Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-12-18

| ton to make q happy and wholesome
home for her fatherless children $50
. week IL needed, or s1'e4o for the
] year.
Opportunity No 2-Previously ac-
knowledged, $50: D. L. h, $50: w. s: H..
$40; NJ. n, 81: A. S. p. $40. Total, SEA.
ODpoftunity No. 3-Wife. Deserted,
TryihE to Keep the Home Fires
BurAing.
This mother. deserted. is trying ia
keep the home Ares burning Tor her.
self and two boys, Johnny. twelve. and
David. who is nine. First the mother
procured a position. Then she found
that her two boys were running
wild in her absence from home. Re-
luctantly she gave up her work and
| accepted the allowances onered her by
been delicate for years. but has i'm
proved wonderfully under his moth
ers watchful care. Johnny has just
| Joined the Boy Scouts. Both OF the
boys attend school regularly and are
making good progress in their class
es. To enable this mother to realise
her ambition that her boys may grow
up to be good citizens. in spite OF
their fathers example, SIS q week fs
needed, or $3.50 for the year.
Opportunity No. 3-Previously ac-
knowledged, $103; w. s. H., $40; M. NJ,
81. Total, STA.
Opportunity No. -Health Breaking,
with One Misfortune After Another.
Back of the appeal for this family
is the story of a mother. undaunted
by one misfortune after another. over
coming handicaps that would test the
stanchest heart, and sacrificing her
self for her children until her health
is seriously threatened. There are
three children under eleven years of
age The father, a skilled workman.
~r@- no n = in
those rare periods when he was sober.
deserted the home some years ago.
The mother tried to keep the family
together with the help OF a relative.
Last winter the relative died during
the influenza epidemic and the help
stopped. To give the proper care to
the three little ones and to maintain
her own health the mother must give
up her position-$100 a month, or
$1,000 for the year, is necessary to
enable her to do SO.
Opportunity No. previously ac-
knowledged, SIS; ?. p. So W w: s. :od H..
oppor tim. , Mo- s :; Asss
Hundred ana Twenty-Five Years. .
In a quaint. o1d-fashioned house
lives a family of old people, q married
couple and the wife's sister, all over
seventy-five years OF age. The women
do all their feeble strength permits
A small amount Of sewing has until
recently added to their meager in
come, but now rheumatism and other
sickness have made this impossible
The old man does the cooking and
cleaning and makes q good Job of It
| too. The neatness and ordeflihess 81
the home would be the envy of many
Fifteen dollars a week or $3.50 for the
year will enable this kindly old gen.
| In IN cara far hta orad s7auonA 4
ents.
| Opportunity. No. -5IPreviously &C.
knowledged, $528; D. 9. d Co., IS;
Anonymous. $40; W. S. H, $40; NJ n.
p: E. 4. W. sei A Friend. SEA. Total
Opportunity NO. "a YkAf-
old Boy Breadsinner for 4 Family
Of seven.
Query: If the high cost OF living re.
quires an income of $1,028 for one per.
son, as estimated by Washington ef.
perts, what is the expense Of support.
ing a family of seven, consisting OF 8
widow ana SIX children. The fathei
died suddenly a few months ago, since
which time another baby has Beer
born. One child is old enough te
work. This income, with such help a
rslatiys yes, and friends are able to pro.
week, or $3.50 for the year.
Opportunity No. .6Previopsly &C.
knowledged,. 81: D. 8. &, Co.. Is; ". g.
H., SO: NJ. N, 81. Total. S2l.
Otportunity No. 7-Nine Young Amer
leans In the Making.
Here Is an appeal for a family OF
ten. A foreign-born widow; Jane, m
teen years old; Tommy. fourteen
Elizabeth, thirteen; Sammy, twelve
Juanita, eleven; Tony, ten; Pete, sew
en-; Tflxey, six, and Frank, Ave. While
the mother Is just learning to read
and write English. she il instillins
Americanism into the hearts Of Ill OF
the nine children. Jane, the. oldest, il
making Nh excellent record IA her
studies; Tommy Is q close rival Of his
sister. Both WORKED dufiig the sum