The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-06-19
NEARLY $500 WORTH
OF RED TAGS SOLD
Method of Raising Money Was
a Distinct Success.
MOST EVERYBODY CONTRIBUTED
Exact Amount OF Receipts s369.s5 and
There Was Practically No Expense
Immunity Purchased at Prices Rang
ing from Penny to So Bill.


Red tags were everywhere in evidence
Saturday. Adjoining buttonholes, hang
ing from buttons, iiuttering on automO
bile lamps and at the end Of whips, drap
cd ON store awnings, stuck into hat'band
and carried between the fingers, they
served as gitterng reminders Of the
wholesome interest all Brattleboro people
take IN the success of the local rest room
Financially they represented just $1,000
for this amount was contributed during
the day in pennies. nickels, dimes, quar-
tiers, halves, silver dollars and bills to the
40 canyassers who covered every sec.
tn 4 the town.
i day has probably been worked
L r. in other towns than 1t was in
leboro Saturday but IL is doubtful
her this system of raising money has
ever been accompanied by a greater spirit
Of enthusiasm and cooperation. Almost
invariably the young women who conduct
| ed the canvass We're treated with the ut
most politeness and in many instances
the amount received from the sale OF the
tags was so large as to be wholly unex-
pected. Three tags were sold for S.
apiece and very many for a dollar or two
apiece. The amount, however, was OF
secondary consideration; the purchase of
tag showed that the purchaser pos
whose tag cost him penny may consider
himself the recipient OF just as much
gratitude from the committee OF arrange
ments as those who paid several hundred
times that amount.
The sale of tags began early Saturday
morning and the red slips were in evil
dence on Main street as early as 100 a. IN |
As the morning advanced they grew
thicker and thicker until by noon an I'M
tagged person was regarded as consider
able OF curiosity. People whose pre-
ylous record tor generosity would never
gain them admission to any philanthropic
organization Were easily lured into secur-
ing immunity from further solicitation by
purchasing a red tag early in the day,
while others OF more generous DISPOSE
ton bought tags by the half.dozen or doz,
en- IN their willingness to aid a good
cause. Why even-but what's the use
of going into personalities! Let it be
enough to say that some OF those whom
he canvassers accosted with doubtful mis-
giyings proved to be the readiest of con-
The canvassers for the most part work.
I'd IN pairs and the largest amount col
ected by one pair was something over
s62. One young woman collected over S25
alone and number of Others brought in
rom $40 to $40. An amusing incident oc-
'urred on Main street about noon when
| business man appeared with his tag at
ached to a drawing of an astonished
ooking individual beneath which was the
inge word Stung. The combination
aused many hearty laugh and was all
he funnier because the wearer was one
t the most willing contributors.
The various canvassers turned in their =
to the committee in charge
n af
he whole amount was taken to the bank
lg rooms of the Brattleboro Trust com
any whose officials kindly counted the
election of change and put it away for
lfe keeping. The canvass was made I'M
er the direction of Mrs. l.. ID. Mastin
Irs. f. |. Swift, Mrs. G. C. Fits, Mrs.
. F. R. JENNIE, Mrs: T: E. Perry, Miss
larry d. Henshaw and Mrs. G. G. Averill.
he young women who covered the town
ere Mrs. c. L. Bruce, Miss Bessie Ken
all, Mrs: A. L. Maynard, Miss Bertha
RE Crosby, Mrs. w. E. Cushman, Miss
.yrtle Briggs, Mrs. Rollin Brown, Miss
orence Foster, Mrs William Richardson,
ISIS Florence Edwards, Miss Gotta
engsten, Mrs. Hal March, Miss Bessie
arnum, Miss Ida Fox, Miss Ala Niles,
ISIS Elizabeth Stevens, Miss Ruth Cal
han, Miss Mary Croker, Miss Blanche
lien, Mrs. A. j. Currier, Mrs. f. |.
yke, Miss Ethel Watrous, Miss Edith
ewton, Miss Ada Gale, Miss Gladys
lin, Miss Bessie Cain, Mrs. W. 7.
aigh, Miss Margaret Martin, Miss Mary
wine, Miss Alice Leonard, Miss Emily
app, Miss Grace Whitaker, Miss Eliza
th Mixner, Miss Ethel Randall, Miss
lwina Whitney, Mrs. Bert Miller, Mrs.
l.. Stockwell, Mrs. Rodney Wheeler,
ISIS Eleanor Streeter, Miss Lottie Tuttle
rs. H. L. Waterman and Mrs. j. G. De-
lit.
The amount secured will go long way
yald carrying on the work of the rest
,pi. To say that the committee is
eply grateful to everyone who contrib
I'd in any way to the success of the oc-
zion is hardly necessary. -