On its part the orchestra has given a number of special performances without remuneration, such as the concert for the Manuscript Music Society in 1913, the concert in collaboration with the Mendelssohn Club in honor of Dr. Wm. Wallace Gilchrist two years later; a performance at Camp Dix and a concert for the benefit of the American Red Cross, 1918; a French War Relief Benefit the next year; the music at the presentation of the Philadelphia Award for four years beginning in 1922, and the concert with the Mendelssohn Club to celebrate its Fiftieth Anniversary in January, 1925. Special concerts were given for the National Federation of Music Clubs in 1911, and for the National Convention of Music Supervisors in 1920. It must be remembered that such concerts undertaken in addition to the regular engagements for the season have entailed special preparation and have been an added burden to the busy conductor. From the earliest days an effort was made to give music to the numbers of people who enjoy lighter programmes. Popular concerts at low prices were inaugurated by Mr. Scheel in 1903, at which time the name “Popular” was such a misnomer that they had to be given in the form of benefits on a fifty per cent basis of profit. Such concerts were given at intervals after this for some years, and consecutively from 1909-10 to 1914-15 inclusive. In May, 1916, an effort was made to institute “Pop” Concerts after the manner of the Boston Orchestra, at the close of the regular season. The Academy parquet was floored over and light refreshments were served at tables. The first season of eleven evenings went off brilliantly, under the alternate leadership of Mr. Stokowski, Dr. Rich and Mr. C. Stanley Mackey, and left a small surplus on hand. Prices ranged from fifteen to fifty cents. The second season the number was increased to eighteen, and for reasons not understood the Association was left with a deficit, which caused the venture to be abandoned. An early enterprise of a philanthropic nature was the “People’s Concerts” planned by the Executive Committee but placed in charge of the Civic Club, with a committee composed of Mrs. Edward I. Keffer, Chairman; Mrs. Spencer Ervin, Mrs. C. Howard Clark, Mrs. Frank Rosengarten and Mrs. Walter Horstmann. The first programme would have pleased the most fastidious of tastes: Labor Lyceum Hall Second and Cambria Streets Tuesday Evening, December 15th, at 8.15 o’clock First of the Series of THE PEOPLE’S CONCERTS by the PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA FRITZ SCHEEL, Conductor Under the Auspices of the Civic Club