, 1877-08-26
PARIS.
The Annual Examinations at the
Conservative.
Coming operate Star Discov-
cred in q Saloon Waiter.
rhe Decision in the Patti Case--- Music.
al and Dramatic Gossip.
1lt,audrc Dumas Speech at thc Distribution Of
The MoatIon Prizes.

Special Correspondence Of The Tribune.
PAa,s, France, Aug. 6.-lf, with the aid Of
so,cc magic carpet, like that which did such
7ool service to the Princes in the Arabian
Nights story, you could have transported your
self from busy Chicago, its stores and ware.
houses, 70 plain-iooking white building In the
Faubourg Poissoniere, last week, you would
hare witnessed 4 curious scene. The Conserya-
to;rc OF Paris Was holding high academic fcsti-
5.l. It was the period Of the annual
GRAND coScoURs,,
Anr1;cc, Comuctitiyc EXAMINATIONS Some
hundreds OF students were meeting in artistic
nraIry 10 do battle for tho honors that reward
,wclvcmoath's successful work. At this
time Of the year, the dull courts aud bare stair
rascs Of the Ccnseryatoirc-one OF the most
drcary cdiilccs in Paris, by the by-are alive
with huGryiug groups Of young,
anxious people, coming to and from
the torture chamber in which their fate is
decided. It is accounted great privilege
Ia have access to It, None but the elite Of the
students, their near relatives OF friends, aud
tic musical and dramatic critics, are admitted.
Yct, despite the extreme chariness with which
tickets are distributed, each day OF the conlpc-
titione sees the tiny room dguiicd.by the name
Of theatre, or Sale du Conseryatoirc, unpleas-
auti; crowded. There is no ventilation worth
speaking OF, and the heat is sitting, yet, day
alter day, you will find
THOUSAND PEOPLE
patiently sittin. through the ahomniably y-drcary
pcnance Of the examinations, sometimes lastiug
ten or twelve hours at a stretch.
T, -a o,,..,:,,+iore ,-oc,1 and o~,rotr.
iocfe a1e eA1'ainA11o"e 'o.*''' "no e1a.4ua
tions instrumental c3amlnatlons,
whercat ambitions youths and young
ladies. like Garrick, hesitate 'twixt tragedy
49,. r-.,,ear. md nrsica1 examinations.
a:a ",,.hs,. ax,s;a. - -;
given up 10 me'ancno'y olsss ol sol'-
1,vnocbondriac piping of the dulcct flute. The
-np;.s Win hayt. i,ecu considered worthy TO Gu
~. ;e+-+c +hero ca t7r,-t;fn1 %nil Trsunht
tei e"e 1''''.so :t~'A s:.s.ssa 49,. :.n's
with no1aenLcns a1npoft-ale ois1ueu su'o t"o
groups, 1nale an6 female In singular violation
NJ traditional French potiteness, the gentlemen
I;saoro1l ~ ba;,re the;r ta;rer cnu1ators.
A'' u'epoSea ...s. eo.~. th1,~ ,a,,,-th
who hs'e tccu e3oeelan' .lon' tnos n .."sea~
as their turns come on. the unhappy victims
;ssno fror, thu dinsv .bnckerx,und Of the
iaSh;cs iTfo tie iuil clare aud ex
c;.r:n1.t ri The d;.n;nrtiye stage. They sec q
multitude Of inquis;tvc r:cs eagerly turned
.oNasus tneu. a a. IN ~ ire,-tio, ~ thc n,cn
.e;e.,t. - nervnnsiT annroar1 the awful FORM of
piano, neEsoas 11,t W rnrst ,,.r+ "
ase'esel n1oceu o n.' nue oras W ~ iry -
l;.c o.Ge 20 !, 4hcIr ],71.atc nv
anfoncn r. ~ i1'tot ~ 1n ~ barseIf I'm.
l 1ae ,ousrtu' ~ ~. 7eP4 ~A'' ""oS '-AA@ -
,,r eore ar r1,r .nr-
Tue Soos os - LIE faha,,1o- 4n1, .o;,,,od
o;a AnFoise @ paina,,a a' nae;r a.,5 FererI
: n end a'Na ,o+oa;snal: an 1c,ir to rrc1src1 The
pegsa AZ ~ +;,s ;1,,ns How the noor crcatuTe
n4pa :" - ~ $500 n-esanre of mind nner
saIn ~ ;sta.,t ca11ase 80 -; mi.
~ ~ TnI.i1, v,1Sar.,,f ;e y]'e 1onrsuf
Ior,,, r,aa ;cris - tre inrT It no ;okc to
!t Ie..is EAsie ~. ~ si.*r rc1et;t:ons of n
sI',1s1, ~ ~ rnau1e Tic ircaueot performance
o. so,o np un s.sriortv Of cacn cansidatc,
Ip,n, G:-t the fault or the merit Of each, and,