Putnam patriot., 1929-11-21
Especial Correspondence to The Putnam patriotl

that this country has even known Music lovers and critics have been siieneed into awe by the magniheence CT the genius of Toscanini as display ed this season in the programs pre- sented under this giant of all musi- clans, In the concerts of the Philhar- monie-Symphony orchestra. Nothing more daringly perfect has been heard m many a moon than the ssboleron or Navel as the master played it fast week and to cap the climax of d grand concert came weaving. cIi- maetic "Meistersinger" Overture that must have made Wagner himself shout with delight from his heavenly seat among the musical gods.
 Many Windham County people will be interested in the recital which is announced for Carnegie Hall on the evening of December 2nd, when Henri Deering will be heard in the great hall for the first time. Some years ago, when Mr. Deering was making his first public appearances he play ed m Thompson and in Pomfret and gave evidence of the abilities which are now leading him into the front rank of American pianists. Mir. Deer ing at his Carnegie Hall appearance will play a difficult program ranging from Bach through Chopin to a group of the French moderns. Seats for Mir. Deering's concert are now on sale at Carnegie Hall.
 Down at the Metropolitan the old epithet of the yellow brick temple of bad music" is no misnomer this year. Almost everyone seems dissatisfied with the opera so far. The season opened with a brilliant audience that applauded charming Madame Bori in "Manon Lescaut." Then Madame Maria Athletic" Jeritza chose to ap- pear in 'The Girl of the Golden West" but no one was very much excited about the revival of the Belasco-P -Pucci- nj work which Americans have always liked less than any of the other com positions of the Italian composer. As for the rest it has been rather routine. Madame Ponselle, taken i'll at the sea- sons opening has not been able to ap- pear and there was collapse of the Wagner season when the new conductor. Rosenstock, proved total loss, plead a nervous breakdown after he had been hayed by the critics, and was replaced Co the satisfaction of all by the return of Bodansky who only last season declared that he had de- serted the opera for life.
 How to Fly to California
 If you are wise and take that ex- cellent train to Putnam which leaves the Pennsylvania-not the Grand Cen tral-station every morning you will do we'll to take a few minutes to look over the great Ford tri-motored all metal transport plane used by the Transeontinental Air Transport, Inc, in it's air voyages to and from the West Coast in conjunction with the fast expresses of the Pennsylvania and Santa Fe systems. The sight of the plane. safely anchored to the floor of the great terminal is one of the most convincing arguments to be- come "air-minded" that we have yet seen. Here you have the last word in air service: a de luxe cabin equip ped with every comfort. The tables are set for lunch, there are racks for magazines and also writing materials. There is toilet and wash room and you can see where the steward sits and where the pilot and his assistants have their seats. The plane is equip ed to fy and if you want to make the voyage all that you have to do is to walk over 70 one of the ticket win dows, purchase bit of paper, take the Pennsylvania Airway Limited, take plane the next morning at Port Columbus, Ohio, fly over St. Louis and Kansas City to Waynoka, Oklahoma, entrain again to Clovis, New Mexico. take plane again, and forty-eight hours after you have left Thirty-third Street. New York, you are in Los Angeles, if you are one of those people who are so unfor- tunate as ever to want to be in Los Angeles.
 -J. J. W.