . Albert.
6. Baa-Arie af ‘* Barberen ” . . , . . Rossini.