Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-12-18
WA|F OF STREETS
NOW ASSURED OF
FIRST REAL HOME
Generosity of Virginians
Sends Opportunity No.
4 Over the Top.
CONTRIBUTIONS TO ALL TEN
AGGREGATE S3O9.45 IN DAY
Hope of Merry Christmas Comes
. to Other Nine as Gifts
Pour In.

Life for little fricndless wait Of
the streets this morning taxes OF Il
more roscate hue. The rainbow Of
hope that generous NirGinians. by
their ready response to the appeal of
The Times Dispatch to give needed
help to the Ten Opportunities" set
above the stony pathway of this
motherlcss child has faded before
the clear sunshine OF salvation.
From this time on the l4-ycar-c!d
girl Will have the loving care that
she has missed since the. specter OF
death and desolation took up watch
at the humble quarters she once
called home. Aimless wanderings
that may have led her OH TO the land
of shipwrecked souls will cease. She
will go at once 10 comfortable
home. the first. perhaps. she has ever
known. where the course Of her life
henceforth will be SO shaped as to
bring her up TO the sort of woman
hood that has made America great.
Is Oversubscrihcd by so.
The Times Dispatch asked that
hearted people OF the Old Do
minion. mindful Of the happy. smn-
ing girls OF their own households.
contribute Si25, that this child, like
others more fortunate. might have
some chance in life that has been
an unequal battle from the begin
ming. Floodgates OF generosity, lift
ell high in the spirit of the season.
commemorative OF the time whcn
another homeless Child came to earth
that all men might be saved. opened
and the sum OF sl34 was subscribed
within a few days.
The little girl has been rescued
She will be brought up in the way
she should so. Her splendid woman
hood In the days to come will be n
tribute TO the ail-embracing love
and charity of her benefactors. Rut
the appeal for aid still holds for the
widows and orphans and helpless
wrecks OF men who make up the
Nine Opportunities" Virginians
have responded nobly 10 their cause.
Contributions yesterday. falling off a
little from the water mark OF
the day before. came TO a grand total
of S3os.i5. Where despair once
reigned supreme. hope is now the
dominant note, Every dollar that is
means a milestone on their tourney
TO happiness and self-reliance. Each
step they take in this direction is a
tribute TO the great hearts and good
citizenship OF Nirginians. who are
adding just that much more 10 the
glory of their Commonwealth.
born Under Uniucky Star.
1t is NOT TO the discrcdit of these
unfortunate people that they were
born under an unlucky star. Ad.
Hersity many times is insurmount-
able. Old age comes on and the bar
ricr of bad luck stands across
the path-an cffectual bar against
their laying up enough for the pro-
verbal rainy day" All their days.
fashioned by an inscrutable provi-
dence. arc dark. They have never
known another. The sun for them
just doesn't shine.
Among the Mine Opportunities.
are helpless fathers--men stricken by
disease. Adversely cut them down at
one fell stroke. During many weary.
heart-rending months they have been
forced TO lie in bed and watch their
little focks fight n battle for cx-
istence-a battle that was as unequal
as il was unavoidable.
In these humble homes arc widows.
mothers with all the love for their
little ones that the world knows in
mothers. They are in delicate health.
AS the shadows creep nearer and
nearer they work in despair to keen
the wolf from the door. The eldest
OF the little family helps-keeps away
from school perhaps to play the part
OF father or mother to helpless in
fants. Ignorance always is the re-
suit, while the necessities of life are
barely sufficient TO Keep soul and body
together. Their efforts are totally
Inadequate. Despair soon comes.
Continued on Eighth Pnec.)