The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-04-16
NEWS IF THE DAY IN SOCIETY WORLD Mrs. Mark Lewis EntertainS At Brilliant Reception NOTES HERE AND THERE Tag Day to Be Celebrated Tomorrow. Mrs. Gunnels to Entertaln-An
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By MYRTLE MILES.
Telephones; Bell, 1t6o; Peoples, 299.)

Telephones: Bell, 116o; Peoples, 2ee)
 Tag day, which met with such signal success on the occasion of its intro duction in Birmingham a year ago, will be repeated tomorrow. Last year the enthusiastic workers for the Boys club began their efforts early in the morning taking their positions the street corners, in some instances at o'clock and continuinge until Gin the afternoon. They met with a beautiful response, too, for who is not glad to help a boy?
 The proceeds from the tagging torYor- row will be given, es was done last year, to the support of the Boys club. As this is the only source of revenue that the institution has. it will have a practical use for every dollar given toward 1t and the assistance rendered will be deeply appreciated by the band of prominent women who are so eager for the success of tag day. The Boys club, as a matter of fact, means the future men of the community. The scores of newsboys, the little fellows who are thrown on their own resources because of home conditions, the boys who have left home for one reason or another, well know the work of the club and can give interesting accounts of the happy results that have been achieved. These boys are not as some have thought. the juvenile criminals about town. They are rather the little fellows who having no moral guides in their home life, are given the support of those experienced in dealing with the boys problems. MT. Maurice Willows. the superintendent, understands boy probably better than any of the other complex problems of life, and he loves the little fellows of the street individually and collectively. His success in snatch ing up and saving the lads that were on the downward slide has been phe- nomenal and more than pleasing to those and how many there are-whose hearts have gone out to the pathetic little too wise gamin of the street corners whose buffeting with the world Is making of him the calloused little abnormal person whose barren destiny may unless some help is given lead later to crime.
 The field of the Boys club is all-em- bracing. As stated ny the members 1t is 'the boys of Birmingham" Morally,
 
 help The rooms on Second avenue which are their headquarters provide comfort able resting places summer and win ter. There are reading and recreation rooms, where they may enjoy a pleasant hour at any time and these have kept many boys off of the streets. The night school last year did aa excellent worIS also. It was mot continued, however, this year since, by visiting In the homes of the boys. whic1, ny the way, is one of the excellent works of the superin- tendent and of the Friendly visitor en- ployed by one of the chapters to at- tend to that phase of the work, 1t was found that 80 per cent of the boys had no valid excuse for not attending the day schools. So the parents were en- couraged instead to place them in school during the day and where books or clothes were needed .hey were supplied. This has been a help in many cases be- cause having the boys out at nigh. Is always discouraged, anl the day school is a. help in solving both problems.
 One of the best things that the club has done for the boys of Birmingham was the outing given them last sum- mer at a camp near the artes.uD wells at Gate City. The Alabama Consol- dated Coal and Iron company gave 10 the club the use of 40 acres of pine grove at the wells and here 200 litt.e fellows were perfectly happy for several weeks with the outdoor sport rha. T boy loves-tshing, frog hunting, baseball and athletic contests. Besides the excellent results from a physical standpoint it gave them splendid moral lesson. They had their own form of government and not pennys worth of damage was done during their stay. strong moral cur- riculum prevailed and the feeling of re- sponsibility proved a great developer tor