The Washington herald., 1911-12-14
CHRISTMAS GIFTS
OF REAL VALUE
The Associated Charities Set
Forth IA Opportunities.

There are fourteen opportunities i
Washington for Christmas giving. Doubt
less there are many others, but thi
number has been selected by the Asso
ciated Charities as presenting cases O
| especial distress. They will appeal t
| every one, and the response will be gen
erous and prompt Here are two Of tn
Christmas opportunities:
Christmas Opportunity No. 1.
Bread-winner III.
A young woman, with four small
children, the eldest eleven years Of
age and the youngest mere baby.
The father is in the tuberculosis
Hospital, and probably will never
be able again to give the family the
care he once did. One little boy
has his fathers trouble in another
form-tuberculosis of the knee-and
needs watchful care and special
diet. The little woman is a good
mother, who takes excellent care
of her children, and who is Gnaking
an heroic effort to keep them with
her. She IS not overly strong, and
aside from her own work, can only
do little sewing. Their church
pays their rent and gives them $3.50
In groceries In addition to this,
s. a week, or $156 a year, will be
required to keep these children with
their mother. What better Christ n
mas present could they have?....... $15C.o
Christmas Opportunity No. 2.
A Widow.
An accident while at work, which
was no fault of either the man or
his employer, left this woman a
widow with FIVE children under
twelve years of age. At the time,
the wife was in the hospital, too III
to know of her trouble. She Is still
too weak to do more than care for
her two younger children, and until
she is stronger the two older ones
are in an institution. There are no
relatives to whom she can turn,
but FRIEND poor woman herself,
has taken her in with her two small
children, at nominal rent Of 81
month. Three dollars and a half
week, or $50 a year, will help to
rehabilitate this home. The best
Christmas present to this mother
would be the assurance that she has
friends to see that she does not have
to lose her children as we'll as her
husband. She will then soon regain
her strength and be able to have
the others with her-................... 1900
The remaining Christmas opportunities
may be briefly stated as follows:
3. Family of blind colored man and
four motherless children. .S1o4. o.
4. Old couple, more than seventy
years old, who must be sep
arated unless than can receive
g. Young woman. deserted by her
husband, with four children, all
under nine years OF age........ 156. 90
6. Family of blind colored man,
five children, all under fourteen
years of age....................... 31200
I. A German widow, with five chill
dren, ranging from four to ten
years of age. 2os 90
s. Old couple, husband an invalid. 6000
9. Widow, suffering from tubercu-
losis, with three small children. $50 90
10. Colored woman, deserted by her
husband, with baby nine
months old and four other
small children Observation-Disclosures. go. 90
II. A widow, with three children, all
under thirteen years Of age. 1890
crippled ...........i................ 1o4.Oo
L. Colored widow, with six chill
dren. whose father dropped
dead ................................ 1880
g. Colored widow, with six chill
losis, needs two months care
in Observation-Disclosures. 5000
Further details of these cases will be
supplied by the Associated Charities, 92S
Il street northwest, where subscriptions
AN be sent. The Washington Herald
will also receive contributions and send
hem to the Associated Charities.