New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-02-04

musicaIly inclined Americans intending to come
to Paris in the spring.
The orchestra of the "Concerts-Rouse per-
forms every night in modest but spacious care
with sanded floor, situated within stones
throw of the palace of the Luxembourg, In the
venerable Rue de Tournon, in close proximity
to ''those mysterious gables" described by Victor
Hugo in his novel "Notre Dame de PARIS as
Impressed with the tragedies and struggles OF
ten centuries of history and with the memories
of twenty revolutions" The "Concerts-Rou
is in the heart of the Latin quarter, and IN
order to appreciate the local color in its best
light a Saturday night was selected, When STU
dents in Paris, as elsewhere are free to devote
themselves to their favorite recreatlons. our
party consisted of four-two women and two
men, all Americans. An early dinner at
quaint old-fashioned Senatorial restaurant In
the Rue Tournon the cellars Of which still con-
tain a stock of cognac brandy dating with I'M
doubted authenticity from the year 1900 served
as an excellent preparation for the musical feast'
PLAYING OF THE ORCHESTRA.
At $50 we entered the Concerts Rouge"
The orchestra, conducted by NJ. Francis Touche
and composed Of thirteen "laureats" of the Con-
servatoire of whom seven had gained IN dlner-
ent years the first prize, were executing Men
delssohn's overture to "Ruy Bias" The mu-
sicians were all young men-none of them over
twenty-SiX wears of age. The performance was
marked bv point, precision and life. The or
chestra occupied a raised platform in the centre
of the cafe. The audience numbered about two
hundred. 1t largely composed of students,
with a sprinkling of well known musicians and
composers all seated little red plush chairs
before white marble tables, with trays OF many
colored beverages, including coffee, beer, lemon
ade, orgeat, punch, pomegranate- juice, tea and
syrups of various sorts. The feminine portion OF
the public embraced every social grade, ranging
from a music loving marquise from the Eau
bourg St German, wearing the simplest i'm
aginable attire, to the most modern and risky
prototype of Alfred de Mussets Mimi Pinson-
Most of the men were smoking. In a retired cor
ner sat NJ. Massenet with q lighted cigarette
between his lips, turning over the leaves OF
small notebook. At a small table near the COM
poser of "Manon' sat NJ. Louis Came. author OF
the popular song known all over the world as
LIE Pere la Victore," and whose piano compo-
sitions are to be found in every Partisan salon
Slipping ''maZagran"-a tall glass OF hot d.
luted coffee-and chatting with NJ Vincent
dIndy whose opera. 'Fervaal' was recently
produced at the Opera Comique. was M Robert
Planquette the composer of Les Cloches de
Corneve."
Among the regular customers of the Cafe du
Concerts Rouge is NJ. Camille Sant-Saens. whose
operas Samson ct Daia,'' Henri VIII "As-
canio" and "Phryne" well known. NJ
Saint Saens, according to his custom, is passing
the winter in the Canaries, but in the spring ht
will be found as often two three evening:
of the week at the little musical cafe in the Rue
Tournon NJ Saint-Saens is mpressonable ant
eccentric A few evenings before his departure