could not have been achieved. In attestation of the above the Officers and Board of Directors have hereunto subscribed their names: FERD. W. PECK, _President_, WILLIAM PENN NIXON, _Vice-President_, LOUIS WAHL, _Second Vice-President_, A. A. SPRAGUE, } GEORGE M. BOGUE, } EUGENE CAREY, } HENRY FIELD, } _directors_. R. T. CRANE, } JOHN R. WALSH, } GEORGE F. HARDING, } GEORGE G. SCHNEIDER, _Treasurer_. S. G. PRATT, _Secretary_. "ADDRESS "_Tendered to Col. J. H. Mapleson by the Musicians and Citizens of the City of Chicago._ "SIR,--Now since the last note has died away, and lingers only in the ear of memory to warm and cheer the heart, and the great musical triumph of our city, the Chicago Opera Festival, is over, we extend to you in these words what we had expected to say to you amid music and song, had not the manifold duties that engrossed your time rendered us unable to do so. "It is, indeed, as musicians, lovers of music, and citizens that we can cordially thank you in the name of the mighty people of that great and haughty city, the Queen of the North and the West. For this city, whose history has been the wonder of the world, whose greatness and energy in all things in which it engages are acknowledged by all, now yields this tribute to you, sir, as the one by whose direction, management, enterprise, and energy the greatest musical success ever given within its walls was accomplished. "We might say more, but in our city's characteristic mode we express by deeds far better than by words. For two weeks our citizens night after night were turned away from the vast temple of music under your control, for the halls were crowded by others. They brought with them a hope that blossomed into unexpected realization, and the keen business men and tired toilers of the city lived a new life and shook the very ground with their applause. "Never had music received such homage here. Again, we thank you for what you have done, and while we say farewell we also bid you welcome, for we hope to see you year after year in some vast Opera-hall in which ten thousand people can be seated, as proposed to be erected by some of our citizens, where you may win new laurels to your fame in your heaven-inspired mission of procuring and giving music for the people. "With congratulations we remain--