Los Angeles herald., 1910-05-08

thousands of the tags, and entertained
in many ways. A WhirlWind team
from the Polytechnic high school af-
forded a great deal of merriment in an
automobile. They charmed snakes,
offered a ring" free with every tag,
played an accordion, and when the free
ring was called for it was given with
a bell One of the Polytechnic yells
was frequently given and drew large
crowds.
In front of the Bartlett Music com
pany's on Broadway one of the stu
dents played a hand-organ and an
automatic monkey governed by
spring contrivance turned somersaults,
affordlng considerable diversion.
AUTOGRAPH TAGS
Some of the autograph tags yesterday
sold as high as S. Maud Allan sold
one for $40, several for IS and quite
number for 81 each. H. W. Frank,
president of the Associated Charities,
wrote number of tags for the Ferris
party which sold for 81 each. Mr..
Frank himself bought many tags.
Philip D. Wilson's president of the
press committee of the day, declared
it was by far the monst successful day
in the history of the Associated Chari-
ties. Some of the most successful work
of the day, aside from that done by the
Il y,
school students, was done by the EN-
pire theater and by the Orpheum
crowd.
Manager Clarence Drown of the Or
pheum did his share and a little bit
more toward the sale of tags, By spe-
cial arrangement with Martin Beck,
general manager of the Orpheum cir
cult, all performers at the Orpheum
We're allowed to sell tags if they chose
to do so. Not a single performer on
the bill refused. In fact all were more
than anxious to aid in the good work.
AS result, four selling parties were
made up. Three big autos and one
huge sightseeing machine carried them
about the city.
The four Orpheum parties began SELL
ing exactly at IL o'clock and ceased at
12:45 All were anxious to continue the
good work, but were forced to abandon
it because of the necessity of perform
ing at the matinee. AS it was, the
four parties broke the record for tag
sales in two hours. The amount turned
in by the four parties totaled just a
few cents less than $500. A novelty was
added to the Orpheum parties sale,
each tag being autographed by the
seller.
The four parties were made up of
William Revell, Charles f. Semon, A.
Bartoletti, Frank Martins M. Fertig,
Robert Franckini, S. Jacquower, Adrian
Allen, Fernand Coudray and Charles
Wing of the La Petite Gosse" act;
Nonette, T. Roy Barnes, Miss Bessie
Crawford and Ralph Lynn, Ed Cole
man, Treat Mathews, Lily Allthorpe,
Inez Lyman. Marie Harrington, Jacque
Hasting, Ivy Leighton and Margaret
Haney of 1.-The Leading Lady" COM
pany. In charge of the parties were
DR.. A. D. Houghton, William Bremen,
Treat Mathews and Shirley Olympus.
"sPIELERs" BUSY
In order to attract crowd T. Roy
Barnes did some of his clever slight
of-hand tricks, and NJ. Fertig did imi-
tations of members of La Petite
Gosse. " Mr.. Revell dressed as
clown, contributed to the merriment
A "bally-hoer" or "spieer" kept up
constant flow of language, so that the
sights and sounds around the autos
were much like those around the en-
trance to a side show tent at a big
circus.
Nonette received $40 for tag. The
big gift came about i'm this way
Nonette had gone into Hookstratten's
cigar store near the Orpheum theater
and was busily engaged in selling tags.
In some mysterious manner the feathers
on her hat caught fire. In an instant
her hat was blazing. Half a dozen
men rushed to her rescue, and quickly