Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-15
QUICK TO RESPOND
Donations for Helpless Per-
sons Promptly Made.
CASH RECEIPTS, $167
Opportunities Presented by Asso-
ciated Charities Two Aged
Couples Not Yet Provided For.
CASH RECEIPTS,

Charities opened yesterday morning be-
fore "Opportunity No. A. was subscribed
for by woman who volunteered to pay
| the one dollar week asked for. Other
responses came in so promptly that at
the close of the first day $111 had been
received in pledges and gifts for the
| fourteen families There was something
| for everybody. One man wanted to take
| q ''one-dollar share as a charitable in
vestment in each OF the fourteen oppor-
| tunities, but he. was too late for No. T.
| the old couple.
There are STILL however, two old couples
left to be provided for. Besides, there
are two families where the would-be
wage-earner h blind. There are five
| widows, two deserted wives, one wage
| Garner whose husband is hopelessly Ill,
and one young man making a brave fight
against the white plague. Besides these
| eighteen adults there are forty-four chill
| will be made happy for 365 days If these
fourteen Christmas opportunities are sub
scribed for.
Contributions may be sent to the office
Of the Associated Charities, 923 II street
northwest, or to The Star
The receipts recorded for the several
objects named are as follows:
Opportunity No. l.
Young mother. Four small children.
Father hopelessly ill. Woman making
heroic efforts to keep her children with
her. Church helps. Supplementary aid
$500 a week needed, total $4,000. Nine.
J. ]. j., $1,000: Miss a E. B., 5000; "One
Share $1.0O: ten girls. 81 a week; total,
$7S. Balance required, S7S.
Opportunity No. 2.
Widow. Five children all under twelve.
No relatives to aid. $3.50 week or $50
for the year needed. "One Share" 81 co.
Balance required, $1,000.
Opportunity No. 3.
A little mother. seventeen Colored.
Housekeeper for her blind father and
three younger sisters. $500 a week
needed. Total, $4,000. ''one Share, -
s1.Oo. Balance required, $4,000.
Opportunity No. 4.
Mrs. F. E T.. SLIGO a week; L. A. j.,
81. Total. $50.
Opportunity No. S.
Young woman deserted by husband,
with four children, one an infant, others
under nine. Church is helping. $500 a
week needed. Total, $156.OO. lone
Share" s1.Oo. Balance required, $4,000.
Opportunity No. g.
Family of a blind colored man. Five
children, all under fourteen years Of age.
$500 week or $1,000 a year is needed.
''One Share" s1.Oo Balance required,
$311. 90.
Opportunity No. z.
A German widow with five children
ranging from ten to four years of age.
Church pays half the rent. Four dollars
a week or sos a year is needed. Zone
Share" 81; balance required, $2O1.
Opportunity No. 8.
Elderly couple. Man an invalid and
not able to do active work. Five dollars
a month or $50 year is required. L. w.
A, So; Mrs. w. NJ B., s.; total, SO; bal
ance required, $50.
Opportunity No. 8.
Widow, cured of tuberculosis, with
not to overwork. Ten dollars a week or
s.; NJ. E. D., s.; "One Share" 81; cash,
81; total. s12: balance required. sos.
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. Five dollars a
week is required, total, $3.50. Zone Share"
81; cash. 81; total. 81; balance required.
$25s.
Opportunity No. IL.
Widow with three children under thir-
teen years Of age. Mother not strong.
Church pays IS month on reht and sup
Total. 1912. "One Share" 81; balance re-
quired, $311.
Opportunity No. 10.
Elderly colored couple. Man crippled
So that he is not able to work. Former
employer pays rent. Two dollars a week
or $1O4 q year is needed. "One Share -
81; balance required. $1O3.
Opportunity No. Is.
Colored widow with six children. Fam
| lily help all they can. Three dollars a
week is needed; total, $156. lone Share, -
81; balance required, $155.
OPpOA IuAASy w. IL
A young man stricken with tubercu-
| losis needs two months care in sana-
forum. Family only able to provide 81
$40 a week or $50 is required. lone
Share" 81: balance required. $40.
Total subscribed the first day, $167. S.
]. b., &c. unassigned.
| Other Forms of Aid.
| Not only Is money coming in for the
Fourteen Christmas Opportunities" II
is explained by the managers, but offers
| of other help. In one mail was a letter
| from a man who proposes to make II
possible for the bread winners in Oppor-
tunities Nos. and to do their work
more easily and to do more of 1t. He
offers to give a washing machine to each
family. He thinks the blind man in OPP
portunity No. 8 can easily work the
washer and that it will take him about
| one-third OF the time that 1t takes his
wife to wash by hand. In this way they
| can do more washings with less or at
least no more work than the wife is at
present doing.
A similar offer is made in the case OF