Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-13
EXPECTS TO REALIZE
$4,000 FOR CHARITY
ASSOCIATED CHARITIES SETS
MAY | FOR TAG DAY
Three Hundred Thousand Bits of
Cardboard VIII Be on Sale at Ten
Cents Each to Raise Fund
for INDECENT

Three hundred thousand tags-enough
to supply nearly every man, woman
and child in Los Angeles with one each
have been prepared for Tag day" by
the Associated Charities,
This means the officers and directors
of the association who care for the
needy and dispense charity on a BUSH
nesslike basis, have set for themselves
the task of disposing of these bits of
cardboard at 10 cents each, and thereby
raising a fund of $4,000 for charity.
And the full number of tags are to be
sold and the amount of money is to be
raised in a single day-Saturday, May
l, next--according to the plans of the
officers and members of the Associated
Charities.
1t is a big undertaking, but President
II. w. Frank and Secretary Spencer K.
Sewall of the association already have
planned so we'll they are practically as
assured that the Tag day of this year
will be the most successful ever in
augurated in any city west Of Chicago.
Plans for the great day of distribu-
ton, when everybody in Los Angeles
will be expected to buy at least one
tag for the sake of charity, have been
planned carefully by Messrs. Frank and
Sewall and a corps of assistants. Three
rooms on the fifth floor of the chamber
of commerce building have been turned
over to twenty-five men and women
workers who are engaged in sorting
tags for sellers, securing signatures OF
notables of Los Angeles on the backs
of the cardboards, and sending out in
vitations to prominent men and women
workers for charity in Los Angeles to
assist on Tag day. Headquarters re-
sembles the busy countingroom of big
financial Institution.
Novel Stunts Prepared
Many surprises and novel stunts"
are planned for Tag day this year, and
il there is man or woman in Los An
geles who can escape being tagged May
1 next he or she will indeed be mar
vel. But as President Frank says:
Nobody wants to escape. Tag day has
become a permanent feature and the
people are with US. Everybody Will pc
proud to wear tag May and give at
least 10 cents to the institution which
has done so much to alleviate suffering
and help deserving people who are In
want Every indication points to a
spontaneous outpouring when our tag
sellers get busy, and we expect to make
the day a red letter event in every
way
President Frank preserves an air Of
mystery when questioned concerning
the special stunts which will make
Tag day day of merrymaking In Los
Angeles But he readily admits ar
rangements have been made for num-
Der of features which will be novel. A
number of prominent merchants have
granted permission to the Tag day COM
mittee to establish booths in their
stores and tags will be on sale In every
section of the city, as well as at the
principal beach, towns, Pasadena and
other cities of Los Angeles county.
Scores of prominent society women
will be asked to help in the work, ana
many of these have already volunteered
their services. Dozens of automobiles
will be used in visiting outlying dis
tricts, shops and factories, and pretty
girls with tags will invade every sec
ton of the city. The school children
will assist again this year, and thou
sands of tags will be distributed
through this source. Practically every
actor and actress connected with the
theaters of the city will devote a. por-
ton of their time to selling tags also.
President Frank and Secretary Sewall
say that automobiles are needed for the
great work to be done on Tag day and
they would greatly appreciate the ten
der of machines by private owners to
the Tag day committee at room $40
Chamber of Commerce building.