The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-04-24
Brown-Marx Corner Takes
First Honors But All De-
serve Highest Praise
CITIZENS RESPONDED
NOBLY TO THE APPEAL
Mrs. Murdoch Says Board of Governors
Is Extremely Grateful to Ladies'
Who Aided and 10 Citizens
Who Purchased Tags

Tag Day yesterday netted approximate
~ 5000 for the Birmingham Boys club
and Chldrens Aid society.
In 1863 the revenue from Tag Day was
$500 and in 1908 it was s24oo, SO that the
ladies in charge of the work feel highly
gra,ified that there should have been such
handsome increase yesterday over the
two previous years.
You cannot say too much about our
gratitude to the people of Birmingham
for their response TO our appeals" said
Mrs. w. L. Murdoch of the board of
governors last night 1.-The outcome was
splendid, and the ladies who helped us
by ceiling the tags deserve all manner of
praise"
Tile workers were out early and al
though there was a high wind the sun
saoie ali day, and the last tags were not
disposed of until about o'clock last
night.
The banner corner this year was the
Brown-Marx corner. The honor was
wrested from the Florence corner, which
has hitherto held first place. The
Drown-Marx corner was in charge of Mrs
Mark Lewis. assisted by the Bachelor
Gl-ls.' and they worked from $3.50 until
O'Clock, and in that time took in $3.50
Second honors went to the Florence cor
ner, where Mrs. Barnes Morgan was in
charge, and the amount taken In was only
a little short of the amount from the
Fro Marx.
The First National bank corner was
thru, where Mrs Simon and a crowd of
attractive girls did fine work.
What was regarded as one of the most
remarkable showings was that at Five
Points, where Mrs. Edmonds, assisted by
Miss Dorothy Lum. took in nearly $780,
1t had beer expected that if this corner
wed $40 the showing would be excep-
tioraIly good.
Mrs. Murdoch wished to say a word in
special praise of the North Birmingham
and Avondale chapters of the Boys club,
for while the suburbs are new in the city
they entered into the spirit of the BOYS
club work with fine zest A crowd of a
dozen girls from Woodlawn came in and
gave very valuable aid in the city
lille the actual cash results show
that some corners did better than others"
said Mrs. Murdoch, the ladies all de-
serve the highest praise for their eff
forts. 1t was trial to many Of them
to stand in that wind all day, and they
all mad tteir hearts in the work or they
would net have been willing to do 1t.
we who are in close touch with the
Boys club and its work know and an
pfetiate the Importance of aiding the boys
Oh the streets, many of whom would not
othei wise know what it means to have
human beings interested in their well
fdie. and II is gratifying to us to know
that so many of the people of Birming-
ham are coming to appreciate the far
reaching Importance of helping these
boys.
BIRMINGHAM has often been accused of
seifishness and having no sentiment, but
| know that Birmingham has a great big
heart, and when you go to the people OF
this city with an appeal for a really
worthy cause they never fail to respond
ncfly. We are now assured that the
Eoys club work will be carried on for an
o'hcf year TO Increase its sphere of useful
ness from day to day."