The Washington herald., 1913-12-16
70 VI T E E N
c H R / S T M A S
OPPORTUNITIES
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Charities. 923 H street northwest.
will be acknowledged promptly.


Opportunity No. First real home
Mother and four children. She Is born
homemaker. The father was home
breaker He has an incurable disease
and is being cared for away from his
family. A weekly pension Of $ last year
kept this mother happy, working for her
little ones in a home OF their own Again
S per week, or $3.50 per year, is needed
to continue this good beginning In home
making-$26o.
Opportunity No. IA model house,
keeper-Blind father and four mother
less girls (colored). In another year they
will be abld to care entirely for them
selves and for the helpless father. As
relative pays the rent and the girls
have become such efficient managers,
only S1O4 is needed to keep this home
together for another year-S1G.
! Opportunity No. .3.-Breadwinner ILL
The father of this family has been
hard-working man and took good care
of his family, a wife and four small
children, until he became III with tuoer-
culoss. He is in a hospital. Church.
friends are helping keep the family to-
gether, but cannot do all that is neces-
sary. Other friends already have con-
tributed 800. so that only s. per week,
or SlO4 per year. is needed to keep these
children with their mother. What bet
ter Christmas present could they have
SiO4.
oppOrtunIty No. 4.-Handicap-The
father and mother of these six entirely
normal little children are handicapped
by blindness. Because of his handicap
the man is only able to earn 81 per week
and the woman 90 cents per week trans
lating books into sign language for the
blind. Eventually the family will be self
supporting through the children If helped
now. Five dollars per week, or $3.50 per
year, is needed-$260.
OpportunIty No. 5.-Breadwinner In
sane-A thrifty. colored woman, who has
been left practically widow by her hus-
band becoming insane. There o. are six
children, the oldest sixteen years of age
II the family can be tided over this
critical period it is believed they soon
will be in a position to care entirely Tor
themselves In addition to what the boys
and their mother earn and what their
relatives and church give, 800 a month,
or $40 a year. will be required-s2N. 4
opportunity No. s.-Breadwinner dis
abled-A young woman OF refinement and
education, who has recently Undergone
a serious operation superinduced by over
work She, therefore, is not able to do
her full quota of work. The husband,
cripple, is being cared for by rela-
tive. These children are bright II %
a week, or $l56 a year, can be raised this
mother will be able to keep her children
-$l55.
Opportunity No. No.7.-Widow-A thrifty
German window, with five children. She
is able to make 81 per week, but this IS
not enough for all their expenses, and
81 per week, or SOS year. must be raised
if this family is to be kept together-s2Os-
opportunity No. s.-Arrested tubercu-
losis-A widow with three small children.
Friends ane already helping, but s.
week, o. $3.50 a year, is needed to supple
ment what they can do If this home Is
to be kept together-S26o.
OppOrtunIty No. 9.-Deserted-This
young woman was deserted just after
the birth of her youngest baby, two years
ago The husband has never been heard
from, though steps have been taken to
apprehend him. Five dollars a week, or
$3.50 a year, is needed in addition to
what friends and relatives can do-s26o.
Opportunity No. 1O.-The father OF this
colored family, until stricken with
blindness, took good care Of his family.
There are seven children, the Oldest six
teen Everybody works, even the blind
father to make a home and support the
dependent children. Five dollars week,
or $3.50 a year, will help this afflicted
man to keep his home intact-$2eo.
Opportunfty No. IA widow-Al
widow with four small children The
mother is not able to earn much toward
the support of the children, as they are
all so young and need her constant
care. To keep this mother and chill
dren together under good living con-
ditions, IS a week, or $3.50 year, Is
necessary-S260.
Opportunity No. 12.-White plague-Isl
a family stricken with tuberculosis. Ply
sicians say the father can only live
few weeks. There are five children. They
were getting on all right until the eight
een-year-old girl had to stop work, hav-
ing symptoms of her fathers disease.
The doctors say with rest and proper
care she can recover. -Four dollars a
week, or sos year, will serve the double
purpose of saving the young girl and
helping the family-S2oS
Opportunity No. 13.-Fulhlled-Last
year Opportunity No. Is, deserted wife
with FIVE children to support, proved
anything but unlucky. Three hundred
and sixty-hve dollars was raised to
keep the children for one year under
the mothers care and home. Less than
800 was used for this purpose In
March the man started in to support
his own family. With the permission
of all contributors to this opportunity
the remainder OF Ine IunQ was USED Lor
other opportunities One of these is
now
Opportunity No. 13.-Extended-An-
other deserted wife with four little chill
dren to support; another deserting man
to bring to reformation. The woman is
giving her full cooperation in having
the man traced. At first the wife thought
she would have to give away her little
children because she saw no way of sup
porting them alone. 1t will take 81 per
week. or 1856 per year, to keep this fam
lily together-$365.
Opportunity No. 14-Orphan grand
children-A grandmother with two or
phan grandchildren to support Five dol |
lars a week, or $3.50 a year, will enable
this grandmother to give these orphan |
children the love and care they so much |
need-S26o.