Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-16
CASE OF Distribution
TYPICAL INCIDENT REPORTED
BY ASSOCIATED CHARITIES.
Contributions to Fund for Relief Of
the Poor-Generous Responses
to Appeal.

The story of widow with eight small
children and no one TO help to support them
except a boy of about fifteen years of age,
is reported by Secretary Weller as typical
of the great majority of cases for Whom
the help of the Associated Charities ana
the Citizens Relief Association Is required.
This particular family has been known to
the agents of the Associated Charities since
1896. Several members of the family have
been Frustrated at different times by acct
dent and disease The father finally died
about 4 year ago, leaving the woman to
struggle alone to support and educate the
eight children remaining OF a family of
thirteen. The mother has always shown
herself to be ambitious ard eager to work.
but the doctor reports that she is run down
In health from overexertion. Her babe is
three months old, and the oldest boy. who
helps her has crushed and crippled hand.
which makes it diiiicult for him to obtain
much employment.
During the recent cold weather. the
woman says. she frequently had to take
her children in her arms or tuck them into
bed to keep them warm. She was not long
ago turned out of the house in which they
were living because of their inability 70 pay
the rent promptly. She was thus forced TO
move into Il cold, wooden snack IN an alIeS'
where they pay $3.50 per month rent one
of the girls of the family was recently IN
the hospital and one of the older boys had
beat his way home on railroad train from
u town where he had gone i'll search or
work.
The agent of the Associated Chair les
calls at this home frequently. and the
woman comes to the office of the assoCia-
tion when her difficulties and distress grow
too great for her to bear. The mother told
an agent that when the weather moderated
she believed she and her children would be
able to find more employment. You won
see me asking any more help when the sun
begins to shine on both sides of the street, y
she added.
List of Contributors.
More contributors than usual are said to
ne bringing their contributions in person to
the Associated Charities offices at 81 G.
street and to the various division offices
scattered throughout the city. Other friends
are sending their subscriptions by mail in
response to the recent personal letters of
appeal sent out by Col Archibald Hopkins,
chairman of the finance committee
Altogether Colonel Hopkins reports that
The responses were very gratifying In num-
Der and amount. as indicated by the follow
ing contributions which are acknowledged
by Mr. John Joy Edison, treasurer of the
Associated Charities: j. b. D.. 81; Mrs.
Elizabeth s. Hatton. So Miss Alice b.
Fletcher. 81: Mr.. and Mrs. Whitman Cross,
$40: \. w. Barber, So; Mrs Henry Wells.
S1O Julian G. Dowell. SO; Anders Larsen,
81: Dr. and Mrs Graham Bell, $40; Mrs. w.
II. Arthur, 81; Mrs. William h. Butler. so;
Mrs. Theo. A. Harding. $40; Carl Hermann
Braatz. 81; Mary q. Bright, 50; Louis A.
Dent Slo; r. A Coleman, 50; Mary {. Alex
ander. 50: Mrs John Alex Johnston, SO;
Irving O. BAH. So: Alice L. Oral ham, SO
Mrs c. NJ Campbell. 50; Alex Brtton 500;
Miss Jane Shaw, 81; Mrs. Samuel l.. Hilton
-: r. L. Pendleton, $50; j. Melvin Lamb,
-; w j. Drummond, 81; r. F. Foster, s.;
w. u. Cold. $40; w. Clarence Duvall, $40
s Thomas Brown. 50; DR.. Walter S. Har-
ban, 50; j. Stewart Rice, So; V. j. Fischer,
$40: r. a. c., $50.