The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-04-22
Fair Workers For Worthy
Charity Began Very
Early.
blue Cardboard PLEHTY
Almost Every Man on the
Streets This Afternoon
Wore a Piece.

The greatest bunch OF loveilness
fbat the moor four.minute.la work
ing cuss hus had TO greet him on tue
cool mornings on hiE way to work
was out this morning 10 smile anu
temporarily captivatG him and take
from him enough coin Of the realm 10
entitle him TO wear n blue card.
Everybody IN Fairmont is blue
8ribhoner today, and before night every
! body, who was in Fairrnont and IS
later elsewhere will tell OF the en-
thusiastic work OF the Cook Hospital
Tag, Day Girls. Fairmont was simply
covered with them this morning.
AS soon as the writer stuck his head
out OF the front door and decided ~
would be more stylish TO wear an over
coat than to carry one, lie was sur.
prfsed TO ollcar a sweet voice filling tue
air with words which through some
contortion OF. his brain he figured were
addressed 10 him. It seemed pleasant
enough until5the meaning OF the words
was unravelled. The young lady had
sweetly remarked Something for the
hospital?" Right away he answered: :, !:
.sWhere's something for the hospitai
and wanted to fight. oh! don't mean
4 YOU, / mean will you need tag To-
gday?"
il all came to him then. lie remem'
hbered that today, Saturday. April 80
the last day of the Clcan-Gp Campaign
as Tag Day. the day that most wives
gave their husbands an extra dime. So
lie passed the lady quarter ana got a
smilcyapds saEtag, in,,receipt. This made
Fhim5 nanny ali day: he told his friends
4 what q fino sentiment 1t is to help
4 along hospitals and other nee1y pub
lic3institutions. His frie::Gs, when they
got a chance ,--nt out and instead OF
havt-5 10 hunt for a Tag girl were
confronted by several and to be the
right sort OF fellow, one OF them
purchased dime tag from every
.ttaggeress' he met.
Thus was the issue passed from one
1tolanother until out of all actual cVunt
lof 300 pedestrians passing the court
house nine were not tagged. and Judg-
ing from thier faciol facial appear
ances, they felt their cOnspicuousness.
+ al man on Fairmont's streets without
al tag today was rare specimen
The ladies selected on the teams are
good psychologists. good judges OF
human nature, and for that reason
were picked of many. These past
masters in the art OF psychology knew
that IL they could smile at the hurry
ing business man on his way to work.
q that said business man would DO ms
utmost to help make the day sue
cess They also knew that tho poor
bachelor who has to walk mile eaeh
morning from his boudoir to his res
taurant would appreciate someone to
say sweetly Good morning, do you
wish tag to help the hospital:
7 y a. Ne, 80 hn nj
world who wouldn't buy tag When
I. .approaclled by shy little lady before
I breakfast. 1t makes him throw MS
chest out; eat hearty meal and from
& breakfast time on all he says to his
friends when he meets them during
TX tho day is "Did you get your tag?
The team members foresaw this, ana
long before time for Old Sol to come
stoSlire they we're on the streets. 1t Was
cold this morning; only about ~ de-
grees, but although the sidewalks are
cold places to stand, these tag sellers
were right on tho spot until tags ran
#out and then they would go for more.
There were some who for the fun OF
itafat least they said II wus for the
fun OF it, tried to dodge every girl
whoFwas seen with a package Of blue
tickets. In her hand. The master minds
of the captains of the teams expected
this would be tried and to meet It.
they placed some "plaln clothes men,
or rather girls, on the streets with
their tags hid. One of these young wo.
men. neatly dressed in brown and
Capable OF captivating a prince was
Casually walking along Main street In
front OF the Trust company building
AFdodger glimpsed her and bravely
walked up and passed as though on
inspection. Flo got Just far enough by
to have to walk three steps back to
see what the young lady desired for she
did dSdesire something and she told him
so: She wanted to sell blue ticket
which she had hid III a small pocket
book. OF all things cheap in this world
this fellow at this moment looked
theEcheapest, hut he can now say that
he helped to pay for the hospital. al
though he did only give dime, which,
likeIall such contributions was great
lyEappreciated.
One OF our beloved policemen, for.
Eetting that 1t was tag day brought the
hTice6 OF a can of Prince Albert with
Vim this morning. When approached
by tag seller he was dumbfounded.
but like regular guy. he forked over
the dime and took the blue. But he
rot Crouch on later when he could
get no smoking tobacco and said he
would mot wear the old tag for mean
ness, and he didn't.
Continued o. paEs eiEhp