The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-04-06
TAG DAY. nets
SCOUTS $4,000
Boys of Organization Work
Early and Late to Raise
Funds for Expenses.
WOMEN BUY FREELY
Sum Raised Three Times rs Great IS
on Same Occasion One
Year Ago.

Boy Scouts gathered about $500 II
dimes and quarters by their sale Of tag.
yesterday, and in the course Of theil
work successfully tagged" most OF thu
Washingtonians who ventured abroad
between the hours of daylight and dark
Services which the scouts have so fire.
quently and willingly rendered to Others
were remembered on tag day." wher
the khaki-clad scouts were abroad with
their pink and white disks, and nearly
every one was proud to display a scout
tag pinned or TO blouse or hanging from
the buttonhole of a coat
The women were especially ready pur-
chasers. Many of them who had march
ed II watched the parade Of the suffra-
gists on March 3, remembered the heroic
service which the Boy Scouts rendered
In protection of the women of the
pageant. They remembered how the
energetic little banc of scouts had pitted
themselves against the dense crowds
around the Treasury Building in a des-
perate endeavor to hold the way clear for
the marchers.
There were many others among the
people of the District who have witness
ed good work by the Scouts done in pub
lie service, and these also were glad to
buy the tags. The Scouts acquitted
themselves nobly in their efforts to main
tain order for the women's parade, and
again well in rendering first aid in many
cases of fainting and prostration during
the inaugural parade.
The sum realized this year is about
three times as great as that counted up
on "tag day. of last year. The Scouts
worked with energy all day. They were
divided into six selling divisions, four Of
which were assigned to work in the
downtown districts. One division COW
cred the outlying suburbs. and one had
the territory of the Northeast and
Southeast.
Scoufmasters In Charge.
The boys worked under the eyes of
their scoutmasters and commissioners.
AS is characteristic of the scouts. they
put their whole attention and their best
efforts into the task at hand. Their ef-
forts as statesmen succeeded so well in
the downtown sections that nearly every
second pedestrian that passed one on
the busy streets was decorated with a
tag
One portly, good-natured man appear
ed to have about 100 tags fastened at
all points on his expansive breast. He
paraded down F Street decorated like
a European prince at a state levee. The
secret of his many tags was explained
when he approached diminutive Scout
and asked to be supplied with another
tag
The Scouts were early at work. They
sold tags in groups on the street corners.
They were on duty all day at Union
Station. They sold them in the street
cars and before the lunchrooms. The
white tags sold for 10 cents each and
the pink ones brought % cents. The
Scout officers at headquarters were kept
busy during the day seeing that each
Scout had a good supply OF tags.
Although the boys were working for
their organization yesterday. their will
ingness to help others was eXempliied
upon more than one occasion. Scouts
were observed by their officers yesterday
in several instances to pause in their
work of disposing of their tags and go
to considerable trouble TO direct stran-
gers to places they were seeking. In
stances OF like services also We're re-
marked and the Scout officers remarked
that such things pleased them even more
than the sale of the tags, as the Scout
order stands for helpfulness and cour-
tesy. The boys chief selling instructions
were 10 be courteous and bear them
selves to the honor of their corps while
disposing of their tags. That they car
red ont these instructions well and to
the letter was part of the compliment
paid them by Commissioner Wood at the
close of yesterdays work.