Baltimore and Washington were considered fruitful fields and Philadelphia’s by right of propinquity. The Boston Symphony Orchestra had established a large clientele in these cities, but it had years of reputation, and of artistic achievement, with which to attract audiences. Not so with a new and little known orchestra. Mrs. Dixon, Miss Wister and Mrs. Thomas S. Kirkbride, Jr., paid a visit there in December, 1905, on the occasion of an afternoon concert at the Arundell Club, at which two members of the orchestra, with Mrs. Kirkbride at the piano, played trios. In the following spring, Miss Mary B. Shearer organized a Committee and became the Chairman[17]. THE WASHINGTON COMMITTEE In Washington, Miss Aileen Bell, after a meeting at which Mrs. Dixon spoke, organized a group of women to assist in popularizing the orchestra, and also secured many patronesses.[18] Washington, the abode of representatives of foreign countries and with a fluctuating population, was an easier field than Baltimore. Neither of these Committees has been active lately, because the necessity is past, but their help was much appreciated then. [17] See Appendix K. [18] See Appendix K. THE ATLANTIC COUNTY COMMITTEE This Committee, which was affiliated with the Women’s Committee, was formed in Atlantic City, after a concert by the Philadelphia Orchestra in 1912, and was active until 1915. A Committee of five women was appointed, with Mrs. Joseph H. Ireland as President, to take charge of a permanent series of concerts in Atlantic City. During the three years of its existence, they sold the tickets, carried on educational work in the schools, arranged for special students’ tickets, distributed programmes in advance as a basis for study, managed the publicity and indulged in other forms of activity. The Women’s Committees for the Philadelphia Orchestra have been an important part of the work at home and abroad. There have been twelve: 1902: Women’s Committees in Harrisburg, Lancaster, Allentown, Pennsylvania, and Trenton, New Jersey. 1904: The Women’s Committee for the Philadelphia Orchestra. 1905: The Germantown and Chestnut Hill Women’s Committee, the West Philadelphia Women’s Committee, the Delaware Committee. 1906: The Baltimore Committee, the Washington Committee. 1911: The Media, Chester and West Chester Women’s Committee (now Delaware County Committee). 1912: The Atlantic County Committee. THE TWENTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF THE WOMEN’S COMMITTEE