The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-06-09
MONEY P0URs IHTQ
GOLFERS OF PLAGuE
FIGHTERS
Favored With Ideal Weather, Elias
Star Day Workers Get Early stsxte
and Prospects Are for New Record
in Collections.
Calls Made for Fresh Supply Of Tag1
When Sale Has Been on Only
Few Hours.

The brilliant sunshine that ushered
In tuberculosis Blue Star day, Thurs.
day. brought joy to the hearts OF the
large army OF men, women and young
girls interested In opening Detroit's
Locketbook for the cause or fightlnG
the great white plague. Headquarters
In the Flamingo room In the Ho.et
Pontchartrain held a great crowd OF
enthusiastic, eager women early
Thursday morning, anxious to secure
boxes and tags and to be or for tneir
points of vantage on the streets
Many of the early birds after funds
we're on the streets as early as s
o'clock to solicit from the army o.
workers on their way to store and Of
fee. In most instances II was not
necessary for the young lady holding
money box and tags to cry her wares
for the moment a passerby caught
sight OF her badge or arm band OF
white with its blue star of hope, hands!
went into pockets and the individual
walked up only too glad to give what
he could in exchange for q tag.
Mayor Breitmeyer officially opened
the day by brief address In the cor
ridors of the Pontchartrain, which
were crowded 10 the last inch of room
With tag day workers, the hotel pa
irons and citizens generally. Address
| ing Mrs. w. A. McGraw, chairman Of
the day. and the ladies OF the execu-
tive committee who stood behind him
the mayor said:
IL am sure the people OF Detroit
appreciate the spirit with which the
ladies have undertaken the good work
for this most worthy cause in the his
tory OF our country. The people have
shown their appreciation In the past
and know are only waiting to do
their share in acknowledgements with
their contributions. | wish you the
success you certainly deserve"
Many of the young women workers
were dressed In dainty white gowns
with little white caps perched fetch
lingly ON fashionably coiffed hair and
made exceedingly attractive pictures
ON the various street corners to which
they were assigned with their chaper'
ones.
Il have just come in from the coun-
try and somehow IN a blocks walk no
body has asked me TO buy a tag and
! / feel so offended that l am going to
ask you to please let me purchase
one" said one prosperous-looking cit
ixen TO a worker on the Campus Mar
thus. And he handed out SIS bill In
exchange for the tag, saying he did
not want any change.
| On another corner working man
approached young girl and gave her
| sc cents for a tag. saying he did so
In memory OF his little daughter who
had been taken away from him many
years ago, a victim TO the white
plague.
Mrs. b. G. Whitney, chairman OF
the press committee, on her way
down 10 headquarters from her home
said her automobile was hailed dog
en- times by workers asking her to
send messengers with more tags az
their supply was almost exhausted.
THAT looked pretty good to me for
the biggest tag day we have ever
had, when supplies give out within
an hour or two after the sale begins,
said Mrs. Whitney with enthusiastic
satisfaction.
Chauffeurs of the taxicab companies
locked very well pleased with them
selves in having on the seat beside
them smartly frocked women, repre-
sentative OF the inner circles of So
ciety. These ladies' rode in the taxi
cabs TO collect all fares and ii mus be
said that such mode of conveyance had
d suspicious popularity. The fair
chauffeuse did not forget to tag their
fares. either, and 10y" rides were q
popular diversion OF the day
Joy Riding With Beauty.
A party of men stopping at the
Pontchartraiu. coming out on the Cad
illac-sq side of the hotel, selected
taxicab with particularly stunning
looking woman sitting beside the
driver. With much gallantry they
asked her II they could hire the ma
tehine.
Certainly; where to-" said the lady
with business-like alacrity.
Anywhere you say. madam. go as
far as you like. | guess our money
will hang out" laughed the spokesman
aa he and his friends climbed In, but
not before they had been tagged lioer-
ally in exchange for generous