Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-02
THOUSANDS OF
TAGS SOLD FOR
CHARiTY'S SAKE
BITS OF CARDBOARD FIND
READY SALE
ESTIMATED PROCEEDS WILL BE
$4,000 OR MORE
Exact Result of Work Will Not Be
Known for Several Days-school
Children Help in pistri-
button

Los Angeles was tagged yesterday.
The man or woman who did not wear
a tag was conspicuous Consequently
nearly every one seen on the streets
wore tag,
At this time there is no way of es-
timatfng the receipts from the sale OF
tags. This will have to be done after
counting up the unsold tags and check
sing up the sales. 1t is calculated, how
ever, that charity will be aided to the
extent of $4,000 or more.
The tags sold for 10 cents each, and
it was as easy to sell them as it is to
give a fresh blown rose to a demure
young woman. Everybody bought
them.
In the streets from Twelfth street
to Temple block, from the Arcade de-
pot to the Third street tunnel, the tag
venders-little, big, old and young
We're in evidence, and no man escaped
their notice Newsboys lent their aid
in selling the tags, and as they are
experienced in approaching people
their work was very effective.
Society girls and little misses who
some day will be society girls sold
them from automobiles. Many of the
elite were on the streets mingling with
the throng and cajoling the men into
buying tags by the bunch.
Dog Tagged
One pretty lass induced a travelling
man in front of the Hollenbeck to buy
twenty-five, and to show his spirit he
promptly tore them to pieces. A dog
on Spring street with tags dangling
from his collar and from his tail seemed
to feel the spirit of the occasion and
no lrod loudly III in n frian61H
way to every passer-by. He was the
cause of many men buying tags.
"If a dog is that much interested in
charity it puts it up to us to be as
good or worse than a dog said
man, and he straightway bought ten
tags with which he adorned his front.
Hundreds of incidents of tag day
could be told, and all of them would
be interesting. 1t is sufficient to say
that II. w. Frank, president of the
Associated Charities, is satisfied with
the result and that a considerable fund
has been made available for charitable
purposes. such as those which are con-
stantly coming before the Associated
Charities for attention.
School Children Sell
Seventy-five thousand tags were dis
tributed among high school students,
10000 to the Los Angeles high school,
$4,000 to the Polytechnic high school
and 10000 to the Olive street high
school. The grammar school pupils
got 10000, the Hollywood school got
1000 and $4,000 were sent out to resi-
dents. The Polytechnic students gave
an acrobatic exhibition on a lot adj
joining the city hall There was great
rivalry between the high schools in the
selling of tags.
The Associated Charities issued al
together 3O0,20S tags. 1t will be several
days before the total sales will be
known. 1t was stated last night that
the Polytechnic high school had sold
$4,000 worth of tags, leading all of the
other schools.
r. K. Sewell, general secretary of
the Associated Charities. expressed
himself as pleased with the results
The original tag signed by Rear Ad-
miral Evans, and from which a wood
cut was made has been preserved and
will be sold to the highest bidder.