Music: Bliss and Things

When the late Real-Estate Operator Louis Eckstein was its hovering angel, Ravinia Park, on the North Shore near Chicago, was one of the best spots in the U. S. for summer music. Sponsored now by a committee of Chicagoans, Ravinia is still good. Its opening week, fortnight ago, attracted the largest crowd in its history, more than 10,000 people. Last week, when bolt-upright, beaky, baldish Sir Adrian Boult, music director of British Broadcasting Corp., opened his second week with the Chicago Symphony, a heat wave melted the attendance. Those who braved the swelter...

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