The Washington times., 1922-09-15

> Every one of them needs new
clothes"
Mrs. Samuel A. Frye sat in the.
living room of her fathers farm
house near Chesapeake Junction
yesterday, presenting an engaging
pictuse Of motherhood and OF
thankfulness. She had just been
informed that public subscriptions
to the fund for her relief. main.
tained by The Washington Times
had reached the total Of $763.SO
Characteristically, her first thought
was OF her four children. bereft Of
their father by tho bullet of a gun
man less than one month ago.
20. / thank your newspaper and
the bank from the bottom of my
heart" said Mrs. Frye simply and
earnestly. Today the widow will
receive a'check covering the amount
vouchsafad her by Washingtonisns
and residents OF Prince Georges
county deeply touched at her
plight. That fund Is representative
of true American charity. 1t holds
the dollars of the well to DO. the
quarters OF the laboring man, the
pennies OF newsboys. and the kind
ly thought of all.
Money Is Needed.
It was disclosed by Mrs. Frye
that the Fleischman Company, In
whose service the dead husband la.
bored sixteen years. had recently
sent her a check for $500. So sne
will have $1.263.S0 with which to
keep the wolf from her and her
children's door. And its needed.
Mrs Frye. dark Of eye and Sc
rious of mien. lives with her father.
william II. Lacy. on a forty-acre
tract two miles from the junction.
The land is unentailed. apparently
fertile. Pigeons flutter about the
caves Of the barn. apple and pear
trees in the front yard are borne
down by an abundance Of fruit.
But the signs of opulence are de-
Ceiving. The old farm isn't paying.
A meagor subsistence Is drawn
from il. Farming by modern meth.
ods is expensive: Lacy and Mrs.
Frye haven't the means to realize
what they should from their truck
ing. And perhaps a large part Of
that $l.263 will go towards rede-
vclopment OF the homestead and the
land.
Killed by Bandit.
The facts in Mrs. Frye's case will
be recalled by all readers of Tho
Times. On the night OF August
10 her husband, eeking out his pay
from the Fleischmann Company by
Clerking in the store of Hyman l..
Gordon, at 4OO5 Sixty-first street
northeast. was shot down by one
Of two negroes who entered tho
lace to rob the till. II was because
Frye steadfastly guarded that till
that he lost his life. He died in
the line of duty. His companion,
John p. Taylor, was shot through
the neck. The negroes believed re.
sponsible for the deeds. were caugh:
a few days later and bound over
to the grand jury. Justice Is on
the road of retribution. but that
means little to the widow. What
Of her four surly-headed children.
Mildred, aged eight; Lawrence. six;
Wilmer, three. and little Virginia,
only seven months? II was 20 sup
ply Mrs. Frye with an answer TO
this perturbing question that The
Times entered the field as a dona-
ton agency for her relief. And
with her, this newspaper shares the
sense Of thankfulness toward those
who came to her aid.
The two older children must
trudge two miles to school at the
District line in all sorts of weather.
This autumn and winter they must
have warm clothing and stout shoes.
Perhaps they will need medicines.
And all these things the fund will
amply supply. Then Lacy's other
children may come back to the old
home and help rejuvenate the farm.
The $1.263 will tide over until skies
are brighter.
While. with the presentation Of
the check to the widow today the
Mrs. Samuel A. Frye fund will be
officially closed, The Times Will
acknowledge and forward any other
sums sent in by belated donors.