Evening dress was barred, because you were all 'good pals,' and didn't want to look like the 'boring people' who were to be avoided like the plague, and only asked to the big evenings, which were given as seldom as possible, and then only if it would amuse the painter or make the musician better known.
Frak jantzia debekatua zegoen, hura "lagunarteko" giroa zelako noski, eta baita inolako antzik ez izatearren ere, ahalik eta bakanen, eta betiere pintorearen jostagarri edo musikariaren ezaupiderako lagungarri izatekotan, noizbehinka antolatzen zirèn gau-festa handietara bakarrik gonbidatu ohi zutèn baina berarengandik izurritetik bezain urrun egotea komeni izaten omen zèn hainbat jende "gogaikarri"rekin.