The Washington times., 1933-08-24
Fans Urged To Send In More Contributions In Coins
AS BIuege Day Response Indicates Huge Success

"Bluege Day" at Griffith Sta
dium two weeks from next Satur-
day is going over the top with a
bang.
Washington fandom, by it's re-
sponse to the opportunity to chip
in nickels and dimes and quar-
ters for gift to Bluege that day
not a money gift, but some
token of regard and admiration
already have assured the 100
per cent success of this honor for
the games outstanding third
baSeman.
Washington, since the an
nouncement herein that Bluege
was to have a day and that Post
master General Farley had accept
ed the general Craftsmanship
thereof, has shown it's accord with
the proposition by hearty" and
wholesale response in contribu-
tions and praise for the idea.
So far the committee has only
one complaint to make about the
public reaction. Paradoxical as
the statement may sound, too
many people are sending dollar
bills and too few are coming
through with smaller denomina-
tions.
Of course, the committee can
understand how much more con-
venient it is to fold a dollar bill
inside an envelope and send it
through the mail to Postmaster
William Mooney at the City Post
office, than it is to put silver in
the same envelope. lest it work
its way loose from the missive.
Must Come From CrOss-SectiOn
However, the spirit of the
Bluege Day lies in the number OF
contributors, not the amount Of
contributions. There;l be enough
money all right, but unless that
total comes from a greater cross
section of fandom, the Bluege
Day idea will have been violated.
So do not be ashamed to send
along the small amounts. In the
first place that is what the COM
mittee is seeking and in the sec
ond place when the name OF the
donor appears in The Times in
the Bluege Honor Roll the amount
of the donation is not to be men
toned. The boy who sends a
nickel will appear right along
with the man who insists on
going whole hog and sending the
limit of a dollar.
For the convenience Of the fans
who hesitate to send silver offer
ings to Mr.. Mooney through the
mail, a jar has been placed on
the business office counter of The
Washington Times, where the
loose change may be deposited
and where the fan may register
his name, so it may appear later
in the Bluege Honor Roll.
So if you are in town to a
movie or on a shopping tour, you
may step into The Times building
and deposit your contribution to
Bluege's gift in a big, old-fash-
ioned fruit jar placed there for
your convenience.
Dick Tennyson, supervisor of
playground activities, is organizing
the boys and girls under his
charge to get behind the Bluege
Dav with their TooitnS
Penny Sufficient
The Bluege committee has made
an exception in the amount the
children may subscribe to the
Bluege gift, a penny being quite
sufficient for any of the junior
fans to give ii they so desire.
Alexandria is active in the
Bluege observation as are Rock
vile, Bethesda, Hyattsville, Silver
Spring, Mt. Rainier, Olney, Fair
fax and other outlying sections.
Jack Tulloch is organizing the
Alexandria fans. In Montgomery
county Police Sergt. Earl H. Bur.
dine is organizing the Bluege
fans. He lives in Takoma Park,
Md. His post office address is
Box 4233, Takoma Park, D. C.