Evening star., 1917-12-17

help keep her family with her? Ten
dollars week, or $500, 10 needed for
the year. Amount asked for, SEQ; pre-
viously acknowledged. IS; amount stil
Opportunity No. .. Doing Her part
Mrs. c. can work all day away from
home-oh. yes. easily; but then who
would take care Of Baby Bobby and
Mary. eight. and Elsie, nine. out OF
school hours? Their mother does 80 ont q
stands guard over the baby. and she
takes ip sewing. The home. though
small, lis scrupulously neat. and the
children show the results Of their low
earnings and the help of relatives. IS
week. or $416 for the year, is needed
Anount asked for. $416; Mrs. B. E. O.. 81
amount still needed, $415.
Opportunity No. 8s Preparing to
Plead His Mothers Cause.-Jack and
Harry, with their Industrious. loving
mother. appealed to us, for you must
age. has a weak back. and no one can
look after him like his mamma: while
Jack. ten years Of age. feels that he is
the man of the family since his father
deserted, so many years ago. Mrs. A.
tells us that Jack has great ambition
and talks continually of the time when
he will be a lawyer and make mof.ey
for them all. He is such ta1ker, while
at the same time such a famous helper
in practical ways. that his mother
thinks he may accomplish his ambition.
Just now, however, the family needs So
a week. or $416 for the year. Amour,
asked for, s416; friend, ST.; amount still
needed. S415.
Opportunity No. At Ten year old
Sammy Wants to Fight for Mother and
Mrs. Camp is bravely trying to make a
home for her four children, under
eleven years of age. who are unusually
promising. Sammy, the firstborn, is q
sturdy little chap. He says he is going
to be soldier and fight for his mother
and his country. Mrs. Camp needs help
to keep the wolf from her door until
Sammy is able to shoulder arms in her
behalf Ten dollars a week. or $500
a year, is needed to save this home.
Opportunity No. 5: Independence
Only Few Months Away Just one
and laughed in her own CHEEKY way
then Julie will be married and her
Giuseppi will help, and with jules and
my sewing and washing and mendine
den that Giuseppi and my little Jean
will make, why we will be rich. Is it
not so?" All this nice plan if Giuseppi
does not go to war The second draft
will find him ready if needed. for he
died last summer. Besides seventeen
year-old Julie, there is little Jean of
the lame knee. and la Petite Sauter-
elle.'' as her mother calls her, because
she never keeps quiet long enough to
grow plump. and happy little Pierre,
the child of charity that is love" His
motheN called him so when he came.
at the time when the father was i'll. III
was the kindness of the big city that
seemed so wonderful to Nine X when
she found that a way was provided for
her to keep her little flock together.
Nine. X and Julie make the larger
part of the income by their thrift and
industry, but IS week, or $3.50. is
still needed for the coming year.
Opportunity No. 8, Battling Against
Chronic Ill Health and P0verty-Al-
most constant il1-health has made the
fight against poverty doubly hard for
this widowed mother. Her five children
are devotion itself. The oldest child. a
girl Of sixteen, never strong, has spent
much time in the hospital Jack. an
ambitious lad of fifteen, is his mothers
right-hand man. He is a fine student
and works out of school hours and on
Saturdays. Last summer he and his
mother had a very successful war gar
den. The three younger children are
well and do what they can to help their
mother. On account of so much sick
ness, S16 a week is needed or 1892 for
the year. Amount asked for, 1892: pledge
$50: amount still needed, $772
Opportunity No. =: A Culver Full Of