Evening star., 1919-12-22
F. B. M'LEAN GIVES
$1,000 TOF|LL NEEDS
OF OPPORTUNITIES
Only $6I0 of S1O,949 Esti-
mated Budget Necessary
Is Required Now.

Late Saturday evening Washing
/ tons annual Christmas fourteen o.
portuntties had s2.7S4 to their credit
OUT OF total of $l0949 estimated
: budget necessary for $500.
! ms morning these opportunities
! nave Slo,339 in hand, the biggest
: jump in all the years history of
these annual chances to do good,
and are practical Y wiped out. The
! reason for the sudden and extensive
decrease in the amount of money
/ still needed is the receipt from Ed
| ward Beale Mclean of his check fo-
! - 600. which is the largest single
| gift by far that the Associated Chari-
| ties has ever received for these Yule- =
! tide opportunities for constructive
| charity.
! The amount still needed to close
! out all the fourteen is only $50, and
| this docs not include the moneys re
! c"lNcd this morning at the office of
| Tn" Star or believed to be in transit
! to the Associated Charities from other
! sources.
! Most of those benevolent bat pro-
crastinatins WsIshinstonians who
put or giving themselves that
greatest of all Christmas pleasures
doing good TO deserving others-now
will ind it too late to get in on This
annual treat in 50 far as the neceS-
Sary minimum sum is concerned: they
can Still. however. contribute toward
, y
of the opportunities if they SO desire.
Mr. NcLenn's Letter.
Mr.. McLean's letter to Col. Archi-
bald Hopkins. chairman of the board
of managers of the Associated Char
! tiles, received this morning is, in part,
as follows:
My Dear Col Hopkins:
Il learned from the announcement
in the newspapers that the fund for
still lacks the necessary amount.
These opportunities appeal to me
strongly for the reason that they
have all been inveSti gated by the AS
sociated Charities and are recognized
by your association as especially
worthy and urgent 1t therefore gives
me great pleasure to inclose my check
to your order for $1,000, to complete
the above mentioned fund.
Family Budget Worked out.
The word budget" used above, is
used advisedlv. The Associated Char
| tiles explains that in each of its op-
| portunitics Il budget has been care
| fully worked out in consultation with
! the mother of the family, showing to-
| tai income and expenses. An example
| of such a budget on which the appeal
| for contributions is based is the fol-
/ lowing:
Income. no wage Garner; expenses,
| rent including heat and gas 1per
week). $500; food. five persons, l1.65
| clothing, $500: incidentals. slS5;
otal, $1,000.
Certainly, in this age OF high prices.
no one Will say that this is an exces-
| sIve budget for 4 family of five In
! fact, some may doubt whether IL is
possible for Il family OF this size to
! live on such an amount 1t is only
with the most careful management
h. IL 4
Charities visiting housek eeper that
| this and the expenses of the other
opportunities have been kept so low.
! III case of sickness or expected emer-
gencies more money will be needed.
In this particular family the rent item
: is unusually low, especially in view of
the fact that heat and gas are in
cluded.
. The children are all young. and as
they grow older more money will be
required for their support.
Representative Gives Cash Found.
Representative Eugene Black of
Texas sent to The star his check for
$50. half of it - b" applied TO No.
3 and the other t. be applied as either
ties thought best. The rcprcseata-
two explained that $40 of tins money
he had found: had never been able to
locate the owner: had done what he
thought was the next best thing
with il.
Opportunity No. 1.-The Father Gone
Blind. Brave1y Re-Educating Him.
self. Father and mother and two
children. $3.50 needed for the year.
Previously acknowledged, Sis; Il
friend, 50 anonVmo'S. 81 W. A i ,
80 cents; T.. O.. s.; Mr.. and Mrs. c. r.
s, So NJ. +. J.. So; l.. NJ. T., So;
l.. S. H, SO; office f. m N" M ~erne t
and Friends, 50: J. X. Harrison, 50.
emnIoNes of t,berIvS Sons CO s..