The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-17
HOW BOYS ARE FED AT CLUB SUPPORTED BY TAG DAY FUNDS City and County Auditors Asked To Pass on Insti-
 tution's Finances EFFORTS TO MAKE TT
 SELF SUPPORTING Boys At the Home Are In Charge of Vegetable Beds Which
 Promise To Yield Ex-
 cellent Returns

1 In connection with all of the discussion that has been going around recently about whether or not the various charlta- ble institutions of the city disburse their funds wisely and economically, it is an in teresting thing to note that at their first meeting in January before the question ever came up for discussion, the Boys club and Childrens Aid society was so proud of its financial showing that the board of control passed a resolution ask ing that the city and county auditor in- spect the books of the organization.
 The board of control felt that their money had been so judiciously spent that in every case they had received their moneys worth" They felt that both the city and county, which make them an appropriation, would be pleased with the result of the work for the year 1911. In the first place, the table at the Boys club contains the most wholesome and nourishing food. After a child has been in the home a week he begins to bright en up and grow fat. The environment is of the best and the spirit of the place is the kind that makes growing ooy sit up and take notice. It is a remarkable fact that the meals at the Boys home are prepared at a cost of cents plate, and they are what can be called meals, too. For instance, for breakfast the youngsters sit down to a meal of oatmeal and milk, hot biscuit and plenty of syrup, grits and gravy, butter twice week, and a hot cup of tea every morning. Then when dinner time rolls around they all scamper in again and have q good meal of soup, egg bread, Boston baked beans, spaghetti and stewed fruit At supper they have grts. hot biscuit and lots of syrup and milk. Of course, that
 is just an average day. On Sunday there is always fresh meat and sometimes fresh fruit and a dessert. There is nothing fancy about the cuisine, but the food is well cooked and nourishing It is the management of the home that appeals to the visitor. Four cents a meal and healthy food. This Is done because a committee of board members does all of the buying for the home and gives daily attention to the details of the work. In executive committee becoming immedi- dIeiN aware OJ IL ana StUpplnS IL aI ofte.
 And then again the home IS being made self supporting. There is a garden plant- ed in vegetables and the boys are detailed to look out for each part of the work. For instance, two boys take care of the radishes, another couple look after the onions and so on. In this way the in- terest is intense and each tries to outdo the other. The produce from the garden will go long way toward supplying the needs of the dinner table. Then one of the committees has promised a COW to the home. This will mean fresh milk all the time There is a chicken coop and it will be stocked with hens by another committee. The boys al the home will look after all of these details and in a short time things will be working on an excellent scale.
 The New Years dinner, which is the big event of the year in the life of the ''newsies and the money for which is furnished by the three daily papers, was a marvel of good things to eat at small cost The approximate cost was 20 cents per plate and yet there was turkey and cranberry sauce, rice and gravy, potatoes and macaroni, salad and ice cream and cake and apples and nuts and candy One hundred and twenty-five ''newsies
 feasted at the last New Years dinner
 It is for the support of an institution Of this note that Tag Day is held. It Is for the neglected street arabs that the citizens will give their dimes and quar- ters and dollars on next Saturday. Yes, Tag Day comes next Saturday, April 20.