The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-12-15
EVERYBODY WORE THE LITTLE
RED AND YELLOW TAGS.
SEVEN HUNDRED GIVEN
Fund Being Raised to Furnish the New
Home for the v. w. c. A. Reaches
$4,000 Mark, Giving Sufficient to
Pay All Expenses.

Tag Day" Melted the young women
of the Y. w. C. A. just $500, which
will be added to the fund raised to
furnish their new home in the Sweet
block. With the amount raised Tag
Day the young ladies now have more
than $4,000 in cash.
It was "Tag Day. everywhere in
Billings { yesterday. II you did not
wear at least one Of the little red and
yellow marks, you were decidedly out
of the fashion. And, as a matter of
fact, it was almost impossible. not to
wear a tag, for who can resist the
charming woman when she asks for a
contribution for some worthy cause?
So the tag vas purchased and worn.
flag Day. booths were established
in the stores and on the streets, while
members Of the Y. w. C. A. thronged
the sidewalks with their little tags to
sell or visited the theaters, hotels or
factories or made trips into the sub
urbs in an automobile. Wherever
there was a possibility Of selling a tag
there the young women went.
An office was maintained in the
First Trust and Savings bank, where
the Mutual Telephone company in
stalled a special phone and Miss John
son, the general secretary, and Miss
MallOn, the treasurer, received the re-
port Of sales and as every hundred
dollar mark was passed the fact was
printed on a black board in the win
dow.
When the office was closed last
night 1896. so was in the hands Of the
treasurer and there was n box yet
to. be heard from, which was known
to contain more than IS. Previous to
Tag Day." by subscription, the young
ladies had raised $1,373.5O.
The first contribution secured by
the young ladies was from Mrs. Julia
Billings of New York City, wife of
the nan for whom Billings was named.
1t was also the largest subscription.
There e five subscriptions of 500
each and a score Of $50 and $25 ones.
Following are the names of those who
contributed to the fund of $1,373.5O:
Mrs. Julia Billings, l.. D. O'Donnell,
Austin North, P. ID. Moss, H. w. Row
ley, Yegen Bros, B. R. Albin, "A. l..
Babcock, H. J.. Thompson, II. ]. Bou-
ton, w. H. Donovan, w: M. Johnston,
o. w. Weidler, E. B. Camp, Henry
Gilsdorf, tSturm and Drake, o. W. Par
ham, III. M. Allen and Co, J. r. Swear
engen, R. E. Shepherd, David Frat,
Montana Cash Grocery, Fleming Hard
ware Co, G. HI. Perine, Chapple Drug
Co, Lee Goodwin, q. N. McCracken,
C. r. Watkins, j. N. Purcell, LIS. SINH
neo, Richard Roberts, Harry L. VIII
son, A. B. Renwick, p. B. Merrill, Cliff
ton Ham, w. Hansard, Hattie A. Craw-
ford, Grace Murphy, Laura earns,
Jones and Hollowell, Mrs. Soule, Mrs.
Henry White, w. u. Scholes, r. A.
Staples, M. J. Lamb, DR.. Reiger, Mrs.
N. Daniels, Arthur North, r. s. Todd,
Margaret M. Strang, Hattie M. Berry,
Emma Manning, Ida M. Damon, Har-
riet Mallon, Branche Nichol and Lo-
rine Tyre.
The young ladies' in charge of the
Tag Day. arrangements want to ex-
press their appreciation of the assist,
ance rendered them by the First Trust
and Savings bank, the Mutual Tele-
phone company, MI. Slayton with his
automobile, G. Overn and the Billings
papers.
MUST REFUND MONEY.