Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-11
WASHINGTON
PLAYGROUND
ASSOCIATION

After three days Of planning the Tag
day committees have suspended for the
moment the enormous task of touching up
everybody In Washington for little help
for the Playground Association. and
have begun to spread far and wide the
carnival spirit Of the occasion. +
If there is only half decent weather on
Saturday the city will see 5000 Tag day
volunteers and solicitors loaded with
punches Of tags. The man who refuses
to be tagged will be bounded until long
after nigiitfall by an army composed OF
smiling children, insinuating School teacu-
ers beautiful society. women. husky attn
letes.
The man who stands on the other SIDE
Of the bar will suggest a Tag day nigh
ball. The waiter will have tag Dangling
from his coat and will say that Tag DAY
salad is good today. sir" At the matinee
the untagged will not only have to break
through a barrier Of taggers in the thea
ter lobby but will be confronted by actors
who will speak their lines with tags nut
tering from their costumes.
Great Big OBLIGATION.
In, fact, Tag day is to be great big
jofliication. in which every generous
hearted man and woman who loves the
children is to forget about dignity for
while and put hands deep into pockets
just for the sake Of seeing that the little
ones have a good place to play
Tho. school committee. composed OF the
principals OF the grade schools, met yes
ierday afternoon at the Franklin Schooi
and listened to the enthusiastic tax OF
some leaders of the Tag day movement:
The school committee will play the
part on Tag day of a fine-tooth comb.
Men in high places will be approached by
high school boys. Automobiles will not
be able to speed too swiftly to get away
from the men who are going to tag them.
Stores and houses are being tagged rap
idly by women and business men But
the school committee, with It's 3OOU school
boys. is to operate the drag net UP and
down the streets of the city. 1t will be
a iint-h he arted pedestrian who can walk
from ore block to another without being
tagged.
4. r. Stuart. superintendent of public
schools. told the teachers yesterday that
they had never been called on to do any
thing that they had not done we'll
This Tag day movement comes at the
end of the year. when you are busy and
when you are more or less fatigued with
The labors of the year. But 1t had to
come. and perhaps 1t comes at a good
lime.
Il know YOU will do your share. and
more. You have never been called upon
we'll. You do the thing. and then you go
on and do more.
In this great movement to furnish the
children--our children-with the proper
that all the leaders have to do will be
10 suggest the thing. You will see to it
that. IT is DONE
Business Mems Success.
A c. Moses spoke to the teachers and
the business men are taking in the move
nent. He told of the firms who have
contributed several hundred dollars to
the cause. He also said that in one hour
in his store young man had sold ninety
two tickets for the steamboat excursion
Monday night.
Mrs. Ellen Spencer Mussey spoke briefly
On the subject of Fairgrounds DR.. Cur
lis described the success OF the Philadel-
phia Tag day. when $25GOO was raised
Supervising Principal Clark briefly out
lined the organization OF the school com
mittee.
Final preparations to tag every pedes-
iran IN washington Saturday we're made
ne members OF the ladies' COMMITTEES
under Mrs. Wallace Radcliffe, are meet
ing with the greatest success in their
campaign Of tagging residences They
nave a big task ahead and need volun-
teeTs and automobiles.
They have set out to tag every bousc
and every apartment in the District. Sue
cess already attained indicates they will
ne successful.
Public school contributions to the Wash
lngton Playground Association have been
reported as follows:
First division--Curtis. $500; Hyde and
Addison. s67.S7: Threlkeld, 1874: Fill
more 1851: Jackson, 1886; Corcoran.
G1M: Toner. $685.: Reservoir. SSl.I6:
Condu't Road. 10 cents; total. $s2SS7
Bradley Davidson, IS: Mrs. William Curtis
Hill, 81: Jesse II. Ramsburgh. MD. e.:
and Julia }. Leutze. S. W.
II was enormously reported that the
contribution from Anthony Bowen School
was w. This should have been $37.
Headquarters to Open Saturday.
The headquarters in the building on 18th
street will be open for the sale of tags
early Saturday. SO any one who is going
out OF town can stop and get one
The sale of individual tags bids fair to
be enormous. Prominent Washingtonians
have sent for large punches Of tags for
guests. DR.. Thomas S. Lee sent IS for
the tag that he will wear. and Mrs Sam
uel Spencer already wears a tag for which
she paid the same amount.
The members of the Metropolitan Club
will find two ladies at tho clubhouse Sat
urday. The men who play golf and the
country club people WITH not escape.
It was related today that when the bust
ness men met for action one of them
said:
What is the use of getting everybody
in Washington interested in this thing
Why not let US get 100 men and get 500
from each of them
His scheme was turned down quickly
The opinion Of the committee was that
Washingtonians would not only be glad to
help the playground association but would
be glad TO enter into the spirit of jollffi-
cation that Tag day is going 10 bring
with 1t.
The Washington Lodge Of Elks at its
meeting last night voted To give $50 for
one of the Bis house tags.