_Directors_ MRS. S. NAUDAIN DUER MRS. GEORGE A. HUHN MRS. THEODORE N. ELY MRS. EDWARD I. KEFFER MRS. SAMUEL S. FELS MRS. W. L. MCLEAN MRS. SIMON B. FLEISHER MRS. JOHN B. MILES MRS. J. M. GAZZAM MRS. N. DUBOIS MILLER MISS BEULAH HACKER MRS. MORRIS PFAELZER MRS. WALTER HORSTMANN MRS. GEORGE D. WIDENER MISS FRANCES A. WISTER [14] For present membership see Appendix K. Later the following Honorary Vice-presidents accepted: Mrs. Wm. W. Arnett, Mrs. George F. Baer, Mrs. Alexander W. Biddle, Mrs. John Cadwalader, Mrs. Alexander J. Cassatt, Mrs. Charles B. Coxe, Miss Mary K. Gibson, Mrs. Austin S. Heckscher, Mrs. Charles Edward Ingersoll, Mrs. Thomas McKean, Jr., Mrs. C. Stuart Patterson, Mrs. Frank Rosengarten, Mrs. Cornelius Stevenson, Miss Anne Thomson, Mrs. Alexander Van Rensselaer, Mrs. Henry Whelen, Jr. [Illustration: MRS. ALEXANDER J. DALLAS DIXON] The original of this letter is preserved in the archives of the Committee: “MRS. MCCOLLIN “Dear Madam: “I wish to say on behalf of the Executive Committee of the Philadelphia Orchestra that our Committee is in hearty sympathy with the effort to form a Women’s Committee, and fully appreciates the kindness of the ladies who propose to form such a Committee in coming to the assistance of the Association, at a rather critical time. We fully endorse any measures you see fit to take in carrying out your plans. Yours very truly, JOHN H. INGHAM, _Secretary_ 333 South 16th Street “March 13, 1904.” Committees on Guarantors, Boxes and General Subscriptions were formed and their labors began. The first work which the women undertook at the request of the Executive Committee was to secure $10,000, in new guarantees within the first month of its existence; the Executive Committee feeling that the best indication of a desire to continue the orchestra would be shown by an increase in the Guarantee Fund. The Committee at once went to the musical critics of the various Philadelphia newspapers and secured their hearty co-operation in the work of rousing the public to an appreciation of the musical and civic importance of the orchestra. Within the allotted time the Committee had not only secured more than $10,000 in new guarantees, but had received new orders for $5,000 worth of seats and boxes for the next season. The Association thereupon decided to continue the orchestra for one more year, hoping that public interest would continue to increase.