Show v I For His Own Funeral 11 I t tP P PARIS A PARIS A French composer now aged but hut still still- stilla a familiar figure at concerts and stid musical comedy performances per per- is J of organizing i Ing while there Is Is' Is yet time methe the details of f his his' his sown own funeral He Ito HeV V went to call cahl on the vicar vicar of or his cI tarish the other d day y and inquired inquired- if if- I H l' l was possible for him hInt to l pa pay in advance the c str of the V S ceremony 1 Supposing 1 It was the merely the financial side of It that was wa's occupying his his' visitors visitor's nind mind the priest asked a few questions antI and then found that It was in fact the musical musical musi musi- cal n whIch the composer M. M 1 Fernand Le Borne wished d to ar arrange tir- tir r- r range and most of the items he lie wanted to put thereon were vera drawn compositions from his own The vicar asked time to consider the matter mattel and he made a few in inquiries inquiries in in- quirles as to the nature of or the thc musicians musician's work before j. j deciding deciding- Though M. M Le Borne has has has' not written written writ writ- ten exclusively for the theatre h he he- would hardly be ci classed among those usually played Irr church hurch ceremonies cere cere- monies an and to his his' great disappointment disappoint disappoint- ment he has now been asked to leave the matter where it properly belongs M. M L Le LC Bornes Borne's Alternative Alternative- is to compose a requiem n for fOI the occa occa- slon sion fion S |