The Washington herald., 1908-06-12

Washington is showing the effects Of
the promoters of the Tag Day idea.
many residences and stores already hav-
ing been tagged" and showing the mark.
either exposed in the front windows or
tied to the door.
II is estimated at headquarters that to-
morrow there will be fully 5000 Tag Day
volunteers and solicitors doing business
In all sections OF the District. There is
no escape from the taggers and there
is no use trying TO dodge them, for they
will be right at your heels until you con-
sent to give up" The school committee
with its 5000 schoolboys, is 10 operate
the drag net up and down the streets Of
the city, and A. T. Stuart, superintned-
ent OF public schools, expects them to do
their good work thoroughly.
The members of the ladies committee
under Mrs. Wallace Radcliffe are meeting
with the greatest success in their cam
paign of attaching the tag TO residences.
They have a big task before them and
they are in need Of automobiles and vol
unteers. They have started out 10 tag
every house and apartment in the Dis
trict, and the success already attained In
dicates that they will be successful.
Four Thousand Houses Tagged.
Arthur Moses said yesterday that 1900
house tags had already been used by
the 10 women covering the residences
and apartment houses OF the city. and
that whole rows OF houses are now
tagged for the children OF Wash
ington." Four thousand additional tags
have been ordered printed. and can be
obtained at the rooms of the Chamber
Of Commerce to-day. or at the headquar-
ters IN the old Metropolitan Bank Build
ing to-day and tomorrow. Dr.. Curtis. OF
the Playground Association. needs 1900
more women 10 volunteer their services
for tagging houses. Applications should
be made 10 Mr.. Moses, at 1l0S + street,
or at the Office OF the association in
the Ouray Building.
Public school contributions TO the
Washington Playground Association have
been reported as follows:
First division-Curtis, S65.62; HYDE and
Addison, S67.S7 Threlkeld, 1914; FIJI
more. 1857 Jackson. S5695; Corcoran,
S2lN; Toner, $3S25; Reservoir, $3l.16;
Conduit Road. 20 cents; total. S32SS7
Others who contributed yesterday
were: Bradley Davidson. s.; Mrs. Will
/ lam Curtis Hill, s.; Jesse II. Ramsburgh
NJ. D., s.. and Julia J. Leutze. s..
II was crrOneOusly reported that the
contribution from Anthony Bowen School,
was s.. This should have been S37.
EIks Give Fifty Dollars for Tng.
/ N4FazIgrr-s.r, g a.
meeting Wednesday night voted 10 Civ,
$50 for one Of the big house tags.
/ Tickets for the excursion Monday night
on the jamestown We're placed on sal,
\ yesterday with W. b. Moses & Sons, z
/ F. Droop q Sons. 7. Arthur Smith. anC
at the Chamber OF Commerce. Then car
also be had at the Fifteenth street build
/ ing.
The baseball game between the Cham
Der OF Commerce and the Board Of Trade
TO be played for the benefit OF she Play
ground Association on Saturday after
noon, June q. was discussed at the meet
/ ing held in the Chamber OF Commerc,
rooms Wednesday night. The teams hav,
/ been picked out, and there will be tive
practice games next week: one by IN,
Board OF Trade Wednesday afternoon al
! ) o'clock, and the other Tuesday after
noon. Both games are 70 be played a
American League Park
Makeup of the Teams.
The teams are composed as follows:
Board Of Trade-E. J. McQuade. Or. F
f. Gibson, John H. Nolan. c. l. Harding
Ed. II. NARROW, c. D. Church. Otto y,
Moll, A Leftwich Sinclair. Thad. Sar
gent, J. Lewis Smith. W. A. H. Church
Charles Langley. William F. Bowen. Ed
T Bates, Charles II. Roesch, J. s. Suth
erland. and Charles T. Clagett.
! Chamber of Commerce-Bert T. Amos
Adolph GUIDE, George c. Shaffer. d. j
Callahan. Arthur Marks. Arthur Plant
Phil King. o. P. Metzerott. Albert Schul
tets, Ralph w. Lee. Ed. Walsh. Thomas
L. Hume, DR.. Harry Kaufman. Tingu
Hume, Arthur G.. Newmyer Allen D
Albert, jr,, J. NJ. Stoddard, and BENJAMIN
Woodruff
The managers OF the two teams ar,
Phil King. for the Chamber, and DR.
T. z. Gibson. for the Board Of Trade.
The Chamber OF Commerce will wea,
blue shirts and the Board Of Trade white
Otherwise. there will be no difference Il
the uniforms.