New-York tribune., 1902-04-27
PARIS.
c.rNr-SAENs CONfPOSES KING Ed
WARDS CORONATION MARCH.
MOTOR RECORDS BROKEN-LARGE VOTE
EXPECTED At TO-DAY'S EL-bEIioN-
EMPRESS EUGENE IN PARIS.


EXPECTED At To-DAYs FLEETloN-
FMPREss EUGENE IN PARIS.
,c,,-v-sett; 1852: BY The Tribune AssOciation)
renscial ~ The Tribune by French Cablel
p.-,s A,r1 2e-King Edward, with his habit
nal tact. has succeeded In winning the sym
..,as 20 -,e Partisan world OF music ana III L
Cor ,n addition TO the royal command for Ben)a-
,atr. Constant 10 paint the coronation cereInohS'
the French composer, Camille Saint-Saehs' no"
in Egypt where he has nearly completed MS
Persian opera, .'Parysatis,' which VIII be pro-
duced in July at Beziers, has received orue19
from the King for the grand coronanoh ihai 'l-'
The French composer at once LETT all olher "oi
aside. isolated himself from all frlenos aiiu
visitors in his Cairo house, and, working hafo
In the bright sunshine on his broad araoeSque
bal.cnv. overlooking his gardens. fountains and
peln trees composed the coronation n1arch' INTO
which he has put the full measure Of his char
acterist;c solemn. imposing grandeur. and whlch
csn hest be appreciated when played on a cathe-
dral organ.
saint-saens finished his coronation march in
four days 10 his full satisfaction, and the score
was posted to London ten days ago. salnt-SaeiiS
IS now preparing piano score for "Parysatls'
,,b3c., he hopes 70 finish in a week, when he VIII
20 to Beziers where his new opera VIII be
brought out in the open air arena there.
Motor records do not long remain unbeaten
C S. Rolls best for one siionetre only held our
for three DAYS and was this week vanquished
by serpollet's % 40 seconds. which is already
threatened in it's turn. for w. X Vanderbilt IT,
Nm his Mercedes Daimler machine. has just done
"a kilonaetre near Chartres In % seconds but the
run was a slight down gradient SO the ser
polet's record still holds good. Moreover, the
sSoa ifs al
tive OF the Automobile Club OF France. few
dazs hence however Mr.. Vanderbilt and Baron
Henri de RothschIld VIII make further attempts
on the same road in the presence OF the official
tinaekeepers, and then the Serpollets record VIII
be indeed in jeopardy. Mr.. Nanderhts kilo-
metre fn % seconds was only the most startling
OF a. series Of sensational runs made by him and
Baron Henri de Rothschild. The road chosen
was a magnificent straight line from Ablis to
Chartres. The two automobilsts, among ether
feats, both in succession covered six kilometres
IN minutes and II seconds, and Mr.. Wander
b!lt went on 10 twenty-nine kilometres in 16
minutes according 70 two friends who acted as
timekeepers The latter achievement, II officially
timed would have beaten all previous records.
The figures work a speed Of about sixty
seven and one-half miles hour. Mr.. Wander
bilt hopes TO equal this performance in few
days in the presence of the official tinekeepers.
The production OF Marion Crawfords play,
Francesca da Ririni" az the Theatre Sarah
Bernhar6t which afforded Nine Sarah an op-
portunity FOR a development Of her peerless
diction and graceful Botticellian attitudes.
is the first occasion on record Of a play by
an American or. for that matter. OF an Anglo
Saxon author being originally produced at a
theatre IN France The great French actress
may claim the credit for daring to give an Open
ing 10 a foreigner in her splendid theatre, un-
questionably the best in Paris. which she man
ages with marvellous skill and al a lavish ex-
penditure Marion Crawford has adhered TO the
historical accuracy Of the story founded upon
the fifth canto CT Dante's Inferno" and in col
laboration with Nine Sarah's artistic mise en-
scene the characters OF the tragedy given