Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-17
'140PPORTUN|T|ES'
R|NG|NGRESPONSE
Total of Seventy-Five Per-
sons in List Compiled by
Associated Charities.
So CHILDREN INCLUDED

Contributions to the fourteen oppor-
tunities, the regular Christmas good
fellowship list compiled by the Asso-
ciated Charities, have begun to como
in, although this years list was print
ed for the first time last night.
Accustomed as Washington: people
have become in the last year or two to
reading Of sums reaching into the bill
lions. the total Akked sfhis Neah 3s.7ss,
is very small, and every hope is enter
tanned that the sum will be in hand in
ample time to make Christmas this year
a happy time for the recipients Of this
tangible evidence Of the good will of
their neighbors
Fifty-Nine Children in List.
This years HIST includes fifty-nine
children. only five Of whom are over
fourteen years old. Adults and children
included in the entire list total seventy
five, making the average sum needed
only about $2.25 a week per Individual
Contributions may be sent In care of
The Star. which will forward them
promptly, or to the Associated Charities.
John Joy Edison, treasurer, Social Servs'
ice House, 923 H street,
Fourteen Opportunities.
The fourteen opportunities follow:
Opportunity No. 1.-Holdine tie Home
Lines.
Here is a neighbor of yours whose
job it is to warm, feed, wash. amuse
and help educate six prospective
young citizens ranging from baby
hood to ten years of age. And she is
time for much else. and since her
husband died she has had to ask
others to help. A carefully planned
family expense account reveals the
fact that, with the most scrupulous
economy over and above any assist
that mother and her six kiddies
have to have $3.50 a week, or $1,014
for the coming year.
Opportunity No. M L. R., SO.
Opportunity No. 2|Every Penny
Counts.
The family begins with Johnnie.
aged three. Johnnie is beginning to
get around to dangerous places, SO his
mother, who is a widow, takes him
with her when she goes out to work.
She plans her day SO as to be home
when Susie and Jane arrive from
school. Jane has already developed a
sense of thrift. She is at present.
saving every penny which she earns
running errands, to buy a machine to
help with the sewing. 1t is a hard
pull every minute of the time to keep
the home, one OF the happiest in
Washington. intact. You can keep it
going for whole week Tor; $3.50, or
$3.50 for the year.
Opportunity No. 2-F. B. B., 81.
Opportunity No. 3.-Sacrfacfng Inde-
pendence for Her Children's Sake.
She could have worked out her
problem independently of outside as
sistance had it not been for the dis
coyery that she was losing hold on
her two boys who love her dearly, but
who cannot be controlled by others.
So she had to arrange things so as to
where she can bring up her children
to be the fine men she would. have
them. Her husband. by deserting her
some years ago. left the whole bur-
den upon her not too broad shoulders.
Until the boys are old enough to help,
the income must be supplemented by
Opportunity No. Cash, 81.
Opportunity No. 4-stiteh. Stitch.
Stfteh.
Do you remember Mrs. Camp? She
is now a widow, sewing every mo-
ment she can spare from the care of
her three children. under thirteen,
but, even so, she is not able to make
enough to feed and clothe them with
out assistance. Two of the little girls
have learned to sew. and now help to
make their own clothes, and the older
one wants to become q stenographer,
so that she can help support her lit
tie brother and sister. but it win be
some years yet before she will be
ready for q job. Meantime SO a
week, or $500 for a year. is needed.
Opportunity No. Al. A. p, 81.
Opportunity No. s-Couraxeous Old
Age.
Everybody will want to help these
three old folks. an aged couple and
their sister. all over seventy -fve, who
live together in an <old-fashioned
home. The old ladies do all their fee
bic strength permits. A small amount
Of sewing has until recently added to
their income. but now rheumatism
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