Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-15
FOURTEEN OPPORTUNITIES.
TO HELP DESERVING ONES.
Associated Charities Again Offers
Chances to Make Christmas
a Little Brighter.
List Consists of Families Battling
Against Great Odds to
Keep Together.

YEAR by the Associated Charities for tn,
kind of Christmas giving that cannot fai
TO bring a glow of good feeling TO thu
hearts of the givers. while at the same
time those who receive will be made t
feel the actually of human fellowship
and kindly sympathy. Each of the four
teen has been carefully investigated by
agents of the Associated Charities, anC
all of the opportunities pronounced wor-
thy. They range from No. l, a mother and
her four children. deserted by the worth
less, diseased husband who should be the
breadwinner. and struggling TO maintain
what the mother says Is the first real
home the family has ever had. to No. IL
a grandmother lighting to take care OF
her two orphan grandchildren and al
though handicapped by the kind of pow
srty that stings the harder because OF
the courage with which IL is faced. main
tanning the sort of cheerful optimism tina,
causes those who know her TO call her a
veTitable Mrs. Wigs
In the list are deserted families fami-
lies the breadwinners OF which are dying
by inches of incurabe ailments; famil. es
battling against terrible odds to keep to-
gether-in short. the kind of opportunities
that should adden the hearts of those
VINO, especially at this season Of the year.
genuine Christian. Christmas good feel
ing The list follows:
OPPORTUNITY No First real home:
Mother and four children. Tbs mother
says this is the first real home / have
ever had" Yet she is a born homemaker
The father was d homebreaker. Evil
habits finally broke his health. He has
incurable disease and Is being cared
for away from his family. The mother 5
heart was almost broken at the thought
of parting with her children. Then came
the opportun " to help. which was
seized \ weekly pension of IS through
out last year kept this mother radiantly
happy. working for her four little ones
IL home OF heir own. This home has
hstome a neighboring center of good
cHser The mother is a natural organizer
Oh good will. Again So per week, or $500
a-year. is needed to continue this good
beginning in home making.-$26O.
OPPORTUNITY No. "a model house
ks-per:
Blind father and four motherless girls
tceiored,- Last year It was said of the
oaest girl. then eighteen years, that she
wNs fast becoming. under the wise direc-
tipn OF the friendly visitor a model
EUlsekeeper- As model housekeeper
Tvs year she has arrived; also she has
s@-n 10 II that her younger sters are
gSwing to be pure. useful women. They
attend school regularly and are being
h0ed 10 become efficient breadwinners.
Ider the old from hand-to- mouth
S4aSsie IUf cAISle1lct, the WnOie family
was becoming beggars. All the girls now
afr living happy. useful lives The blind
father is happy, too, in the sure knowl-
eage that his motherless girls are safe.
In another year they viii be able to-care
entirely Tor themselves and for their
hSpless father. As. relative pays the
TTft. and the girls have become such
c@cient managers, only $1O4 is needed to
keep tbs home together for another
OPPORTUNITY No. SBreadwinner
Che father of this family has been a
Woodworking man and took good care of
hM family wife and four small chill
dfen, until he became ill with tubercu-
ldsis- He I. gratefully accepted hospital
Treatment. saying Il won't be passing
nss trouble on to others If I go to the
hospital. and my family could then have
thF money that it now takes to feed me;
afso l might get well there His wife is
not strong. but is always brave. cheerful
and thrifty She is able~to earn a little
ar ironing and mending, but cannot do
mich account of the excellent care
sire is giving her children. She says
Until my trouble came. I did not know
that there were so many good, kind PEG
pte in the world. bless them ALL The
Children, show the result of her fine
nlOtherly care. Church friends are help
ing TO keep the family together but can
nit do all that is necessary. Other
friends have already contributed 800.
= q
NEEDED to keep these children with their
rnSther. What better Christmas present
could they have?-S1O4.
OPPORTUNITY, NO. EHandicap:
Both the father and mother of these six
lovely, entirely normal little children are
handicapped by blindness. The man Is
hind in one eye and the woman is to-
tally blind as the result OF an accident.
Because OF his handicap the man Is able
t. earn only 81 week and the woman
- cents week translating books into
tbf sign language for the blind This
father and mother have proved they are
re best ones TO bring up their own chill
dfer in their own wholesome. e-spirited
home. The children attend church and
school regularly They are unusually
blight and helpful and are being trained
eventually the family will be self-sup.
porting through the children if helped
nav. Five dollars a week, or $3.50 year
!s-needed.-S260.
OPPORTUNITY NO. s-Breadwinnei
insane:
"A thrifty. clean. capable colored WON.
IN who has been left practically wild
or by her husband becoming violently
aid incurably insane There are six
children, the oldest sixteen years of age
two OF whom are wage-earners. These
bSys have good positions and IL the fam
ny be tided over this critical period
it.fs believed that they viii soon be In 9
position . care entirely for themselves
Ii. addifi-r to what the boys and theil
mother earn and what their relatives and
church give. $50 a month, or $40 q year
VIII be required.-$240.
OPPORTUNITY NO. 6-Breadwinnel
disabled:
"A young woman OF refinement and edu
cation who has recently undergone a Sc
rous operation superinduced by over
work. She therefore is not able to dC
har full quota of work The husband
Who is a cripT. and will never be abb.
10 do anything more for his family, i.
being cared for by a relative. The tire,
CfffIdren-the eldest thirteen years OF ag,
are bright and attractive. show TIL,
unInistakable marks of good home train
ing. III SO a week or $3.50 year. can b,
raised this mother. who has struggled
against such odds for her children, vii
be able 10 keep them.--$l56
OPPORTUNITY NO. widow:
a thrifty German widow. a splendi,
mother with five children under fourteen
F+~e dollars a week. or $3.50 a year, 1
her children well trained. though tn
mother must try TO be breadwinner a
we'll as homemaker. Handicapped as sh
IS she is able to make 81 week. but thi
- not enough for all their expenses. an,
81 week. or sos year. must be raise,
Il this little family Is to be kept to
iy1ther.-S20S.
OPPORTUNITY NO. s-Arrested tuber
cUlosis: