Evening star., 1916-12-15
FOURTEEN CHANCES
TO AID THE NEEDY
Associated Charities Gives
People of Washington An
nuaI Opportunity.
$5,794 SOUGHT THIS YEAR

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| Washington it's Fourteen Christmas
| Opportunities" These Opportunities
represent real people for whom the
society is trying to provide real homes.
| There are seventy three different people
TO be taken care of. Fifteen of these
| are grown ups and fIfty-eight children.
A few of the children are just begin
ming to earn little and each prepar-
/ ing to take their fathers place. These
families are for the most part those of
| widows or wives forsaken by their hus-
bands who cannot be found and COM
| PEELED to do their part. The total
cheer to these fourteen groups and to
assure a home for them for the next
year is s5.794. The amount asked for
this year is increased by the two facts.
the size of the families, but especially
by the increased cost of living. In
view Of the high prices the sum seems
| really small one when it is divided up
among the seventy-three people. 1t
represents a little over SIS for the year
to each person or about $3.50 week
that is asked.
Charities, 923 H street northwest, will
be acknowledged to the giver where
the name and address is furnished. The
Star will also receive gifts for these
families.
Opportunity No. 1-Brin ging the Chill
dren Home.-Two years ago when her
husband died. leaving her without Wis
nothing else to do but give up her four
children and go to work. After pulling
herself together she made a little horne
for her two girls and left the boys in
the boys from their mother was prov
ing disastrous. now they are back
home. One girl is working and the
mother is trying to establish herself
in Rer old trade. To make this expert
ment in home-making a success $12 q
week. or 1924 is needed for the year.
Opportunity No. 2-Keeping Close to
Her Chfldren.-A bricklayer in the
making. that is what John. aged four
teen, the oldest boy in the family, wants
steps of an uncle who has been almost
"a father to him. His own father de-
serted about five years ago just before
the birth of his baby brother. At first
but relatives. friends and the family's
church decided that the mother and
children ought not to be separated and
the home was re-established. The
lar about her children. Every day
when the weather fs good she Sfakes.9
walk with them after school, Thtls
the mother keeps close to, them ana
knows their joys and sorrows. Five doll
lars week, or $3.50 a year. will be re-
quired to preserve a home for this fam
lily of mother and four children.
Opportunity No. IA Child's Plea
Cant you rent just one room and take
us to it and call ,a; it homeg ~. pleaded pleaded
had brutally treated the mother and
then deserted. No trace of him has
since been found. Not knowing what
else to do the mother placed her chill
went to work. Friends heard the boys
plea for home, and now Johnnie and
his brother are with their mother and
are making good progress at school.
Their mother works steadily. but can
not make enough to cover the whole
ia mily budget. Thirty dollars a month.
or 1850 year, is needed to answer
Johpnie's plea.
Oppsrtunity No. 4-FfEhtinz Alone
alone must try to make home for
the children. do not want to. give
them away" says this brave mother Of
two boys and two girls. the oldest ten
years Of age. All effort to locate the
deserting husband has failed: 1T Is
lust as II Sam were dead" the Wife said.
So the mother is trying to keep home
for her loved ones by taking in sewing.
The children are doing their best to
help her Even the rosy-cheeked boy
Of four tides up his pIaythings. to help
mother. before starting to kindergarten.
Several people have offered to adopt
these attractive children, but the
mother only hugs them the closer and
works the harder. Seven dollars a
week. or 1854 a year, Will enable this
mother to keep OIL fighting for her
home
Opportunity No. -A Cheerful OPP
tImist.-Her husband. long III i'm the
hospital. Mrs Jones, as we will call her.
is fighting against heavy odds. She is
still an optimist and refuses to give up.
She and her oldest daughter do laundry
work and sewing at home, but then
cannot make enough to support this
household of five. The church is coop
Grating. The mother needs an addi-
! ticnal s. week, or $3.50 a year, to meet
expenses
Opportunity No. 6-HeayIiy Handi-
capped. But Very GratefuI-"Who
would have believed that there were
such good people in the world?" is what
this widow said when told that she was
to have weekly pension. She is part
ly blind and has had to undergo sew
eral operations. so she is only able to be
home maker and not bread winner
There are five children in this home, all
OF school age. The Oldest boy is MAX
ing 1ne progress in school and will
soon he able to assume part of his
mothers burdens. Their little home is
a model of neatness and good cheer.
Ten dollars a week, or $500 a year, is
needed for this widowed and partly
blind mother with five children to sup
port.
Opportunity No. 7-AImost Ready to
BE the Bread Winner-It has been a
hard struggle for this family-a blind
, father and four motherless girls. In six
months more Martha will finish her
course at the Colored Vocational School.
then she can be the chief bread winner
in the family. meantime she is doing
the family sewing. The oldest daugh-
| ter who has developed into an excep-
tionai housekeeper. is the homemaker.
and, IN addition. takes in washing.
Three dollars week for six months or
s7s is needed
| Opportunity No. S-Home Vocational
TraininG-Four little girls, the Oldest
eleven. each with her daily task, are
| sharing the household duties Of mend
i ing. washing dishes. sweeping and do
| ing errands, while the mother Is recoy-
ering from serious operation. Be-
SIDES this. last summer the children had
| Continued on Fifth PaEe.J
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