Mr. Edward I. H. Howell Mrs. Harry B. Rosengarten Dr. Henry C. Register Mrs. Eliza D. Turner Miss Elsé West Rulon Mr. S. S. Thompson Mrs. Thomas A. Scott Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Tenbrook Mr. Justus C. Strawbridge Mr. Louis C. Whitney Mr. N. A. Stout Mr. and Mrs. Owen Wister Mr. Monroe Smith Dr. George Woodward Mr. and Mrs. John Hasletine Shinn Mr. Massah M. Warner Mr. A. M. Sheppard Mr. Clarence Wolf Mr. Calvin Mason Smith Miss Woolman N. Stetson & Co. Mr. Albert B. Weimer Mr. Constantin von Sternberg Mrs. Wm. Rotch Wister Mr. Frank Thomson Mr. Andrew Wheeler, Jr. Mr. George C. Thomas Mr. E. Burgess Warren Mrs. Charles Newbold Thorpe Mr. P. A. B. Widener Miss Kate Tilge Mr. Richard Zeckwer The following members of the Board of the Musical Fund Society: MR. WM. F. BIDDLE MR. GEO. P. KIMBALL MR. O. C. BOSBYSHELL DR. ALFRED C. LAMBDIN MR. JOHN H. CARR MR. EDW. G. MCCOLLIN MR. H. G. CLAY MR. R. P. ROBINS DR. RICHARD J. DUNGLISON MR. CHARLES M. SCHMITZ MR. JAS. W. HAZLEHURST MR. CHARLES P. TURNER MR. WM. H. HOLLIS MR. C. WETHERILL MANUSCRIPT SOCIETY OF PHILADELPHIA W. W. GILCHRIST, President THE SYMPHONY SOCIETY OF PHILADELPHIA DR. E. I. KEFFER, President * * * * * A Philadelphia newspaper 1899: “HOW TO GET AN ORCHESTRA” “It need not be difficult in Philadelphia to form as fine an orchestra as anybody is willing and able to pay for. A permanent orchestra is a very costly institution. It involves the permanent employment of anywhere from fifty to a hundred good musicians, at salaries sufficient to secure their constant and exclusive services as orchestra players throughout the active portion of the year. A simple calculation will show that the expense of this mounts quickly by tens of thousands.