Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-11-30
STRONG APPEAL
FOR XMAS AID
CONTINUED from First rage

share Of Christmas JOY for this fam
lily. The sum Of 50 a week would
make this family comfortable for the
winter. Who will provide it,
ASSOCIATED CHARITIES CASE
NO. 3.
Though the father, who used to
support them in comfort, is still liV-
| ing, eight little children have become
| dependent on outside help. The man
| has now been crippled with rheuma-
tism for some months. his wife can
not leave him and the children will
| have to become wage earners, and
4 the situation looks gloomy for thig
| family during the holidays and after.
| Some other agencies Of help have
been interested by the Bureau of AS
| ISOLATED Charities and the rent is
| assured. The outlook here is not
| wholly discouraging, because special
! trea tment has helped the invalid
/ father. and he is improving, and
| really hopes to return to the pursuit
/ Of his trade Through the influence
of the bureau this family has moved
| from dark, unwholesome quarters to
! bright, sunny rooms, where. the
| health of the whole family has i'm
/ proved. Three dollars a week is
needed to afford sufficient food for
! LnlS IdInliS.
will Evening Star readers see to
| it that these eight little ones re-
| ceive the needed nourishment and
| little of the Christmas cheer during
| the coming winter months?
ASSOCIATED CHARITIES CASE
NO. e.
! Struggle as she may a certain
widow with five tiny children cannot
earn enough to meet her rent and feed
| the family. BY working hard she
| earns S. a month toward her rent,
which is $40, and enough to supply
her table. The Bureau of Associated
| Charities has been experimenting her
earnings by paying half the rent, but
now has no funds for the purpose.
| and is most anxious that the help
should be continued. This is an in
| stance of woman WHO has applied
! for help under the State widows pen
sion law but whose case has not been
acted upon.
The Evening Star suggests that
So a month is little enough to ask in
q case of this kind, and, to assure
this poor mother Of her rent at least,
during the holiday season. will give
her courage and cause to be grateful
! ASSOCIATED CHARITIES CASE
! NO. 8.
| A hard battle against poverty is
being fought in household this win
ter which last year faced the world
without undue anxiety. Last spring,
however, the husband and father
died, leaving a wife and three chill
dren penniless. Some weeks after
his death a fourth little one was
added to the family. The oldest child,
a girl of nearly fifteen years, tried to
meet the situation by obtaining en-
ploy1nent, but was recalled to school
because Of lack Of educational qualifl-
cations
The mother is physically unable to
work outside the home. and the am
bilious young daughter broke down
physically and was sent to Glen Card
ner. The veriest necessities of life
are needed in this home, where there
is fragile mother, a child Of seven
years, another OF FIVE and the baby.
The rent Is 81 a month and So a week
will keep them in groceries.
| Catholic Aid Societies.
Five immediate cases are reported
by the Catholic Children's Aid So
| ciety. Here is the list:
CATHOLIC AID SOCIETY CASE
NO. 1.
Six children, ranging from
twelve years to two years. Father
i blind. A delicate mother is
the sole support of the husband and
six children. This family has no
relatives and no friends to help
They are suffering from want of food
and clothes.
CATHOLIC AID SOCIETY CASE
NO. 2.
Three children, twins aged one
year, and another child, four
years. Husband deserted year
ago. Mother goes out washing by
the day. She is unable to make
sufficient money to support herself
land children. The twins are also
delicate and need special care.
Mother so much attached to the
children she refused to have them
placed in an institution.
CATHOLIC AID SOCIETY CASE
| NO. 8.
Five children under seven years
| OF age. Father out of work
flor several months owing to diff
| cause of advanced age. This man is
sober and Industrious. One child an
invalid. All are suffering from want
Of sufficient nourishment.
CATHOLIC AID SOCIETY CASE
NO. T.
Six children. oldest thirteen
and one-half years old; young
est, one year. Father died about
three years ago. Since then the
entire burden of the support Of
the children is on the mother, who
is not strong and has to depend en-
tirely on the money she makes by
| washing, etc. The Oldest children
have not been able to attend school
because of the need Of sufficient
clothing. The whole family is suffer-
ing from want of nourislring food.
CATHOLIC AID SOCIETY CASE
NO. 5.
Five children. Oldest fifteen
years. Youngest, four years. Father
dead about four years. Mother
almost blind and unable to pro-
vide for children. Oldest child
was working, but was obliged to
discontinue, owing to the new school
law. Two of the children very deli
cate This is a very pathetic case.
because of the mothers condition and
the wonderful love she has for her
children, which will not allow her
to part with any of Them.
CATHOLIC AID SOCIETY CASE
NO. 6.
Two children, aged six and
four years, living with mother,
who is an invalid from rheu-
imatism and neglect, as we'll as
continued physical abuse by her hus-
band, who is at present in Jail, con-
vieted of assault and battery on his
| wife Children are not sufficiently