The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-12-23
Occurred Despite Unfavor-
able Weather Conditions,
Results Being Very
Satisfactory.
MANY WE'RE TAGGED, AND THE
LADIES WORKED WITH uNTIR-
ING ENERGY FOR CITY PARK
IMPROVEMENTS AND FOR THE
TEMPLE BETHEL FuND-MoN-
EY WILL BE COUNTED TODAY.

Yesterday was Tag Day in Pensa
cola.
Bleak winds whistled around street
corners, and milady's nose and ears
were pink, but she continued TO hold
out boxes and fix tags throughout
the entire day, for it was done in the
cause of civic improvement and sweet
charity, and sac revealed in her op-
portunity.
Early during the day it was decid-
ed, in direct opposition to the wealth
er man, who had decidedly pulled
off, another of his recent and particu-
ugly splashing rain drops with clouds
that lowered and glared as the wind
wnistled and screamed in the streets,
to proceed with the regular plans OF
Pensacola's first Tag Day. Chap
eroneS and their attractive beyies OF
taggers, therefore, stationed them
selves on their respective corners, and
the fun began The results of the
day, which are known to be far be.
yond the, expectations of tle ladies,
when weather conditions are consid.
cred, cannot yet be ascertained, it hay-
ing been decided to count the money
THIS morning at lO o CLOCK.
Day Was Success.
PenSacolas first tag day was a sue
cess from start to finish.
The ladies labored faithfully and
well through conditions which were a
test to their patience and endurance,
with the knowledge that the objects
in view, that of city park improve
ment and the swelling of The Temple
BETHEL fund was worthiness itself.
Some OF the very INCEST" young
men, in fact, at the end of the day
presented an appearance very much
like greatly reduced bargain counter
article, upon which some careless
clerk had somehow forgotten to re-
move the successive cost marks.
You coul spot" tagger the mo-
ment you saw her swoop down in your
particular direction. She had the light
of battle in her eyes, and :here was
a certain amount of determination in
her greeting of Have yod been tag
ged?" If you had not, perchance,
been properly attended to. it was up
to you to separate yourself from your
loose coin, Immediately If not sooner,
or be considered the ..meanest man
in town-so there.'' Usually you
were tagged, and continued to be tag
ged-blandly, helplessfy, even enthus-
iastically.
And you felt infinitely the better for
it-now, didn't you?
Tag Day Fun.
If you were in the thick OF the fun
and enjoying the first real big Charity
affair which has been so generally of
fered in the city, you probably heard
such snatches of excited conversation
as this: Isn't that drummer a
dream? He gave me Eve dollar
bill" and Cant 1 tag You? Aw,
pleased" or Amt he nice? / do
think Mr. Blank is ,dear"-(no won
der the men .blowed' themselves
and many, many more ordinations
and broken fragments of whirlwind
conversation from the very busy tag
gers.
The general and accepted chorus of
the day, however, and one which was
by all means. the most popolar from
each and every standpoint was Here
comes a mani"
The man generally came and saw
and was conquered--but ne seemed
on the whole, to enjoy-it.
8 One person handed out a quarter,
ordered two tags, and astounded the
pretty tagger by asking for change
TO the sum of % cents.
Mean! Well, | should say so. DO
you know he spends just" but the
rest of the conversation trailed off in
the blustery winter, wind.
Il Thought she would just about put
in a nickel-and she did" was the
complaint of another tagger. And SO
the day wore on.
In fact, the ladies of the city have
a right to be proud of their Tag Day
efforts. From the time when bells
and whistles of the city announced the
fact that the big day had actually ar
rived, until the setting of the sun,
when some very cold, tired little Ia
dies left the streets, the day was
characterized with every mark of the
highest success, and it is freely pre-
dicted that when the proceeds are
finally counted this morning, the re-
suits will far exceed the expectations
of even the most enthusiastic.