Bisbee daily review., 1918-05-12
TAG DAY NETS NEAT
 SUM FOR RELIEF OF
 WOUNDED IN FRANCE

More than $500 was added to the iBisbee-Lincoln committees American Fund for French Wounded, through the Tag Day campaign conducted by the members of the fund last Monday in the Warren district, according to the report of Mrs NJ. E. NJ. Frantzen, state chairman, to T. A. Eean, secre- taTy of the Warren District Com mercial club. The report shows $92I 80 collected for 1S43 tags sold. Expenses of $lI.75 were deducted from this be- fore the total to the fund was ob- tained. The proceeds will be used in aiding French hospitals behind the firing lines and for ambulance and refugee work in France.
 Following the complete success of the Tag day. Mrs. F'rantZen, in charge of the campaign, stated that they had exceeded their expectations in raising funds and that no additional cam paigns by the AFFW will be conducted for the next few months. The re- mainder of the one weeks campaign blocked out was also relinquished in courtesy to the general public.
 women Worked WilllnQly
 Women engaged in the Tag Day work gave over the hours from early morning until late in the afternoon to the drive. They canvased through the business districts of Bisbee and Lowell. were stationed at banks and in business houses and eXerted every effort to make the occasion a success. Mrs. Frantzen has expressed especial praise for the manner in which they worked and the appearance they pre- sented in their French uniforms.
 q wish to announce our sincere thanks" said Mrs. Frantzen last night, ito the business people and the Bis bee and Lowell public in general for their generosity on our Tag Day and to assure them that the money is well used for the French hospitafs in the way of surgical dressings and for the ambulance corps behind the firins lines in the Aisne district We wish to thank thewomen, and especially LCretto school for selling so many tags, and we extend our sincere thanks to the Bisbee and Lowell drug com panies for the pse of their display windows.
 Send Supplies East
 "The local committees ship their surgical supplies to New York. to Va cation War Relief. 26 West Twenty third street. where they are rehs- sembled and shipped through the Red Cross from New York to Paris. France. where they are distributed by Paris headquarters to the districts and hos pitals allotted 70 this committee. We have mad boxes 2 feet for shipping overseas and the United States government allows the A. F. F. W. committees to ship 100000 surgical dressings each month through the Red Cross at New York. This al lowance was made. after a conference between this country and the French in March. 1918, for the duration Of the war The women Of the A. F. F. W. in this district manufacture their surgical dressings at the Central and Garfield schools and ship the finished product In addition we of this dis trict send monthly $25 for the upkeep of our ambulance in France
 Due to a misunderstanding Of some character, tags which weer to have been sent to Miss Riley's school failed to reach the institution. The girls Of the schools, however. were ready and willing to assist in the campaign, and had they received their allotment of tags would nave been material aids in bringing up the total days work.