“It has warm friends, enthusiastic audiences, the appreciation of musicians. Its influence is far more than local. “But more than this—it needs financial support. “It is not a private enterprise for private gain, but a public organization for public service. “In the nature of things such an institution cannot be self-supporting. Its box office receipts are fixed by the customary scale of prices—while its expenses are the creatures of time and circumstance. “The resulting deficit is made up each season by The Philadelphia Orchestra Association, whose members guarantee sums ranging from $25 to $5000 each, annually, for this purpose. “The Association is thus the instrument through which any one may help to perform this public service. It needs more members—of whom you are invited to be one. “THE INFLUENCE OF YOUR NAME AND YOUR MONEY ARE NEEDED.” PROGRAMME BOOK “A CALL TO PATRIOTISM “THE CALL TO CIVIC PRIDE IS IN THE AIR. ‘Learn to know Philadelphia and work for her,’ is heard on every hand, and our people are urged to form and join ‘Patriotic Societies,’ all of which is good, and well worth-while. “BUT DO YOU KNOW that for several years a zealous Patriotic Society—one that evinces the truest Patriotism, the Patriotism of the Pocket-book and Bank Account—has been quietly at work doing all it could in its own way for the good name of Philadelphia and for the enjoyment and welfare of her citizens? “THE MEMBERS OF THIS SOCIETY have demonstrated the soundness of their Patriotism, the reality of their Civic Pride, and their zeal for the people’s good, without boasting and without complaint, by contributing from their private means, in the past nine years, approximately $468,000 to maintain and operate THE PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA, an institution of which every good Philadelphian has reason to be proud. “THE MEMBERSHIP OF THIS SOCIETY of liberal and public-spirited citizens known as THE PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATION, numbered 43 in the season of 1901-02. Last season there were 263 members.” * * * * * “WILL YOU NOT SHOW YOUR PATRIOTISM, your Civic Pride, your desire ‘to know and work for Philadelphia,’ by joining the honorable roll of this Association? A subscription of Twenty-five Dollars, or more, toward the Guarantee Fund, will make you a member. “YOUR NAME AND MONEY ARE NEEDED! “THEY ARE NEEDED NOW! “Write today to the Manager for a Subscription Blank.”