Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-06
MUSIC LOVERS PLEDGE $35OOO
FOR D. C. SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Proposed 75-Piece Organization Will Ma
terialize If Additional $4,000 Is
Subscribed by June l.

With more than $35 900 already sub
scribed to the guaranty fund of the
National Symphony Orchestra of Wash
| ington, announcement was made yes
terday by Mrs. Wilson-Greene. pro-
spective manager of the new orchestra,
of partial list of those who have sub
scribed to the project to give Washing
ton its own symphony.
A total of $77,500 will be required to
organize and maintain, under Hans
Kindler's leadership. an orchestra of rs
musicians for one year. Not all Of this
amount need be guaranteed, as part OF
the expense will be met with box office
receipts from concerts, 1t was stated. but
sum in the neighborhood of 10000
must be realized by June l II the or
chestra Is to become a reality this COM
ing season.
Those who have already subscribed to
the guaranty fund are Mrs. Adolph C.
Miller, Mrs. H. A. Strong, Miss Alice
Clapp. Mrs. Karl Klemm. Mrs. Walter
Bruce Howe, Frank j. Frost, Edward c.
Potter. Mrs. L. C. Phipps, Mrs. Henry
Leonard. Mr.. and Mrs. Christian Heu-
rich, Mrs. Carl A. Droop, Percy L. Ath-
erton, Countess Szechenyi, Mrs. c. c.
williams, Mrs. Hiram Bingham, Mrs.
Eleanor Patterson, Mrs. Calderon Car
Isle, Mrs. John Myers, George Hewitt
Myers, H. C. Sheridan, Mrs. Katherine
D. Butterworth, Mrs. c. j. Rhoades,
Mrs M Reid Yates Mrs E. E. Rob-
bins, Mrs. Joseph E. Washington. w. l..
Crounse, Andrew w. Mellon, E. N. Car
penter, Mrs. John L. Proctor, Miss Mary
l.. McQuade, Mrs. ]. T. WALES, Mrs. w.
NJ. Ritter, Mrs. Florence B. Moseley.
Princess Boncompagni, Mrs. w. c..
EustiS. Julius Garfinckel. Mrs. James
Murdoch, Mrs. William Sewers. Armi-
stead Peter, Sd; Mrs. Armistead Peter,
Sd; Mr.. and Mrs. L. Mccormick Good
hart, Mrs. Boyd, Mrs. Rushmore Pat
terson. Mrs. Percy Madeira of Phila-
delphia, William j. Turner Of Philadel-
phia, Frank r. Jelleff, Mrs. Mckee
Dunn.
Appeal Sent Out.
The appeal to guarantors which is
expected to make possible the formation
this year Of Washington's own SYM
phony orchestra, was sent out to sew
eral hundred prominent Washingtonian
residents who are interested in the
project by an organization committee
composed of Walter Bruce Howe Mich
olaS Longworth. Speaker of the House:
George Hewitt Myers, Corcoran Thorn
and Myron Whitney.
This statement or appeal to gllaran-
tors set forth, among other things. some
eight specific reasons for the commit
tees conclusion that Washington
should have its own symphony orChes-
ira on permanent basis. The state
ment said, in part:
we present plan for a concert sea-
son Of the National Symphony Orches-
ira Of Washington for your considera-
ton of its merits and possibilities for
the season Of 1892, and as a practical
scheme to be followed for the two sub
Sequent seasons, and we recommend it
as worthy Of your interest and flnan-
cial support.
Uniform experience elsewhere proves
that a symphony orchestra cannot exist
solely on rs box-ofice receipts but must
be supported by additional revenues.
Until the orchestra is assured Of a
revenue by endowment or by munic-
ipal support, the difference between ex-
penses and receipts must therefore be
supplied by the subscriptions Of public
spirited individuals. Sound principles
require that the necessary total of the
guaranty fund is assured before any
obligations are assumed.
Plan Recommended.
1--WE recommend that the following
plan be undertaken If the necessary
fund is promised by June /, 1881
Those who subscribe should do so with
the understanding that at least one half
of eachs subscription Is to be paid on
or before that date, and the balance
on or before December /. 1881. These
dates are fixed because contracts must
be made during the month Of June, and
substantial disbursements must be made
before revenues are increased by the
first box-ofhce receipts. Payments will
be received and acknowledged by Robert
v. Fleming. esq, president of the Riggs
National Bank, who will act as treas
urer. Unless a necessary amount is
thus subscribed by June /, 1881, the
treasurer will, on before June Is, 1881,
refund in full all amounts received
from subscribers, and all obligations on
the part Of subscribers will cease
Subscription to the guaranty fund
does not entitle a subscriber TO tickets
to performances. Should public sup
port Of the concerts exceed present esti-
mates, the burden of the guarantors will
be decreased correspondingly and pro-
rata refund will be made. A guarantor
incurs no obligation beyond the amount
of his subscription.
Proposal In Detail.
1.-The plan is as follows:
THE OrcheStra-The orchestra will
consist of rs musicians. nearly all of
whom will be found in Washington. The
personnel for a first-class orchestra ex-
lists here.
THE Leader-The leader will be Mr..
Hans Kinder, who has an established
international reputation as a cellist, and
who, in recent years, has demonstrated
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