Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-22
ASKED FOR ELEVEN CASES
Moving Picture Theater to Donate
Proceeds of q Matinee.
PUPILS TO GIVE UP CANDY
Children Write They Will Deprive
Themselves of Sweets and
Contribute Money.

With $1,10O in hand, the Associated
Charities announces there remains an
even larger sum to be raised between
now and Christmas day as a fund for
the relief of the necessities OF the poor
who are included i'm the group Of Eleven
to do good.
The sum necessary to he raised for this
charitable purpose In addition to the 100
in hand. is $l.s02. Checks may be sent
to the Associated Charities, 9o3 Ii street
northwest or to The star, and contribu-
tions will be promptly acknowledged.
Various welcome offers of assistance
are coming to the Associated Charities in
the case OF these Opportunities" The
Mount Vernon Theater, 9lS 9th street
northwest, has offered the entire proceeds
of its Tuesday matinee, from l O'Clock to
$50. for the benefit of the ''Opportuni-
tes"
School Children to Help.
The Star is in receipt of the following
Letter:
I'm The Star / see that you are collect
ing money for the poor. The 5B grade
is going to do without their Christmas
candy and send 81 to the eighteen-year-
old girl with a blind father and three
sisters and brothers. Yours cordially,
"5B Grade. Mott School.
Per ORA ETA HUGHSTON.'
In connection with the work of raising
this fund for Christmas benevolence. the
Charities last night issued the
following statement:
Judging from the big preparations
which have been making for Christmas
on every hand. looking in at the store
windows, seeing the crowds upon the
h. t, 4sat-r
hib.tion, and the Christmas dinners to be-
given to the poor, one comes to believe
that everybody in Washington is going
to be remembered next Wednesday.
The Days to Come.
''And we shall all enjoy our own Christi
mas better with the thought that the
Christmas spirit is abroad and every home
is to be reached by ii. But how about,
the morning after. and the morning after
that, and SO on through the long year
that must come before Christmas rolls
around again?
Here is where the new Christmas idea
comes in to take the splendid impulse OF
good will that reaches its climax Christi
mas day, and SO direct 1t and extend IL
that those who need Christmas cheer tno
most because they have the least to give
I'm return shall find their needs met Tor
each one of the 365 days that spell the
New Year.
"It is such needs as these-imperative.
VITAL compelling-the needs OF actual ne
cessities, that these opportunities present.
ed by the Associated Charities are intend.
ed ID meet. In every instance enough naA
been subscribed to keep the families To-
that is not enough. The plan covers a
whole year. Nothing less will lift the
burden of anxiety from the hearts or the
brave women who are doing all that they
Rnt tsafl iF1fa
And we must assure them that they
will win out In their fight. Because they
are poor and widowed. or deserted, or
with their husbands sick unto death, the
children must not be penaliZed py peihs
taken away and placed with strangers.
Sum to Be Raised.
with eleven hundred dollars already
In hand, there still remains an even
larger sum to be raised between now and
Christmas morning. The people OF Wash
ington are always generous il cod
printers type can make clear to them
the actual need.
plum puddings and presents. mistie-
toe and merriment. reunions and rejoic-
ings, these are the good, old ideas. OF
what Christmas means to all of US. but
there is a minority in our midst to whom
we give too little thought the year
round, whose gnawing anxiety ana
wretchedness is only thrown into particu-
larly high relief by the merriment or the
holiday season.
Here is a practical suggestion showing
what we can do about It, Here are four
teen opportunities. or, rather. eleven al
three have already been subscl ibed.
where little money will bring In fabu-
lous returns in human happiness. VIII
you not read them carefully, pick out
the one that appeals to you most and
place this one Christmas present where
you know 1t cannot go amiss?"
Mother and Five Children.
Opportunity No. IA splendid mother
with five children under twelve. Homo
spotlessly clean. Children go to school
and Sunday school regularly. With the
care Of her children she is able to aver
age only about $3 q week. There are no
relatives able to help. Her church helps
her with her rent. The sum of s. a week.
or $26O q year. will keep these children
with their mother. Previously acknowl-
edged, $92 %; Helen G. H. $40; A. l.. b.
81; NJ. S. T.. 81. Total, sl25.25. Still
needed. s13475.
Opportunity No. 2-Closed: sl79.50.
Opportunity No. "A deserted wife.
whose husband disappeared before her
youngest child, which is now nearly "a
year old, was born, and has never been
heard of since. though the police are look
ing for him. The womans relatives have
rallied around her and are paying her
rent. Her church supplies the fuel The
mother herself takes i'm sewing, but with
the care -of her family cannot do a great
deal The sum of s. a week, or $1J6 a
year, will be required to help this
wronged woman keep her children
Previously acknowledged. $4775: ii. E
J., 81; e. b. s.. 81: NJ. S E.. 81: total,
$50 IS: still needed. $1O6.25.
Opportunity No. both the father ard
mother of this family are handicapped
by blindness. They have five normal
children, the eldest ten years of age,
There is q fine spirit In the home. and
the mother IL making perfectly heroic
effort to train her children well and keep
the family intact. With his handicap
the father cannot make q living wage.
rhe sum Of IS a week. or $500 q year. 10
II this family Is to be kept to-
zether and maintain the proper standard
IF living Previously acknowledged. So;
NJ s. E.. 81 Total. $53. Still needed.
'2o7.
Opportunity No. 5-An old-fashioned
.olored couple devoted to each ouher.
Home scrupulousy clean. The old uncle
g a cripple and not able to work. His
wife is only able to make a small income
oy sewing. They have no children A.
former employer pays their rent. Th9
sum of s. a week, or $104 a year, will
xeep this old couple together for anothen
year. Previously acknowledged SSo.76s