The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-06-16
TAG DAY MELTED 1926.
Rain Kept People on Streets Saturday
Morning, but Solicitors Were Busy,

The annual sale OF red tag for the ben
eht of the rest room was held saturday
and though the rain made II lmpfaetlca
bile lor the Young saleswomen to be on Tue
streets after u o'clock IN the evening Tue
total receipts amounted TO S5@o FROM
u u. M, until q D. m, the young women
who sold the tags were busy ana u any
prospective purchaser escaped being Tag
ged il was not on account of an oversight
upon the part of the saeswomen but rather
"a premediated attempt upon the part OF
the prospective customer TO duck, Inc
Young women with the tags were out carry
and the fellow who left home at b.'jb WIN
his dinner pail expecting that he would
not return until after the sale was over
met with a disappointment, lie did not
get many yards from home before he en-
countered solicitor. Automobiles, horses,
dogs, cats, aud baby carriages were adorh'
ed with the triangular red tag ana the man
who attempted TO seclude himself IN ms
office found that he Jared worse than the
fellow who took his chances in the open,
The Young woman with bundle ol tag,
who cornefed man in his office generally
got better price for the tag than from
the hurrying business man ON the street
All avenues to Brattlehdro were guard.
ed and the travelling statesmen who visited
this town Saturday we've asked To con
tribute to the support OF the rest room 10y
huying a tag. II should be noted that
these visitors were the most liberal OF all
strangers approached. Many OF the 20
licitors this year were noNlce> Which
naturally put them at disadvantage ~
seeking ont many elusive individuals VINO;
liz they could have been COrnered. would
/ have contributed The weather was
wretched. The rain fell most Of the time
during the morning. The track meet q
| the grade pupils during the afternoon took
many people from the streets with the re
suit that many contributions were prom
ably lost on that account The receipt,
/ last year were Ssh; $3.50 in 1909 and ST.
/ in 1905. The tags and Irvine were tui-
In,hed bv the local printing establish
ments. T. l.. Hildreth X Co., Nermont
/ Printing Co.. and Charles +. Guild Inc
management extends their thanks to these
concerns who materially assisted m thls
annual rest room benefit
The general committee having the work
/ in charge were Mrs. \. j. Culier. CHAIR
imam. Mrs Cora c. Leonard Mrs, Henry
Tucker. Mrs. George 4. Greene, Mrs,
James Bardwell. Miss Addie NJ, Fay, MIR
If. |. swift. Mrs. Eugene CLARK. Mrs. &. q.
Abbott. Mrs. + F. Perry, Miss MARY D.
Henshaw. Miss Helen Rohde and Miss
| Mabel Barrows. representing the W. {. |.
L.. the Woman Auxiliary. the W oman :
! Exchange and the Girls club
The Young women who sold the red tags
were Miss Alice Leonard Miss Florence
+, Foster. Miss Ida Fox. Miss Elizabeth Nar-
gent. Miss Cora Kent. Miss Elizabeth
Brasor Miss Elizabeth Hildreth, Miss
Viola Harris. Miss Charlena Bemis, Miss
Ruth Wilder Miss Ruth Sargent, Miss
Hazel Switzer. Miss Ruth Stowell Miss
Inez Stowell, Miss Beatrice Nlnton, Miss
Janette smith Mis- Sylvia Crosby, Mis-
Leila Knapp. Miss Caroline Bardwell,
Miss Dora Rohde, Miss Helen Rohde, Miss
Gertrude Robbins, Miss Margaret Rob
bins. Mis-, Charlotte futile, Miss Allee
Hall, Miss bessie Norden. Miss Hide
garie Babb. Miss Lena Smith, Miss Jane
Brew. Mrs. Amy Ryan, Mrs. LOUIS \.
Cain. Miss Norah Howard, Miss Amy
Moran. Miss Eleanor Fredette. Miss Ruby
Upham. Miss Marion Ulmer Miss Hazel
Wentworth, Miss Florence Angler, Mrs
Sarah Griffin. Mrs Henry Tucker, Mrs
IC II. Thompson, Miss Marion Bartlett
Miss Doris Smith, Miss katherine Martin
Miss Beatrice Ward, Miss Florence Well
imam. Miss Marion Frazier. Miss Edna
Pratt, Eleanor Clay, Miss FlossIe tltts
West Brattleboro was covered by three
BOYS. George Chase, Leland Convey, Clayton
Rhuadps