Evening star., 1909-06-20
Tomorrow is the big day.

1 anu CIliIu III the DlSWICC VIII nave an
opportunity to do something for the chill
| dren of the community.
The time is near at hand when Wash
ington will become insufferably hot: when
| the steam will rise from the asphalt pave
| ments, and everybody that can do so will
keep off the streets. Grown folks may not
mind sitting quietly indoors on hot days,
but such self-restraint Is irksome to chill
dren.
Yet their only alternative will be to
wander the streets. lodging wagons,
street cars and automobiles, unless a suit
able fund is raised for the maintenance of
public Fairgrounds in every section of the
city.
Just One Chance.
We have Fairgrounds now. but not
enough of them. 1t is to provide the
money for more that the Fairgrounds
Association adopted the idea of having
a Button day. Tomorrow was set for
the sale of the buttons.
They will be sold on one day only
Unless you buy one or more tomorrow
you will never have another chance.
There are buttons of six different COL
ors, varying In price from 10 cents to $40
each. On each button is a photograph of
President Taft, with a fac simie OF his
autograph underneath. Each button bears
the motto, Il Am for Fairgrounds" a
quotation from statements in favor of
Fairgrounds made by the President
few weeks ago.
Button Prices.
The prices of the different buttons are
as follows:
Black buttons, 10 cents.
Green buttons, % cents. ...a
Blue buttons. 30 cents. t.1
Red buttons. 81.
Silver buttons 81
Gold buttons, SO
Remember the values of the different
buttons.
The general population of the District
would do well to take the merchants of
Washington as their example tomorrow
Never in the history of charitable work
in the city have the merchants and busi-
ness men shown the active. pra ctical in
terest in a project of this kind that they
have displayed toward raising fund for
Fairgrounds.
Will Not Be Their Fault.
From the largest to the smallest they
have not only contributed money for the
purchase of large blocks of buttons to be
presented to their employees and taken
other large lots to be placed on sale in
their stores, but they have left their busi-
ness and spent valuable time in working
for the button committee. If a large sum
of money is not realized from the sale
of buttons tomorrow it will not be the
fault of the merchants and business men.
Arthur &. Moses. vice president Wash
ington Fairgrounds Association and
chairman Button day committee:
Thomas {. Grant, secretary Chamber of
Commerce; James E. West, Otto Lueb
kert and Mrs. Justina r. Hill. chairman,
committee on chaperons and volunteers,
have stayed at the headquarters of the
committee every day during the past
week to superintend personally the work
of organiZa ion.
They completed their labors yesterday
Everything is in readiness for tomorrow s
campaign When the button supply gives
out anywhere all those in charge OF sales
need do is to telephone main 6616 and a
fresh supply will be Immediately sent.
Chaperones on Guard.
Buttons and tags will be sod all over
the city. The street sales will be made
by young women. two working together
with a chaperon. School boys have also
volunteered their services. both to sell
buttons and to deliver them to various
parts of the city.
Every person selling buttons will wear
a badge of authority. If you are offered
a button by some one not wearing a
badge. don't buy it.
The tags are of two sizes. Larger ones,
to be placed in shop windows and on
doors of private residences, contain a
facsimile of the Taft button eight inches
in diameter. Large blue tags to be
sold at 10 cents each and large red tags
at 30 cents each
Smaller tags. which contain four-inch
facsimles of the button, are to be hung
on automobiles, wagons, carriages and
bicycles. Small green tags are 2o cents
apiece; blue, 10 cents each, and red, 81
each.
The sales will begin promptly at 8
O'Clock in the morning and will continue
all day. There will be no chance for any
one wishing 10 buy tag or a button to
get left.
Other Merchants in Line.
H. B. Campbell continued until late
yesterday to send in the names of addi-
| tional merchants who had agreed to
purchase buttons for all their employees
One of the largest orders received was
from the government printing Office,
where ii is expected that fully $500
buttons will be disposed of.
There were many encouraging Incl
dents during the day. great number