Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-12-19
MANY CHILDREN N
NEEDY FAMILIES TO
Be FED AND CLOTHED
But Ons-fifth OF Sum Sought
by Relief Committee Has
Been Given.
COLD ADDS TO SUFFERING

The report of the official survey
made hy city policemen, showing one
thousand children whose parents are
unable tn provide them with the
uuurlshing food they demand in their
gpowing years N bad enough. but It
does not tell all tho story. In the re-
port whivh Superintendent of Police
iilnck has assembled there are the
widows. aud tho cripplcs and tho old
mon aud women. each case a pathetic
story, tu SAY nothing of tho fact that
in NEARLY an tho eases of need re-
purtod. the widow ur tho parents have
large families to support.
Some of tho families run as high as
clpNen children, while tho average for
The entire number would be about
four children to the family. There
are many widows among the list. and
somo of these are getting along in
wears. while the children at home are
had tho chance.
The Emergency Relief Fund com
mittco N on its third week. since the
appeal Tor sio00 00o was announced.
and thrr, is hut little over ,so.oo0
pledged and contributed. The real
cold weather has not reached this
acvtiun. and tho demands for help
white urgent srr not as pitiful as they
Niii hc when tho mercury registers
noat the a,tu mark.
l.trh daN witncsacs what seems 10
%, u mutr narrowing appeal for help
iur uumo family. coming to the attcn-
iiun ct tho Delaware Public Employ
mrni strNice in tho old city Hall
TODAY ono of the most appealing de-
mands vame FROM a stcVodore. lie has
o. wifc aud one child. lie has been out
oi work seven months. and the wife
has bravcly undertaken TO keep body
and soul together by taking I'm wash
nn. She has done wonderfully well
hut hs hard Co keep three and pay
rrni aud coai bills on what one woman
can make in washing.
An cx-sorvice man who has beer
uut of work many mouths and has >
wife aud child. was another who ap
preached Miss Caroline Smith of the
Employment Service with pitifu
tale or need lie has exhausted ever,
means he knows of IN seeking job
hul without success.
The latest contributors arc.
irnnk Z. Hauor. So: A. $. Whit
tngtuu. $40. Mrs. Charles g.. Rum
tntd $40. iiarnct Gluckman. $40; \
a. Nhito. $40. charles Coke. $40: Mrs
Walter W. Ross. So. Rev. Alhar
Wichcy, 50. Emma NJ. Doud. So; A
ufiend S., Mrs. Annio y. Kaiser, s2b
NJ. and Mrs. W. W. Laird 500; VII
lisfn o. liccse $40; Willard s. vii
Ham.. So q. W. smith, $50; A Soldier
horn in tS2e, 81; Ethel L. Wsltrr.
$40. 4. =. Reed and wife. SIS; Mar,
Marvel, s.. John Holt, So; Nora u
Atkins, 81, a rriord, s.; Robert IT
Newell. SO; charles X. We ton, $40
rfirud. 81. Ida NJ. Cooper. $50
Elsaheth Draper. $40; Mrs. w. g
Duopcr 81 !. 4. Hammond, s.: Gar
tctt 4. Taylor. $40, VIM, =. Pricket'
SO. Fioroncc A. Hare. s.. Anna q
tnrhn, $40. Alhcrt letters S.; Beth
any baptist sunday school, $40; col
tunhla Lodge. No. 26. 4 %. -. r.. $40
ifirndf So Edmund e.. 1lardcsty, $40
tfnnhlin y, Mmphcy. $40; Frances =
Hunter s. Mr. and Mrs. J. Worth
thi A Friend. s.; Delaware Branc
information nj sunshine Society. $40
susanna V Hcnvis. So: Wilmingto
lllrh School Alumnac Association. s.
: Friend, s., 4 t'ricnd. 81; Mary Nc
Donald ENicy, s.; l.. IA. Mcrrihew. s.
John Boone. s.