Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-03
AUTO|sTS TO GIVE
81 EACH TO WIDOW
Howard Huntington Suggests
That Owners of Cars Save
Home of Mrs. Vidal
BRALY THINKS ALL WILL HELP
Two Daughters of Widow Earn
S12 a Week-FamiIy Has
No Other Income
BRALY THINKS ALL WILL HELP

Howard Huntington suggested yes
terday contributions of a dollar each
from enough automobiles in Los An
geles to pay off the lien against the
home of Mrs. Dolores Vidal, widow
who lives at 626 Mission road and
whose only income is rovided by TWO
daughters who work for small wages
He contributed his dollar as the owner
of a. car. other automobilists said:
Joseph f. Radford-A dollar from the
owners of automobiles would hardly pe
felt hv anv Of them and would GER
tainlv not be too much for us TO give
to save the home of widow ana her
children. 1 trust every man who owns
a car will contribute .-..
Roland Bishol Surely the autoists
of Los Angeles ought to help Mrs VI
dal. The men Of the city should take
care of the poor when they can, ana as
the automobilists will reap large ben
efits from any street Improvements II
seems but fair that they should help
in this case. -.
70. S. Rowley-Of course I think the
autoists of the city ought to want 10
help Mrs. Vidal. 1t seems a niue
thing to us and if it means her nome >, l
am sure all the men in town Will teeI
the same way ,.,
w. 70. Dunn-It will be splendid
thing for the autoists to volunteer AID
for Mrs Vidal. 1t is pitiful case
and surely we, who will get so much
good from the new road, can Wen al
ford to help the helpless. l certainly
hope that every autolst IN Los AHSel09
will come through
CAN AFFORD To HELP
]. H. Braly-Every one who has
little extra monev that he is not al
ready spending on charity ought TO
helm case like this. But it seems
rather a nice idea to me to nave the
automobile men especially volunteer
sbecause street improvem ents mean SO
much to them, even if it isn't regular
automobile thoroughfare. Ind be-
lieve we men who own machines can
pretty generally afford to help.
Unwhtewashed and bare is the tnree-
roomed house occupied by Mrs. Vidal.
1t is attractive in it's icrupulous clean
illness and pathetic in its lack of ne
cessities, The wornout window cur
+ains in the "parlor' shade the room
from the sun all day long purely from
an inability to be raised or lowered
The bare floors attest by their spot
1essness that Mrs. Vidal is a tlreless
worker in her home, though she Is well
along in her sixties and fra1l.
The onlv wage earners of this nome
the only supporters of this aged
wonan-are her two daughters, Lena
and Theresa. They contribute Sc
week apiece and on this sum the
women live and MAINTAIN tnelr noIhe,
ON Jl1lv last the lien on the property
was sold because out of these wages
they had failed to save more than S4oo
with which to meet assessments Tor
street work Paralyzed with fear at
the thought of losing her home; Mrs
Vidal knew Of no way to earn the re-
ouired sum. Finally, when 1t hao
grown to over $500, she appealed to the
Tnavor for help. Since the public ap~
neal in her behalf she personally has
received SO.
TWO GIRLS EARN SIC WEEK
"Mv sisters work as hard as they
ran ;, exn1ained E, married sister. eve
that is. mamma and the girls-coulo
ret along all right if it wasn't for this
awful taxation. You see," she added
with a strange mixture of PRIDE ana
usefulness, LENA and Theresa make
$40 a week and it seems hard Tor
mamma to lose all that ease and COM
fort and her home for work that hasn't
hen done vet and won't mean anything
10 her any way-eXcept debt and trou-
11Ie. 7 am barely getting along myself,
supporting my two little children. L
can hardly manage as it is. How can
/ help mamma?
IT cannot imagine what will happen
to them" said Mrs. Bradley of the
bethlehem. "Of all the cases with
which I am coming in contact 1 know
of none more thoroughly deserving,
These women work from morning till
night to keep what little they nave,
and aside from the work the worrying
and and fright is almost wearing them out.
How I hope there will prove to be
enough generous people in Los Angeles
TO save her home for her.
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