their places.

MLLE. DE PERNAN.
"We come to honor, one by one,
Benjamin Franklin, Freedom's son,
Who comes to us from oversea,
Champion of light and liberty."

MLLE. DE TRESSAU.
"Learned and just, benignant, wise,
You draw the lightning from the skies:
Printer and Statesman--here we see
What man through his own wit may be!"

[Throughout the revels that follow the Queen and Benjamin Franklin
stand at right, while the dancers enter from left background. As soon
as one group has finished dancing, center, they move to the left, and
stand in a line facing Franklin and the Queen. Thus color is added to
color, till the whole has a rainbow effect.

The first group to enter is the pale-violet group, ladies-in-waiting,
who wear pale-violet bodices and overdresses over white. They dance a
gavotte, and retire to a line at left. The stage on which the dancing
is done must afford ample space, so that there is no crowding.

The second group enters. Court ladies in pale-yellow bodices and looped
overdresses over white. They dance a gavotte, and then stand at left of
stage.

The third group enters. Young maids of the court, dressed as