Arturo Toscanini was feeling fighting-fit after his vacation in Italy. Pink and rested on his arrival three weeks ago, he had even been persuaded to pose for photographers (who had promised not to use flashbulbs). He also arrived ready to carry out a promise made in Italy. Answering the request of his old friend (and NBC's general music director) Samuel Chotzinoff, he had cabled: "Accept Ridgefield. Make nice program." Last week, for the second time in two years, the maestro made a "nice program" for his favorite little U.S. town, and had the...
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