In December two concerts were given for these contributors who numbered several thousand. When October 31st arrived and the million dollars was neither in hand nor in sight, the campaign was extended for one week. The appeals became more and more urgent. Programme October 31st, November 1st. “FOR LACK OF HELP THE CAMPAIGN MAY FAIL! “Owing to a lack of sufficient workers, the Million Dollars necessary for the proper Endowment of the Philadelphia Orchestra has not been raised. “Tired, but full of courage, those who are working have decided to extend the campaign for another week. “Campaigns usually fail because the money cannot be had. Here the money is in sight, but the friends of the Orchestra have not come forth in sufficient numbers to collect the funds. “Is the campaign to fail for this unusual reason? “Will you not, man or woman, give a day, two days of this extra week to help us collect the last $250,000 necessary to complete the fund? “You cannot, at this time, render a greater service to the Orchestra. You can, at this most critical time, do your part to SAVE THE ORCHESTRA.” * * * * * “WILL YOU NOT? “May we ask you, as a final appeal for the Orchestra, to give to it JUST ONE LIBERTY BOND of any denomination, as your contribution to save the Orchestra for yourself and the city at this critical time in its history? “Whether you have given previously or not, will you not do this one more act? “The Bond you give will not be sold: it will not be spent. Not a penny of it. It will be put away under a Deed of Trust, and only the interest on it will be used to maintain the Orchestra. “Could you put a Bond in a better, more permanent place?” “FACE TO FACE “We now stand face to face with the question whether our Orchestra is to be preserved as it is or reduced to a second-class orchestra. “The Million Dollars necessary for its preservation have not been raised. “The campaign will, accordingly, be extended for one week. “But the question, after all, is—Will you give? Will you help? “We need some $250,000 more. “The workers have done their best. Hundreds of the friends of the Orchestra have not done their part as yet. Less than 5000 have contributed! “Is the truth clearly realized without the mincing of words: If this remaining sum is not raised, the Orchestra must be reduced; it cannot remain the glorious thing it is today.” “THE TRUTH IS SIMPLE AND DIRECT “We must tear down the beautiful Orchestra that has been so patiently and skilfully built up unless the Million Dollar Endowment Fund is raised. Only one week remains in which to do it. Whatever that tells is the answer.”