Music: Philharmonic Abroad

In Europe last week unprecedented enthusiasm greeted appearances of the New York Philharmonic-Symphony. In Paris audiences composed of such famed folk as U. S. Ambassador Walter Evans Edge, onetime Prime Minister Paul Painlevé, Under-Secretary of State for Fine Arts Eugene Lautier, Composer Maurice Ravel, Automobiletycoon Andre Citroën, Poet Paul Morand, Playwright Eugene O'Neill, Cinemactress Pola Negri, Tennis Player Helen Wills Moody, stood cheering for 15 minutes and more at the end of each of the two concerts. Beforehand signs in three languages told the public...

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