Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-16
SANTA CLAUS A STRANGER.
These People Lack Even Common
Necessities of Life.
HUNGER, COLD, OLD FRIENDS
Two Scuttles Of Coal Would Be a
Luxury in Many Homes Not
Far From Yours.

thousands Of people will glow with hap
piness and comfort growing out Of pros
porous surroundings. there will be hun
dreds of folks pinched by poverty and
made even sadder than their usual lot by
mere matter of comparison with the
good luck of others
1t will be but few DAYS to that Christ
mas dinner. remembered from year to
year Its red candle shades. it's big,
brown turkey and the endless plum pud-
dings are all a part of the Christmas of
the fortunate, but there will be many a
cold room wherein children will not l.now
Christmas from any other day In the
year. unless the spirit of Christmas,
working through the Associated Charities.
comes to their aid
Cases Of Desperate Want.
Fourteen opportunities to show what
the Christmas spirit has in 1t for Wash
ington are presented by the Associated
Charlt1 's. Fourteen cases OF desperate
want. they are. where actual necessities
are needed for Christmas gifts. They are
cases where pain from hunger is an old
friend, and where two buckets of coal
would be luxury. That the Christmas
spirit has touched many a person and set
many hearts aglow with charity In evil
denced by the subscriptions which have
come m to the Associated Charities. q23
II street northwest. and to The Star
since these fourteen opportunities were
first presented.
A Dollar for Each.
One man sent a check for s14. 81 to be
used for each opportunity.
Another contributor writes: Enclosed
| have the pleasure Of sending my check
for 50, to be credited in any way you
think best toward the fourteen oppor-
tunities mentioned in the papers. Per-
haps II will be simpler to suggest that
it go to No. 14-if it does, kindly wish
the young fellow long life and a merry
much sympathy for every one Of the
fourteen cases that 1 wish l were able
to send contribution for each. At least,
let me thank the Associated Charities
and the papers for their noble work, and
for the opportunity to make my own
Christmas little brighter by helping
ever so little in the Christmas OF those
less fortunate
Another contributor writes: Enclosed
find check for IS, which will be used to
vertised opportunity No. 8. Wish I felt
BILE to send the full amount"
Here are the opportunities. They are
set forth succinctly, showing in plain
-
poor. Also with them is shown what the
Christmas spirit has done already:
Opportunity No. 1.
Breadwinner i'll. Mother with four
small children making heroic effort to
keep her children with her. Amount re-
quired. S15& Previously acknowledged,
SIS; F. L. G.. 81; A. H. s., 81: total, $S1:
balance required, $15.
Opportunity No. 2.
Widow. Five small children. Mother
recovering from an illness. Amount re-
quired. $780, Previously acknowledged,
81: Miss E. r.. 81: A. II. H, 81; total,
So; balance required, $171.
Opportunity No. 3.
A little mother of seventeen: colored
housekeeper for her blind father and
three sisters. Amount required, $104. Pre-
viously acknowledged, 81: A. H. s., 81;
F. L. G., 81; total, s.; balance required
Opportunity No. 4.
Elderly couple. Total, $50. Closed.
Opportunity No. S.
Young woman deserted by her husband
Church is helping. Amount required $156
Previously acknowledged, 81; A. II. s., 81 :;
total, 81; balance required, $154.
Opportunity No. 6.
Family of blind colored man. Five
children, all under fourteen years of
age. Amount required, 1912 Previously
acknowledged, 81; A. H. s., 81; total, 81;
balance required, $40.
Opportunity No. Z.
A German widow with five children
ranging from ten to four years of age
Church pays half the rent. Amount re-
CURED. S3Os Previously acknowledged,
81; A. III. s., 81; total, 81; balance re-
quired, sos.
Opportunity No. 8.
Elderly couple. Man an invalid and
not able to do active work. Amount re-
quired. 500 Previously acknowledged,
$40: R. H. c., IS; A H. s., g; total SIT;
balance required, $43.
Opportunity No. 8.
Widow. cured of tuberculosis. with
three small children. Must be careful
not to overwork Amount required, $50.
Previously acknowledged, $12; A. H. S.,
81; total, $13: balance required. $507.
Opportunity No. 10.
A refined colored woman deserted by
her husband. with a baby only five
months old, and four other children. the |
eldest ten years of age. Amount requir- |
ed, $3.50 Previously acknowledged. E;I
A. H. s., 81; total, IS; balance required, |
s2o7.
Opportunity No. IL.
Widow with three children under thir- |
teen years Of age. Mother not strong. |
Church pays IS a month On rent and |
supplies fued. Amount required, $312. |
Previously acknowledged, 81: A. H. g., /
Opportunity No. 12.
Elderly colored couple. Man crippled so |
that he is not able to work. Former 1
employer pays rent. Amount required, /
IOl Previously acknowledged. 81: A. |
II. S., 81: total, 81; balance required, |
s1O2.
Opportunity No. Is.
Colored widow with six children Fam
ily help all they can. Amount required, |
$3.50. Previously acknowledged. 81; A. II. |
S., 81; total, 81; balance required, 1854.
Opportunity No. IA.
Young man stricken with tuberculosis,
needs care in sanatorium. Amount re-
auired. $50. Previously acknowledged,
81: H D. McC., So: B. NJ. B., s.; A. III.
s., 81; total. $12: balance required. SIS.
Undesignated-Previou acknowledged,