“SAMUEL REA “W. W. ATTERBURY EFFINGHAM B. MORRIS E. PUSEY PASSMORE JOHN GRIBBEL JOHN H. MASON SAMUEL T. BODINE JAMES CROSBY BROWN SAMUEL M. VAUCLAIN SAMUEL S. FELS CYRUS H. K. CURTIS ELLIS A. GIMBEL WILLIAM A. LAW WILLIAM P. GEST” “WE DO IT IN NEW YORK By OTTO H. KAHN “A business man should realize that he makes a definite investment, yielding interest to him and to his city in civic and business advantage, when he supports a worthy art organization in his community. “In New York we have come more and more to realize the value, the merit and the obligation of such investments. “The Metropolitan Opera, for instance, and our several symphony concert organizations were started and have always been and are now being supported financially by business men. “These and similar art enterprises have become not only genuine assets in the lives of the people who support and patronize them, but distinct and profitable business assets to the city. “Of late, another organization, the Philadelphia Orchestra, has entered into friendly and successful rivalry with the old-established symphonic organizations of New York. “The public and press of New York are one in acknowledging gladly and cordially that Philadelphia has now in its Orchestra, under its eminent leader, one of the greatest organizations of the kind in the United States, or, indeed, anywhere. “Its visits to New York are welcomed and looked forward to. “It has taken an honored place in the musical life of New York. “In what it has achieved, it has served and proclaimed Philadelphia. “It carries the message of Philadelphia wherever it appears: a high and fine message of credit and renown to the city which gave it being and supports it. “The civic value and the business value of the investment which is represented by the Philadelphia Orchestra are definite and great. “The eminent position and conspicuous reputation which it has attained are assets of great price to its home city. “The business men of Philadelphia should take pride in coming forward unhesitatingly and generously to the full support of the splendid musical organization which bears the name and enhances the fame of Philadelphia. “OTTO H. KAHN.” The newspaper publicity was very fine and the programme books were also pressed into service, to further the campaign. Mr. Bok’s and Mr. Stokowski’s clever appeals kept the subject well in the minds of the audiences during that month by the following appeals: “A PERSONAL INVITATION