The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-16
 SATURDAY WILL | BE TAG DAY FOR LOCAL BOYS CLUB Ladies State That Work Is
 Now Costing About
 S60OO a Year
HOPE FOR GENEROUS
 RESPONSE TO APPEAL
The Club Cared for S30 Cases Last Year and Work of Coming Year Will Be on Even
 Larger Scale

With the announcement that next
 Saturday is tag day, comes plenty of
 argument that every individual in Bir- mngham should be tagged. It Is one of those "psych ological moments when the whole public is interested in the work for which the Boys club stands, when the state legislature mas given Birmingham modern Juvenile court, and when the work of actually
 caring for and. helping the dependent delinquent boy is taking it's proper place along with other great move
 ments.
 A dollar, or bill, or check, or
 25-cent piece given to the ladies next Saturday will help to conserve the energy of the small boy, to make the gangs into groups of earnest, ambi- tious boys, with clubs amonk them selves for athletic contests, story tell ing and moral training. A Juvenile court department to act with proba- tion officers of the city and county, and that all-important organization, the Children's Aid society, which IS
 so little known but unusually active,
 are doing wonders for the little fel- 
 lows,
 All neglected and dependent chil-
 dren are brought to the club there to be kept, clothed, fed and cared for until the case may be thoroughly in vestigated, and the officers of the club
 may decide the. best remedy for the
 child's particular condition.
 This costs money That S30 cases
 were definitely handled by the officers of the club in 1910 gives an idea of the work That 1064 meals were given, shows something of the cost. To pro- tect the city from the parent who would gladly shirll the burden of his children and allow them to become public charges, means to employ trained
 worker who will thoroughly investi- gate all applicants for help. Where the parent or relative can bear the
 support it is put where it belongs.
 Several thousand dollars are in this way saved to the city and county each
 year.
 Each charity in the city depending upon the public for support has it's
 own method of reaching the public. The Boys club has adopted tag day.
 and it is necessary that those who believe in saving boys should realize that this is the one time in the year to generously aid the Boys club. The club now furnishes to the city a woman probation officer and much has been accomplished for the good of
 the wayward girl. To thoroughly and
 practically do the threefold work of the Boys club and Children's Aid so- ciety is costing about s6000 year This can only. be done by careful man. agement and the gratuitous services of numbers of earnest women. The
 receipts on tag day and the small ap-
 propriations of city and county are the only funds the club receives. Each year the urgent need of
 building equipped to properly care for
 the boys, of a playground where out
 door sports may be indulged in with
 out breaking the neighbours windows,
 of summer camp better provided for
 the needs of boys, are so urgently felt
 that the board of control of the club
 feels justified in asking that tag day
 this year far outstrip any other year
 in results.
 No large check has ever been given, except that of J. H. Hoadley, whose
 s200 each year makes possible many good things The ladies feel that the street boys are more in need than any other class and they are making an ap- peal for more large contributions. They are asking for some generous checks in addition to the dollars and quar- ters, and have every reason to believe that they will be given.