Arizona republican., 1908-11-06
IA TAG DAY
 IN PHOENIX Will Be Held During Fair
 Week "TAG,. YOU'RE II" The Day Will Be Celebrated Here and the Funds Devoted to the Associated Charities--Committees Ap- pointed.

Tag. you're it!" Tag day is com ing to Phoenix. Tag day has gone down in the history of many of the large cities of the country as the day on which more money was collected for charity than on all the other days of the year combined. That is why 1t is coming to Phoenix
 The tag movement was born yester- day at a meeting of the committee appointed to take charge of it. This committee consisting of Mrs. Walter Talbot. Mrs. c. N. Gage of Tempe, Mrs F. A Fowler and Mrs. Dwight B.. Heard. They met at Mrs. Heard s yesterday and formulated plans. Mrs. Fowler was elected chairman. A sub committe of 25 women was appointed. The personnel of this sub committee was made as representative as possible of the churches and organizations of the city. The movement is of course non-sectarian and will embrace as far as possible every organization of any kind in Phoenix.
 Each of the subcommittee men will appoint ten or more workers over whom she will have charge. These WOFktIS W III De hIdAAtu HUH AAit LII 5A4 school and other educational institu- tions This will mean a small army of at least 250 young men and women who will devote part of their time on tag day-in many cases incident with their regular employment-to the work of tagging people at ten cents per tag Each worker will be provided with un- limited tags the par value of which will probably be ten cents, and with little metal savings bank such as is used in banks. On each tag will be printed "I have been tagged-have yOu?" and underneath the price.
 Several banks have already offered the loan of these little metal recepta- cles Each one will be numbered and the amount collected will be deposited and credited to the number on the banks
 One feature which will be peculiar to tag day in PhoeniX-as far as known other cities have not used it- will be prizes offered to the workers who sell the most tags. that is, to those who collect the most money for charity. This idea originated with Mir. Barry Goldwater who proposed to fur nish the first prize. Several other business men who learned of it. at once pricked up their ears and decided that Mir. Goldwater's move was a wise one and there is no doubt that other prizes will be offered
 There is not space at the present moment to tell of the work done in the past by the Associated Charities, nor I,uN l. realizes that there is no place in the world perhaps where real charity is required more than right here in Phoe- nix. Though a large proportion of those who receive the benefit are from other states it is nevertheless the duty of Phoenix to care for them. Tag day should to some extent, relieve the busi 4ess men of the pressure brought upon them for contributions to relieve the unusual conditions found in Phoe- nix. It was used with great success in Los Angeles where nearly Ss000 was realized in a single day and everybody who contributed did it good naturedly
 While it is not yet definitely settled just what day during fair week will be devoted to the pastilne of tagging your
 ~. N D O"SH' 'ii''' HUI Suo'y will be selected.
 There will be meeting of the sub committee at the Hotel Adams at ?: 30 this afternoon to make final arrange ments for the event. The members of this committee who have thus far been selected are Mrs. Simon Oberfelder Mrs. H. A. Diehl, Mrs. G. W Vickers Mrs. R. R. Burmister. Mrs A. J. Sampson, Mrs. Howe Williams, Mrs F. T. Ceilings, Mrs. L. D. Dameron. Mrs. F. R. Kerr, Mrs. James s. Griffin,