Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-12
WASHINGTON
. PLAYGROUND
ASSOCIATION

Tomorrow is Tay day!
The storm which has been brewing for
several days past, and which has been
growing louder in it's mutterings daily,
will burst tomorrow in all it's fury
and Washington will be showed under in
fiutter of tags.
By the time the big automobiles have
brought in the banks and money collected
from the sale of tags throughout the city,
the only people who will have escaped
being tagged for the benefit of the chill
dren of Washington will be such as own
flying machines or who do not believe in
children.
Although tomorrow is the official Tag
day. the committees having the work in
charge are still hard at work today. The
ladies who are tagging houses are getting
rid of tags faster than they can be
printed.
A desperate call for 1000 house tags
came in over the telephone this morning,
although 1000 had just been put out.
There has been no objection on the part
of any householder to the tags so far.
Several apartment houses have tags hang
Ing from every door.
Rubber-Neck Wagon on Rounds.
great big red Seeing Washington
automobile started out from 1892 New
York avenue this morning carrying a
brass band and a bevy of young girls.
The machine toured the prominent streets
of the downtown section, and the girls
tagged everybody in reach. The machine
carried sign. IT Am Tagged for the
Children Of Washington" and was do
mated by the owners.
The school committee, with it's 5000 vol
unteers. Is ready to start business early
In the morning. The committee will make
Its headquarters in Tag day headquarters
In ho n1d Dor h,,{l
18th st.
Supervising Principal Clark said, this
morning. that the brightest and best
hammered boys had been selected. and
that they had been thoroughly instructed
In how to approach the people on thu
streets. Each team of boys will have a
metal bank and they will not have to touch
any money. If the tagged person de-
sires he can slip his coin or bill into the
bank himself.
At $50 tomorrow afternoon four auto
mobiles will start out from Tag day
headauarters to gather in the money from
turn their banks over to their superior
officer. their teacher or principal
The principal will rush the money to tie
superintendent, and so on up the scale OF
mobiles will get the money back to John
B. Slemen, jr., Tag day treasurer. Count
ing and other details will probably be
over by 1880 o'clock.
Spirit of the Occasion.
Mr.. Clark said today:
Il do not think there is any one in the
city who will mistake the spirit in which
Tag day ought to be taken. It is for the
children. All the kind and charitable
thoughts that cluster about the mention
of the little ones ought to be in evidence
In addition to the tags. the committee is
selling tickets for an excursion to Indian
Head Monday night. The steamer James
town has been donated for the purpose
Assistant Secretary of the Navy New
berry has assigned the Marine Band for
the trip.
A. G. Moses has offered three prizes of
$12. 50 and S. respectively, for the great
est sale of tickets. This offer is open to
any one. Tickets may be obtained at Tag
day headquarters in the old Metropolitan
Bank building, upon proper Identification.
Tickets are also on sale at Droop's. L. Ar
thur Smiths. the Chamber of Commerce
and the Playground Association office in
the Ouray building.
One scheme for tomorrow. which has
leaked out today. is the plan to tag the
high officials Of the government. A big
motor car, with the prettiest girls 1t Is
possible to find in Washington, Will be-
siege the biggest men in the government.
Unless the doors are locked they will sue
coed in tagging men of international fame.
Cuno H. Rudolph received check for
$ today from President and Mrs Roose-
Welt toward the maintenance of the play
grounds.
Lunch Rooms to Be Guarded.
Thirty-two lunchrooms will have tag
gers in them tomorrow at lunch time. Not
a single man who goes to lunch in any Of
the following places will escape:
Purity dairy lunchroom. 1923 Pennsyl-
vania avenue; Delmar cafe, 537 18th street
northwest; Ford & Graham. 10th street
between F and G streets; AmiSS' lunch
room. 1904 Pennsylvania avenue; Munich
pal dairy lunchroom, 1918 Pennsylvania
avenue; Franklin dairy lunchroom. 1O1
Pennsylvania avenue; Windsor dairy
lunchroom. 4O9 10th street; MARYLAND
lunchrooms, 600 9th street and 1910 Penn
sylvania avenue; Woodward & Lothrop's
cafe, Richter's dairy lunch, 513 18th
street; Wallis cafe. 18th between F and
G streets; Manor dairy lunch. 18th above
G. streets; Crown lunchroom. 518 18th
street; Harvey's cafe, 18th and Pennsyl-
vania avenue; Randolph cafe. G street
between 18th and 14th streets: Hygienic
lunchroOm, Crown lunchroom. New York
avenue between Ath and 18th streets: s.
Tea Cup Inn; Original cafe. 927 Pennsyl-
vania avenue: Herberts cafe, 412 9th
street; belmont cafe, $50 Pennsylvania
avenue: Star lunch 4S0 18th street;
nue.; Zienan & Pokhart. 924 9th street:
Martins. sos 9th street; Kann's restau-
rant 9Th street and Market place; Mount
Vernon Home Bakery, 922 9th street;
Richmond lunch, 1909 G street; Queen
lunchroom, 7th and G streets.
Contributors to Fund.
Contributions to the Washington Play
grounds Association today are: Miss
Georgiana r. Simpson. 81: Mary H. Bond.
81; John J. Rochermel, IS; Mrs. Charles
A. Douglas. s.: George Otis Smith, SIS