“It is natural that those interested in music should feel a personal loss, but there is also a larger loss, in that every city must conserve those influences which keep the fire burning for the finer things of life. Hence, although those who are not of the musical world may not so realize it, they are also the losers through the passing of so striking a personality, for nothing is more certain than that any community does not live for or by bread alone, and it is a hopeful sign when any city is the scene of activities which include men and movements that look beyond mere material comforts. “It is fortunate that at this juncture Philadelphia has a large group of self-sacrificing citizens who realize this. Mr. Scheel had his reward in life in their support and appreciation, and the best tribute to him, now that he is dead, will be that the good work will go on on the lines laid down by him, so that what he stood for shall not be lost, and the vantage ground attained to be held in all certainty.” Funeral services for Fritz Scheel were held on March 16th in the Lutheran Church of the Holy Communion, on Chestnut Street above Twenty-first. The immense gathering was a tribute to the conductor and a proof of his personal, as well as musical, popularity in Philadelphia. The list of honorary pall-bearers was a long one and included representatives from almost every branch of musical activity in Philadelphia: Executive Committee of the Orchestra: Mr. Thomas McKean, Mr. Henry Whelen, Jr., Mr. Richard Y. Cook, Mr. John H. Ingham, Mr. Andrew Wheeler, Jr., Dr. Edward I. Keffer, Mr. Edward G. McCollin, Mr. A. J. D. Dixon. Orchestra Guarantors: Mr. F. T. S. Darley, Mr. S. Decatur Smith, Mr. Richard S. Brock, Mr. John H. Converse. Business Office: Mr. Chas. A. Davis, Mr. Horace Churchman. Orchestra Members: Mr. Thaddeus Rich, Mr. Anton Horner, Mr. Jan Koert, Mr. C. Stanley Mackey. Philadelphia Symphony Society: Mr. Charles A. Braun, Mr. J. H. Michener, Jr., Mr. Joseph M. Mitcheson. Orpheus Club: Mr. Charles W. Baily, Mr. Arthur L. Church. Eurydice Club: Mr. Louis F. Benson, Mr. F. H. Rosengarten. Mendelssohn Club: Dr. W. W. Gilchrist. Choral Society: Mr. Henry Gordon Thunder. University of Pennsylvania: Dr. Hugh A. Clarke. Philadelphia Press: Dr. A. C. Lambdin, Mr. Max Heinrici, Mr. George Rogers, Dr. Martin Darkow. Philadelphia Musicians: Mr. Philip H. Geopp, Mr. Maurice Leefson, Mr. Richard Zeckwer, Mr. Wassili Leps. Personal Friends: Dr. Victor Leser, Dr. John H. Musser. Besides these, the Board of Directors of the Association and the Women’s Committees for the Philadelphia Orchestra attended in two large groups.