Evening star., 1915-12-17
Associated Charities Explains
Form Of "Adoption" for
Period of One Year.
SMALL SUMS WILL ASSURE
AID IN FOURTEEN HOMES
One Former Contributor Suggests
Monthly Payments Instead OF
Subscriptions in Bulk.

| w Ho Will duOpl lib
ing-one of the kiddies for whom the
Associated Charities is asking heip III
it's fourteen opportunities? If you can
not pay for the support for one cniiu
for a whole year. which costs Oh .'ie
average about $50. you may De eiao
to contribute for part support. rive
dollars under this plan will provide
| for q child in one of these fourteen
homes for a month. While adopting
war orphans abroad, Washingtonians VIII
| not consent to having orphans made Oh
these children at home by having
them taken from their mothers ana
placed with strangers.
| One man has written to the Asso-
ciated Charities that he will give sZ;oo
| month for the next twelve months.
| He suggests that many others SINH
| larly situated will be glad to send
weekly or monthly contribution where
| they would not feel able to give a
| large sum at. one time.
Submits a Proposition.
| He says:
Last year 1 gladly contributed
$50 for your Christmas opportunities.
] This year, because of very heavy de-
| mands pressing on me at the moment,
I cannot conveniently give $50. If it
can be arranged so that payment can
be made throughout the year. l shan
be glad to pledge myself to pay Sso
at the rate OF $3.50 per month. to be
| applied to any one or more OF the
opportunities.
| Another man called yesterday at the
office OF the Associated Charities, 923
H street northwest to ask for several
copies Of the Opportunities" to send
to friends out of the city who are
| waiting to receive them. This shows
| the widespread interest in the general
| plan of providing an ll-the-year-round
Christmas by keeping these fourteen
| families together.
Contributions sent to the Associated
/ Charities. s23 II street northwest. or
to The Star. will be promptly acknowl-
I edged.
OPPORTUNITY NO. 1-DISCOURAGE-
MENT TURNED TO JOY.
Blind grandmother and mother. with
three children under twelve years.
Amount needed. $50.
F'rantically trying ito keep roof
over her head and her family, consist
ing Of three children and a blind
mother, this woman, on the verge of a
| nervous breakdown. had become thor
oughly discouraged because with all
her work the children we're running
| the streets. She was at the point of
parting with them when the Associa ted
| Charities was sent to the rescue. The
!. husband and father. who had deserted,
| is now serving term in the penitenti-
ary for a crime which will forever
Danish him from the homa The rest
| now are all well and-happy. The chill
| dren go regularly to school and Sun i
| day school and are well behaved at
home. because the mother has been
1 helped to remain with her family and
(, give them the care they need, but an
| other year of this care must be as
sured. Ten dollars week, or $500 a
year, will enable this family to con-
| iinue to have mothers love and
supervision.
Previously acknowledged. 81; G. W. E.,
s5; Mr. and Mrs. J. Tierney, 81; Miss
| Louise K Simpson, So; NJ. II. DraunelI
81: A C. L., IS; w. S. H., 81. Total. :e1.
StiIl needed, s4s9.
OPPORTUNITY NO. THERE'S NO
PLACE LIKE HOME.
| Deserted wife and four children.
Amount needed. s28O.
| Deserted before the birth of her
youngest child, now four years old,
this mother, weak and discouraged
placed two of her four children in an
| institution. Through the close cooper
alton Of the relatives, church and
| friends, the two youngest children
were kept with their mother. The two
children in the institution wilted like
flowers cut from the parent stem. Now
they are at home. This home is one
! of neatness and refinement. While the
mother takes in sewing, she finds time
for daily walk with her children
Her heart is full of gratitude toward
those who have helped to keep them
by her side. Every effort has failed to
find the deserting husband. Five dol.
lars {. week. or $500 a year, is needed
for this family.
/ Previously acknowledged, 81; S. 3. p.
81; Mr. and Mrs J. Tierney, 81; NJ. II
Drauneil, 81; w. S. Hoge, 81. Total. S.
Still needed, se5:.
OPPORTUNITY NO. 3-wANTED: A
HOME AND MOTHER.
needed. 1912.
| Married when hardly more than a
child to worthless man, who, after
brutal treatment. left her penniless
this little mother was forced to place
her two little boys in an Institution
The only Christmas present the boys
| want is "a home and mother
If Sc a week, or s3la a year, can be
secured to supplement the earnings OF
the mother. a most industrious little