Arizona republican., 1908-11-14
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 IF DIMES At Least S2OOO is the ESti-
 mated Contribution TAG DAY GOES WITH 4 RUSH Two Hundred Banks Were Filled for Charity by the Tag Boys and GirIs--Pro- ceeds Will Be Counted To- day and Lists Published.
TAG DAY GOES WITHA RUSH

Friday, the 18th was a lucky day
 for the Associated Charities.
 While no estimate of sufficient ac-
 curacy to be valuable can be made al
 this time in regard to the receipts net
 ted by tag day, from the number of in-
 dustrious workers engaged and most
 of all from the enthusiastic reception
 given them and the willingness to con-
 tribute it is certain that the sum was
 very large for city of this size.
 over two hundred banks were dis
 tributed and they all came back jing-
 ling with coin. At seven o'clock last
 night there were but 5000 of the 3S,000
 tags printed that were returned to the
 committee in charge. While some more
 tags were returned later in the even
 ing it is still certain that a large per
 centage of them were sold Just how
 many will not be known till the com
 mittee has finished its bookkeeping and
 then a list of the workers with the amount collected will get some recog-
 milton for their gratuitous efforts yes terday.
 A great many dollars were collected last night on Washington street during the course of the carnival and some of the tag girls and boys worked late into the night. Many of them returned two and three times to headquarters with full banks and no tags and started out again.
 Many of the little workers came from families some member of which had been aided by the charities in the past. It was one way they had of showing their gratitude for assistance. render ed. Mingled with them were the daughters and sons of the well to do many of whom worked harder than they had ever done before in their lives.
 Perhaps the feature of tag day was the spontaneity with which the funds were. contributed and the general good nature about it. Many business men changed five or ten dollars into dimes before they started out in the morning For once, Phoenix went short of change and at l pm. there was none to be had All of it seemed to have disappeared into the little banks. Many offers to purchase tags were refused because of no change.
 Contrary to the custom followed in some cities that have had tag days Phoenix tag day was not a hold up." Anyone who doubts this statement and who was the victim of a No change scheme will have their change refund ed by calling at tag headquarters. It f. believed that they were very few instances Of this practice and those were through the ignorance of the par ticular workers. One gentleman whose five dollar bill was whisked away from him by 2 too ardent tag girl received his S49O in change by a special mes senger last night. All other such cases | will be acted on by the committee. Of course there were many cases where ! the donor did not appear anxious about | the change and was too tired to carry l any more additional tags on his person. 1 Tn such cases the money was gladly ac | cepted and the donors Were no more | held up than if they had tossed a four | bit piece in the collection plate of | Sunday instead of the usual dime.
 The money collected by the tag boys | and girls will be counted early today | and each bank checked as it's contents are summed up Then the amount col lected by each individual will be known and the prizes awarded to those who collected the largest dillOuiitS- l lAlS prizes will be, first, s1O worth of mer- ,handise, presented by Barry Goldwa- ter; second and third, s6 and S4, re- 5pectively, presented Dwight B. Heard.
 Among those who worked hard to make tag day the success it was, only ! few of them can be mentioned. are he original committee, consisting of Mrs. G. N. Gage, Mrs. Walter Talbot, Mrs. B. A Fowler and Mrs Dwight B. Heard. Mrs. Heard and Mrs. Fowler l. spent the entire day giving out banks md tags and keeping accurate account ,f it all, at the downtown office, while Mrs. Talbot and Mrs. Gage did the anne ct the fair ground headquarters. Among the men who gave up their time O tag day were MT Heard, MT. Fowler, Ir. Barry Goldwater and particularly .Ir. R. H. Burmister Whenever any E hing went wrong or anything was wanted MT. Burmister was on the spot O produce the desired result.
 Tag day was looked upon in Phoenix s a sort of joke and was carried off n the spirit of carnival. There were