The San Francisco call., 1908-11-08

IWen ty-nNe thousand dOllarS, unuSf
the circumstances, is a very conser-
vative estimate
By noon San Francisco resembled
a city which had been struck by a
shower of tags, for on every hand tags
were sold by the thousands TO rich
and poor. crippled and well. This was
day when all could unite in support
of a course which directly affected
every one, the cause of the suffering
child.
Laughing children tagged gray haired
men. Urchins from the Mission romped
side by side with the scions of San
Francisco's aristocracy. Jimmy" prob
ably tagging millionaires while "Regi-
nald" tagged laborers. Mothers sub
mitted to tagging by red checked
youths, and many CLEAN of pride
shone in the eyes of women whose
thoughts wandered backward and for
ward between their stalwart sons and
daughters and the pale, wan faces of the
sick tots for whom those sons and
daughters were striving. Bright eyed,
blushing maids tagged all with whom
they came in contact and to them the
public. particularly the male portion,
opened their purses and bade them take
all they could carry away.
WILL. BE ANNUAL AFFAIR
EcuaIed only by the enthusiasm of
the "taggers"- was the enthusiasm dis
played by the San Francisco public,
which submitted to tagging with such
a hearty Willingness that hereafter the
day will be set aside for an annual
romp for the benefit of the Childrens
hospital
This is done in st. Louis and has
proved successful and those in charge
of the hospital will adopt the same
plan.
Won't you buy a tag, please?" was
the plea of the pretty miss throughout
the day. One poor old blind man who
sells pencils at a Market street cor
ner heard the plea, and, thinking not
of his own plight, gave 10 cents A
newsboy whose legs are gone and who
is seen daily hustling his fwuxtries" al
the corner of Market and Geary streets
scrambling nimbly about on the two
stumps left him. heard the plea and
responded with a hard earned dime.
When such as these gave pride alone
would have kept the silver stream flow
ing into the St. Francis headquarters
but San Francisco needed not blind
minded of her debt to the Children's
hospital.
NO IMMUNITY BATH
One Tag ulU not grant immunity
the wearer and several tag covered men
were seen hurrying about Market
street. One man had tags stuck ina his
hat, coat, shoes and necktie
At the Merchants exchange the
young ladies on guard tagged every
man as he went in, many of them buy
ing strings of tags. Shortly afterward
a committee of brokers went around
stripping each man of his tags and, be-
ing tagless,, all bought tags again on
their way out
Youngsters. in khaki from Sidney
Peixotto's Columbia park settlement
swarmed through the cars on the lines
set aside by the United Railroads for
that purpose. Three thousand dollars
was realized from the sale of tags on
the ferries.
Tags were bought at prices ranging
from the regular dime to 500. Frank
Daroux gave General Mrs. Helen Hecht
800 for tag. Similar amounts were
received from others.
AS early as 1880 the tag" army be
gan all day vigil at the ferries, in the
office buildings and on the streets.
Thousands coming over from the trans
bay cities to their work were inter-
cepted by Lieutenant General Mrs. Ber-
tha LilienthaPs brigade, which gallant
ly charged the oncoming hosts and
emerged from the fray victorious
Dimes began to flow at once and
until midnight the flow continued in