Evening star., 1915-12-15
OPPORTUNITY NO. -CHEEHfoL -
NESS CONTAGIOUS.
Father incurab!y i'll. wife ana io"'
children. Amount needed, S26o.

! g
1 early and late to keep her four emil
dren with her, the youngest of Whom
is four years old Besides keeping her
own home spotless, the mother taxes
| in washing and sewing. Ihroush
! all she is CHEEKY and bright IN a..
4 her work she is assisted by the ciueo,
girl, who now, that she mas , Llislis" :" :"
4 school. is true mothers HeiP1i
! one little boy is lame, but with ms
| mothers spirit, he hops cheerily 70
school on his crutch. This lad Is
/ ceiving attention from one OF the ieaa-
| ing surgeons in the city, ana II ehtle @
| is anything that can be done 70 ~
the lameness it will be done. rive aol-
| lare week, or $3.50 year. VIII heep
! the home together for year.
OPPORTUNITY NO. Ga HANDi-
CAPPED MOTHER, FIVE AMbi-
TIOUS CHILDREN.
| Widow with five children. Amount
needed, S416.
| Four years ago this distracted moth-
! er did not know which way to turn
Left a widow with five children, the
mother was also handicapped by III
| health and poor eyesight Separation
! from their mother and institutional
| care for the children seemed to hef the
| only solution of her trouble frlehos,
| through her church and the ASSOCIATED
| Charities have kept the home togethef
until now.
| The picture at present is contented
| mother, surrounded by happy children,
| doing everything which is sussesteo
! for their helpful development ana
! neat little house in the SUBURBS "here
! they can add to their income by rais-
ing vegetables. The children are max
ing fine progress in school. The eldest,
a boy of thirteen, wants TO become
| clergyman. Eight dollars week, or
! s416 year, will enable this sood work
to so on.
OPPORTUNITY NO. "A YEAR OF
VOCATIONAL TRAINING THE An
SwER HERE.
Blind father and -FOUR chHdFeh'
Amount needed, 1856.
Another year at the colored Vocation
al Training School will fit Martha for
her trade as dressmaker, then she Will
be able to help support her blind father
and little sisters. Her aged grand
mother and older sister are taking the
nlace of her dead mother. Together
thev work lovingly and faithfully all
day long and every day in the year IN
order to keep this good home together.
The bread-winners of TINS 1aHlllS are
all women and they are winners, IN
ter was asked what she wanted Santa
| Claus to bring her. she said: Just
something to keep the pot boiling while
| Martha is learning her trade In
| order to keep the pot boiling Santa
| claus will have to put SO each week
| INTO the family stocking, while Martha
| is taking her lesson in preparedness
! one hundred and hfty-six dollars
year is needed
too,r,xy,ry M S-MRS WIGGS
! ONCE MORE.
| Old grandmother. two grandchildren.
I. and : years. Amount needed. $3.50.
! on the little pension provided by the
! contributors to this Christmas oppor-
! tuuity. this grandmother is making
real home for her two grandchildren
twelve and seven years. Under her ex-
cellent management the house is al
wavs neat and clean and the children
| neatly dressed They are both IN
school and enjoy it very much. After
/ school they are always to be found at
! nome helping their grandmother in
| little tasks or playing or studying
! Both children are bright, well man
nered and ambitious Everything dohe
| for them is deeply appreciated; in fact,
| the grandmother tells every visitor
| how wonderful it is that strangers
| should be doing so much for her ana
| the children. To have share In the
| making of this home is to have some
| thing we'll worth while. Five dollars
| a week or $3.50 a year is needed.
oppoRTUSITY NO. a-YOING LAD
| WORKING SATURDAYS FOR
BABY.s MILK.
| Bread-winner dead of tuberculosis.
widow and six children. Amount need
| ed, $500.
| when this home was entered by the
dreaded white plague the family had
money in the bank and were buying
| their home. A long. tedious illness,
/ followed by the death of the bread
winner. exhausted the supply and now,
hereft Of an unusually good husband.
this widow is struggling to make a
home for hei six little ones The eldest.
a boy of fourteen, IS ambitious 70 be
an electrician and hopes soon to learn
his trade. At present he is helping
with the family income. The second.
not TO be outdone, works on Saturdays
and earns enough to buy the baby
milk. He Is ambitious to be carpen-
ter and shows marked ability. Nlth
her large family the mother has little
time for bread winning, but manages
to do a little sewing. In addition to
| what they have, SIS a week. or $3.50 a
wear, will be necessary to give Christ
mas cheer to this family 365 days next
year.
OPPORTUNITY NO. 1o-TUBERCU-
Widow and three children. Amount
needed, 1872.
A discouraged. worn-out mother
paying the penalty Of tuberculosis
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