The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-25

1 Tag Day, Saturday March 3. l Not exactly legal holiday, but about
 the only difference is that the banks will l be open. They can't afford to close on Tag Day. They must stay open to re-
 ceive the s5Ooo worth of nickels and dimes
 and quarters that Birmignham is going 1 to give to support the Boys club for an, 1 other year. | Otherwise it is a holiday. And Birming-
 ham always opens up her big heart on Tag Day for the boys in the true holiday spirit 1 What better, more spirited harbinger of springtime could one wish than to see scores and scores of Brminghams beau ties clustered on the busy street corners
 next Saturday selling tags?" These girls
 with all their excitement and enthusiasm
 just naturally stir the desire to give in
 mans heart. 1 Everyone realizes that it is Tag Day.
 port the Boys club. And they know that
 the Boys club lis a good thing" Then
 when pretty girl "all dolled up'' in her
 new spring frock smiles and says, Tag? Won't you buy tag? why a fellows
 hand goes to his pocketbook just like
 duck after june bug. And he buys the I tag and smiles, and feels in his heart
 that he has done his daily good turn"
 Then he goes on down the street still
 smiling, and then he puys again. AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL l Tag Day is an opportunity for every | l good fellow in Birmingham to share in 1 the support of "a nonsectarian organiza- | ton for the promotion of good citizenship | among boys It may be that you cannot | give SlO0 to help bring this that enter 1 prise to Birmingham; you may not feel 1, able to pledge to give so much monthly | to this or that institution But on Tag | Day you can give something to help | make better men of our boys. For it is 1
 Tag Day-Tag Day, won't you buy | a tag? Give us nickel dime or a quarter. Tag day, Tag Day. Won't you
 buy tag? Make it dollar if you think | that you oughter.'
 The Boys club in Birmingham is the one organization that works with the boys of every nationality, creed sect, and ! class represented in this cosmopolitan city. Sixty-six per cent of the boys in Birmingham compose the field of en- deavor of the Boys club. They are the prospective controllers of the destinies of this city in one short decade The To- cal club is busy at work, but the board of control states that the work is greatly handicapped because of the lack of a central building. If there were a central building with big gymnasium, shower baths, workshops, night schools and meeting places, the work with boys in Birmingham would multiply tenfold.
 Headquarters of the club are main- tained in the Farley building. The work conducted there is tangible and concrete only when one is there to see the indi- vidual cases handled. Each month hun dreds of boys come to the club for as- sistance, for advice, and for friendships sake. Working boys use the clubroom for resting place, reading room, and to meet and know other boys.
 HELP THE BOYS ALONG
 Through this agency boys are per- suaded to enter school; runa way boys are sent back to their homes; homeless boys are taken care of, and boys who are down and out have hand placed upon their shoulder in friendly sort of way" and soon are 'on their feet again;' po- sitions are secured for boys; square pegs are taken out of round holes; en- couragement is given, and daily oppor- tunity is given the workers to touch the lives of many boys
 There is also 8 cold. business like side to the work the club is doing as it exists today. All employment certificates of the child labor law are issued there The merchants of Birmingham call on the club for information regarding the child labor laws. The employment bureau con ducted by the club serves the merchants from day to day without any charges. The newsboys and paper carriers get their permits from the club, and always have a friendly hand looking after them. The preventive work of the club is often overlooked. This work alone is a big fac tor in the moral and economic life of the city.
 SOLVES THE PROBLEM
 The Twenty ninth Street Boys club, located on Avenue F, is a sample of the way the central organization hopes to solve the problem of the community boy. This building Is almost ideal There the boys have recreational ball, a symna-