Los Angeles herald., 1908-06-26
TAG DAY NETS
NEARLY $1,000
JAMES ]. JEFFRlES LEADER IN
GREAT WORK
FORMER CHAMPION IS SUCCESS
AS SALESMAN
Mavor Harper Comes In for Large
Share of Attention and ls Lite
orally Covered with
Pasteboards

Because of the fact that the fuH re-
turns of "tag" day were not mace at
a late hour last night H. w. FRANK,
president of the Associated CHARITIES
of Los Angeles. could not give
definita estimate of the amount OF
money raised during the day, but per-
sonally thought the returns Wouio
show about $1,000.
As FAR as is yet known James j.
Jeffries seems to have made the hlgn-
est mark in selling tickets. he orig
inally received 100 tags, but kept SEM
ing for more until he had receives
naerlv 35O0. Last night $22b worth
had been disposed of by the FORMER
champion. z.a..
The hamburger department store
received 1000, of which they sold lSoo
tags. The Gayety company turned III
s16Ts5 OF the 10000 tags which We're
originally printed all but couple Oh
hundred were sent out by the assocla-
tion. .,o+,o, IN
7 IT is the intent of the association 10
appoint a committee consisting OF ono
representative from each charltapie Or
ganization in the city and to appoln' d
certain day each year to be known as
"cba ritv,, day and to collect money by
selling tags or some other novelty anu
then to divide the receipts among these
organizations in proportion to what
each organization has spent during the
nrevious year. This will do away Win
| the necessity Of begging or advertising
for the money. Mr. Frank thinks tnat
eventually $4,000 could be raised IN
| this manner.
Committee Grateful
The committee extends its nearly
thanks to all those who SO hopiy par-
ticinated in the noble cause. particular
iv the press. without the aid of the
newspa pers we could not have hopeo
| to succeed" said Mr. Frank.
Manv amusing incidents featured the
work of the tag sellers. One OF these
was the successful effort OF MISS Saule
Hunt, a Grand opera house chorus
gir1 to tag a Chinese. The celestial
was evidently greatly amused, ana
held back his dime as long as possible
but finally succumbed. When he Of
fered Miss Hunt a five dollar piece
and insisted on change the pretty
chorus girl turned him over to sym
pathizing friend who held the Ave
wh,Ie she rustled four dollars and
ninety cents in silver. A crowd OF
sympathizing friends meanwhile sur
rounded the celestial, who ordered
them to decorate themselves In similar
manner. Five tagged for charity
Chinese marched away pretending to
be Indifferent to their unique decora-
tions.
Harper Covered with Tags
Mayor Harper was everybody's tar
oct Yesterday. From the time he en-
tered his office in the morning until he
| left for his home he was visited by the
| tag sellers. Each seller took especial
pains to see that the tag was placed
upon some part of his honor's person.
and by nightfall the mayor was liter
ally covered with pasteboarGs.
From early morning until late at
night tireless tag sellers roamed the
streets and few pedestrians escaped.
The tight wad" who refused to buy
well, he had a miserable existence un-
til he escaped, but on the whole there
were few Of him.
Tag day is over. You can appear on
the street today without being "it."
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