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Show GET8 WAGON LOAD OF COINS. Jersey Town Makes Rich Gathering on Tag Day. Orange, N. J. With enough dimes, nickels nnd ponnles to fill a smnll wagon wag-on stowed away, St. Mary's hospital docs not yet know how much was collected col-lected when 250 young women ot tho Oranges nrmed themselves with boxes for coin nnd unlimited numbers of bndges and "tagged" every wayfarer nnd business man In thp city. St. Mary's has Just adopted a set of plans and specifications for nn expensive expen-sive addition to tho building it now occupies oc-cupies In Center street. To get a start toward the first $40,000 needed bpforo tho work can bogln the plan of "tag day" was hit upon. Although It was new to Orango, It had been tried with success In other cities, and tho management had high hopes of Its success. These hopes wero moro than realized. After 50,000 tags had been disposed of a hurry call camo for moro and scvornl printing plants wero kept busy all the afternoon. It each tag represented a contribution contribu-tion of 10 ceiiO it Is estimated that at least ?10,000 was collected. |