The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-04-30
TOSCANINI HAS
 SAID FAREWELL
Noisy Demonstration Took Place at Carnegie Hall
 Last Night

New. York, April 30-(UP)-The great event was coming on at 8:30 p. m. in Carnegie hall, and at 2 a .rn., the first man appeared and sat down on the stone steps By noon there were several hundred. By 6 p. m. a thousand were waiting and at p. m., when the box office opened, 5000 men and women strug- gled riotously against the heavy police lines to buy the 14O awaiting tickets.
 These ticlDots were for standing room. The tickets for seats had been solde entirely for months and at 8 p. m. their holders began ar- irving, men in full evening dress with white gardenias in their labels, women in gorgeous gowns. They stepped out of their limousines and struggled along the plush carpet to the inside, through @ narrow aisle the police had been able to open for them through the mob.
 There's Clarence Mackay," said someone in the crowd.
 There's Mrs Vincent Astor."
 There's Marshall Field"
 How did those guys get tickets?" screamed an angry voice-and there was new rush on the police Fried Open Fire Door
 In the rear of the hall one of the excluded was so eager to get in that pried open fire door. Before po- lice could arrive in sufficient num- Der, 100 or more had fought their way through this illicit opening in to 8 craverous auditorium where every seat and every inch of stand ing space was occupied.
 The great event unwound itself over the next two hours and at every opportunity the audience cheered, stomped feet, clapped hands, screamed, shouted. The lights came up now and then, re- vealing wet eyes and tear-stained faces turned up to the dynamic, white-haired man with beetling black brows on the stage.
 TOScanini Farewell
 The event was the farewell ap- pearance of Arturo Toscanini, a musician, as conductor of the New York Philharmonic Symphony or- chestra, which he had conducted for Il seasons. Under his direction, the orchestra played program of standard concert music. thrice fa- miliar to concert gores, played to millions of audiences and never known to have inspired such a demonstration. Persons familiar with music consider Toscanini the greatest orchestra conductor of his generation.
 Between each selection of last nights concert, the audience dem onstrated noisily and emontionally for periods ranging up to five min- utes. At the end, Toscanini, mod est, retiring man, came out timidly to accept a curtain call. A photog- rapher in the aisle shot a fash light. Toscanini's eyes are weak and |, it almost blinded him. He ran to the wings and refused to come out. For 10 minutes, the audience shout ed for him. Finally, his manager came out and explained things and the audience booed the photograph CTS remaining in the hall.
 Is 69 Years Old
 Toscanini is 69 years old and feels unequal to the strenuous la bors of a full time symphony con- ductor. He will sail Saturday for Europe, but not for permanent re- tirement. He will conduct orchestras here and there. An Italian, he first won fame as conductor of La Scala at Milan, conductor of the Metro politan Opera company. Eleven years ago he became head of the New York orchestra and made it one of the most famous in the world.