Albuquerque morning journal., 1921-08-31
Appeals to New York De-
partment Store to Help
Father of Nineteen Child
dren With Sixteen Still
Living,
MAN EARNS $40 EACH
WEEK, BEING PORTER
President States That His
Own Mother Bearing
Eight Children, Wished
She Had Raised Eight
More,
tBy The Associated PressJ

Washington, Aug. 30.-President
Harding stepped to the front today
in behalf OF the father of 10 chill
dren-16 living-who is working
as a porter in a New York depart
ment store at $40 q week.
In sending his congratulations
to the mother. Mrs. Domenico Zac-
cahea, the president told how his
mother, who had brought up eight
children. had expressed the hope
prior to her death that she might
have been the mother OF eight
more.
After Mrs. Zaccahea had replied
Mr. Harding wrote John Wana-
maker, the merchant, asking if
something could not be done for
them and Mr.. Wanamaker prom
ised to help.
The presidents letter to the
mother follows:
my Dear Mrs. zaccahea:--I no.
ticed in the photogravure section
o. one of the Sunday papers pic
ture Of yourself, your husband and
NOhI NtIy ltltleil htipit 1hitllJ VI ~
children. l can not resist express
ing my very cordial congratula-
tions. Perhaps / am moved to do
so because of a little incident in
my own life. My mother bore
eight children and raised six OF
them to maturity One afternoon.
shortly before her death, we were
all at my home and she spoke Of
having borne eight children and
said, with an affection most ap-
pealing to me, that she had been
happy to bear eight children and
if she had her life to live over she
would have no desire to change II
except to bear eight more,
thought 1t was a beautiful thing
for her to say and the recollection
of II inspired me to write my very
cordial congratulations to you and
add thereto my very best wishes.
Very truly yours-Warren G. Hard
ing"
To this Mrs. Zaccahea replied:
my Dear President:-With my
most grateful pleasure have the
honor to acknowledge receipt OF
your excellencys letter congratu-
lating me for my remarkable
family"
"T wish to be excused for the
! delay in acknowledging receipt.
II was very delighted at ths
news that you come from large
family and your mother was proud
of having given birth to eight chill
dren and raised six to maturity.
81 gave birth TO nineteen chill
| dren, sixteen of whom are alive,
and their photograph is here en-
closed and send 1t to you as my
most precious possession.
"My husband and I are lever
| discouraged at the great task be-
fore us, as the older ones help to
support the younger, but one thing
l regret that my husbands earn
ing capacity is only 500 per week,
employed by John Wanamaker OF
this city.
May | ask of your excellency's
recommendation for better posi-
| ton to my husband where his earn
ing capacity will be larger than his
present one, so that will give us an
opportunity to bring the younger
children to maturity with a better
education.
with deep appreciation of your
kind interest, l am.
Most respectfully yours.
MRS. DOMENICO ZACCAHEA." !"
In writing Mr.. Wanamaker the
president enclosing a copy OF the
mothers appeal, said he hoped Il
might be possible to find a way
"of helping this somewhat notable
family although he explained he
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