Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-16
TAG DAY FUND GROWS ASK BETTER SERVICE
Total of $500 to Credit of Takoma Park Citizens Discuss
Account Up to Noon. Railway Situation.
cash NOT ALL PAID IN YET MEET IN SPECIAL SESSION
Receipts May Reach Sum Of Shoemaker Reads Statement
Is Prediction by Representative Sims
CONTRIBUTORS VOTED THANKS MAKES MENTION PROMISES
Tho Have Member
Total of $1,000 to Credit Of
Account Up to Noon.
CASH NOT ALL PAID. IN YET
Receipts May Reach Sum Of $4,000
Is Prediction.
CONTRIBUTORS VOTED THANKS
Report of Ladies' Committee, Show
| ~
ing Results Of Canvass and Those
Who Have Given Help.

The amount turned in to the Tag day
| account at the Union Savings Bank a.
noon today was 6.SO9.
Iu addition to this amount reports are
| to come in from various government de-
partments where tags were distributed
The heads of the various committees say
thew will not be surprised If $s,OOO If
| reached.
| Tag day headquarters was closed ON
ciaIly last night. Future returns Will oe
received by the receiving tellers at the
Union Savings Bank, 10 18th street. An
| official receipt will be given.
The excursion on the steamer James
| town last night was successful IN spite
of rain. The boat carried large crowd.
Dancing seemed the most popular form
! of amusement.
Thanks for Aid Given.
| The executive committee met yesterday
at noon in the Chamber of Commerce and
went over the various lists Of contributors
and business men who have aided the
playground movement.
A vote of thanks was rendered TO the
| following firms who have assisted mate
| rally in making Tag day a success:
Law Reporter Company. National PUP
| fishing Company. Judd & Detwefler Com
pany. Thomas Taxicab Company, ). z.
Berry, Pope Manufacturing Company
Cook & stoddert. Lutt ,s;n,o &C ComPan any;
use Of bank building. E. s. New
man for use of adding machine. Tele-
phone COMPANY for use OF telephone
Great Bear Spring Water Company. SAM
| uel Gassenheimer Of the Willard Auto
| Company. Morrison & Co, Stott & Co..
| McGill & Wallace, Gibson Brothers. Globe
| Printing Company, Wilkens-Sheiry Com
pany, Sudwarth Printing Company, How
ard Printing, Company, Crane Printing
| Company, Gilmore Taxicab Company,
r. P. Andrews Company.
Work Of Ladies' Committee.
At the same meeting Mrs. wallace Rad
cliffe presented a report showing in de-
tail the work done by the various squads
and divisions of the ladies' committee.
Her report is as follows, including men
ton of the automobiles and carriages
loaned to the ladies':
Mount Pleasant district north of Park
road. 18th street west to the park, $84. So
SQUAD treasurer, Mrs. Fred Coldren: Mrs.
Chester Snow. Mrs. Morrey, Mrs. Dubois
Mrs. Goslin. Mrs. Curtis. Mrs. Thaer and
Mrs. Tibbotts.
W street to Newton street west Of i4th
street. ,&100-Squad treasurer. Mrs. Ross
NJ Fishburn: Mrs. Fisher, Mrs. j. W.
Titcomb, Mrs. f. H. Bliss. assisted by
young people from Mt Pleasant Congre-
gationai Church.
Columbia Heights nth to 14th and "
to Newton streets $64.35Squad treasurer,
Mrs. Paul Sleman; Mrs. Marshall, Mrs.
r. Edgar Smith, Mrs. Gallaher and Miss
Emily Slelnan.
washington Heights. $50 oe-squad treas
urer, Mrs. Claire Townsend: Miss Fay
Holtzclaw, Mrs. 4. Gle, Miss Katherine
Brooks, Miss O.. s. Blake, Mrs. Conrad
;Syme.
Fourteenth street to Adams Mill road
below W street. $32.75-Sauad treasurer,
Miss Stone: Mrs. Stone.
Kalorama road $50. SO-Squad treasurer,
Mrs. Wright; Mrs. Vernon Bailey.
Middle northwest: P to W streets.
$40 Se-Squad treasurer. Miss Lusk; Mrs.
White. Mrs. Apple. Miss Cooling, Mrs.
Malcolm.
Massachusetts avenue, 18th to oath
streets, $3.50 Squad treasurer. Miss
Henrietta Fitch. Miss Newberry. Miss
Murray.
Sixteenth street White House to Park
road, $19.35-SQuad treasurer. Miss M.
Lothrop; Miss Irene Noble, Miss Wolver-
ton.
Dupont Circle to Georgetown, $3.50
Squad treasurer. Mrs. William II. Bald
win: three high school young ladies, Mrs.
Archibald Hopkins.
K to P streets and 9th to 18th streets.
$40. 26LSquad treasurer. Mrs. B. F. Har-
per; Mrs. Charles Brown, Mrs. Rrum-
baugh. Mrs. G. 8. Place Mrs. Earnest.
Mrs. A. ". Patterson, Mrs. De Lesi, Mrs.
Capt Carpenter
Downtown district $3.50 35-Souad treas
urer. Mrs. Agnes Stewart; Miss F. E
Brown. Y. W. c. A: Miss Carson, Mrs.
HOelse.
Northeast, s74.19Squad treasurer, Mrs
Walter s. Binley; Mrs. Showalter Mrs.
B. H. TRULY, Mrs. Hess. Mrs. DOGGY.
Bloomingdale and lexington, $50 35-
Squad treasurers. Miss Chauncy and Mrs.
Charlotte Pine: Mrs. G. A. Weber. Mrs.
Mattingly. Mrs. Powers, Mrs. Ferron,
assisted by church ladies.
Southeast, 3S.42-Squad treasurer, Miss
Mabel Towner; Miss Grace oyer. Miss
Nan McGregor. young ladies from st.
girls. -
Georgetown. $1275 Squad treasurer,
Mrs. kOlb: Mrs. Blount.
Southwest. sS-Squad treasurer, Miss
Jessie Holeman; Neighborhood House
workers. :.
Cleveland Park. s49o-squad treasurer,
Mrs, Charles Neill.
Total. s1O52.24.
Subordinate Committees:
Union station committee $95-Chairman.
Mrs. Landon Reed: Mrs. Wendall H. Stat
ford. Mrs. Edgington. Miss Bateman. Mrs.
r. G. Hand. Mrs. Lmrick Miss Carrie L.
Hastings Miss Florence Cook Miss Cor
ton. Miss Butler. Mrs Benham. Mrs.
Webster, Miss Masters, Miss Lite Sim
mons.
Matinee committee, $3.50 3OAChairman
Mrs. Richard Gasch, assisted by young
ladies': Mrs Giles 8. Rafter Nine. Old
berg. Mrs. Rapley, Mrs. Snow Mrs. Cliff
Miss Rosetta Brice, Miss DeLesi.
Hotel and restaurant committee. 1881 80
Chairman. Mrs. Thomas Moves; Mrs.
Cuno II. Rudolph. Mrs Bovee. Mrs A. w.
Patterson. Mrs ]. c. O'Laughlin, Mrs. NJ.
G. Fox. Miss E. Haynes, Miss F. B.
Kenna, Mrs Joseph Crawford, Mrs. Carl
Joerisen. Miss Marie Hollenback. Mrs.
Earnest Walker, Mrs. H. H. Pechin, Miss
y. L. Lothrop, Mrs Wiltberger, Miss
Harriet Richardson. Miss Frances Wolver-
ton. Miss Belle Wills, Mrs. E. c. An
drews. Miss Anderson.
Restaurants - Woodward & Lothrop.
Miss Woolverton; De1mar Cafe. Miss