Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-14
CHANCE OPEN TO ALL
Christmas Opportunities Re-
veaIed by Associated Charities
LIST OF WORTHY OBJECTS
Appeal for Benevolence to Extend
Beyond the Holidays.
PRACTICAL METHOD OF WORK
Families in Need Of Aid in Keeping
the Wolf From the
Door.
PRACTICAL METHOD OF WORK


ume Of Christmas benevolence so that
1t will extend in part through the new
year is declared by the Associated
Charities to be shown in list OF "op-
portunities'' described by the association
in statement it issues on the subject
The Opportunities" are described below.
With knowledge that people in Wash
ington are as hungry on other days as
clad and as poorly sheltered. in many
cases, the Associated Charities wishes
to act as Santa Claus after this patron
saint has been lost to view.
The statement is as follows:
I'm the selection Of Christmas gifts
most people give preference to things
that can be used constantly. The fact
that money contributed to these OPP
weekly installments assures an all-the-
year-round Christmas gratitude.
1.-The stories are descriptive Of fourteen
human groups, each with its own par
ticular burden to bear. Whether or not
this burden shall be lifted for the next
twelve months depends upon the re-
Spouse made to these appeals. The AS
do what kindly disposed people enable
it to accomplish. It can make known
the wants of it's applicants. In order
to meet these wants 1t places reliance
fact that last years fourteen opportun-
tiles were quickly over-subscribed shows
that Washington's Christmas benevolence
is of a practical sort-the kind that ex-
tends over 365 days of the year
Fourteen Opportunities.
Christmas opportunity No. 1. widow-A
good woman and splendid mother with
five children under twelve. Home is
spotless and her children go to school
regularly. After her husbands death she
tried to be both father and mother and
was fast breaking in health when called
to the attention of the Associated Chari-
ties. Their expenses are SO q week.
With the care Of her children she is able
to make only So. Her church helps her
with the rent. 81 a week
Five dollars a week. or $3.50 year, IL
the Christmas present that will be re-
quired to keep this family intact
Christmas opportunity No. 2, victim OF
white plague-An eighteen-year-old girl,
unusually bright and ambitious. was
working to help support her widowed
night school to train for a better position.
OverwOrk and undernourishment brought
their usual neutrality-suspicious. OF the
white plague have developed, and the
physicians say that unless she can spend
a year in q good sanatOrium she Will go
right down. Friends have raised part of
the money for her expense, but $176 is
still needed. She is worrying herself sick
over the thought of the expense and how
she will be able to meet it. A Christmas
present of this amount, STE. would mean
that she could face the coming year with
the courage and hope which are necessary
for her restoration to health.
Christmas opportunity No. g. deserted
TIo hr,Cf, ov,1 If t1,fc I'M =
disappeared more than a year ago. leav-
ing her with four children. one new
born baby. He has never been heard OF
since, though warrant was issued for
has rallied around her and is paying
her rent. Her church is supplying her
with fuel. The mother herself is taking
in sewing and doing all she can to sup
port the children.
Three dollars a week, or 1856 year. will
be required to help this wronged woman
keep her children. Who will help make
this Christmas present?
Handicapped by Blindness.
Christmas opportunity No. "A young
man and woman both handicapped by
blindness. the woman totally blind as the
result of an accident when sixteen years
Of age: the man blind In one eye and
the sight of the other impaired. Five
normal children. the eldest ten years Of
age. The family has unusual expense. as
the totally blind woman has to have as
sistance to help her care properly for her
children. There is fine spirit in the
home. The children are well trained, and
the mother is perfectly heroic in her eff
fort to keep her family intact. The father.
with only an ordinary education and
with his handicap, cannot make a Twins
wase. There are no relatives who are
able to help.
Five dollars a week, or $3.50 q year, viii
be the Christmas present required If this
family Is to maintain the proper standard
of living.
Christmas opportunity No. SAN aged
colored couple devoted to each other.
Home scrupulously clean. Man is q
cripple and not able to work. Woman
sews and earns about ST. week. They
have no children nor any near relatives
Former employer pays their rent.
Two dollars a week, or $lO4 year. is
the Christmas present which will give
most joy to this old couple.
Christmas opportunity No. 6. bread
winner victim Of white plague-A young
couple with four children, the eldest
twelve years Of age. the youngest a mere
baby. The father. in the tuberculosis hos
pital, has become devoted to the fresh-air
treatment and appreciates thoroughly his
new lease of life. The woman. though
not overstrong, is always brave and
smiling. One little boy has tuberculosis,
of the knee, but even he clatters around
cheerfully on his crutcheS. The mother