Evening star., 1922-12-17
Receipts Total 1927 SO Far.
Total Needed Less Than
Last Year.
EVERY FAMILY TO BENEFIT
Donor Has Choice of Fourteen
Chances to Make Some One
Happy During Next Year.

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shown by the Acknowledgements given
| below. Three hundred and twenty
seven dollars total the responses to
date toward the $13,056 needed. This
| is reported to be the first time dur
| ing the thirteen years that the OPP
portunities have been running that
the budgets have shown any decrease
over the year Immediately preceding.
| With the rapidly expanding costs of
| living since 1914, there has been a
steadily mounting increase in the
sums needed to keep the families des-
| ignated in the Opportunities together.
Last year the amount required reach
ed the peak, $l3,156, or just 500
more than the sum asked for this
year. While the needs of one or two
! of the families in this years list are
! greater than last year, others are
! less.
Every Cent Goes to the Family.
Whether little or much is given.
every bit goes to the particular op-
portunity chosen by the donor.
Where the contributor expresses no
preference, his gift is assigned to
seems to need it most. This may be
| the family furthest behind in the
! amounts credited to it. AS explained
| each year, a ledger account is opened
| with each family. To this account Is
| credited the contributions either des-
| ignated or assigned to that partcu-
! lar opportunity. And against the ac-
count is charged each week the al
| lowance given. 1t is the invariable
custom to give this allowance in the
form Of a check or cash. rather than
| In grocery or fuel orders. 1t is I'M
derstood that unless some uneXpect-
| ed emergency arises. such as sickness
or accident the family will live
within its allowance. The district
visitor and home economist keep in
touch with the families. acting both
as friends and financial advisers. The
self-respect of the family is main
tanned by spending the money given
to them in the form of cash rather
than depending upon relief orders.
The mothers too. are thus able to
shop around" and take advantage OF
any bargains that may be offered or
of any special sales.
Progress Reports Received.
Reports of progress are made to
the contributors from time to time.
thus indicating to them the returns
on their investments in the form OF
better. happier childhood and of
mothers freed from the anxiety of
to get the next meal or whether there
will be a roof over their heads the
next month.
Washington has always respond
ed generously to this Christmas OPP
portunity appeal There Is every
reason to hope and believe that this
year will prove no exception. The
needs are as great AS ever, the fam
lilies are as deserving as ever and
the Christmas spirit abroad in the
community seems as strong as ever
The treaurer of the fund is John JOY
Edison. 9os II street northwest. Gifts
may also be sent to the office Of
the Star.
Fourteen Opportunities.
OPPORTUNITY NO. I. NOBODYS
FAI,LT-JtST SHEER MISFOR-
TUNE. WIFE AND INVALID HUS-
BAND, SIX CHILDREN.
In a little six-room house with a front
ward. where masses of flowers bloom all
! summer long, lives this gentle childlike
! woman whose nerves have never fully
recovered from an accident which oc-
| CURED in girlhood. A devoted husband
! protected her and cherished her until
illness deprived her of his care. He is
| gradually growing worse at the hospi-
! tai where he has been for more than a
year. There are six children, obedient
and sweet, all devoted to their mother.
Jane, the eldest, is a quiet. studious girl,
who helps mother sew and clean. Sam
| is a scout. the eEvy of his younger
brother because "he can see all the
i parades" The pet of the whole family
! is the baby. just fourteen months old.
| Eighteen dollars a week, or 1886 for the
year. in addition to what relatives are
| doing, will keep the happy home to-
| gether through 1928.
J ]. MEG, 81; Miss A. K. NJ, $3.50; Miss
E. G. j., SIS. Total, s44.50.
/, Still needed, SS91.50.
OPPORTUNITY NO. 2. EDUCATION
| IN HOMEMAKING AND HEALTH.
[ WIDOW AND FOUR CHILDREN.
! Education in homemaking and health
| this is what the care of the Associated
! Charities has meant to this family
| Thrown upon her own responsibility by
the death of her husband from the ''fiu,' .
| this mother was unprepared to assume
the headsh;p of her household. Now.
/ thanks to the instruction of the society 8
home economist, the two little girls are
| becoming adopts with their needle and
the mother is a much improved house
keeper. One would hardly know the
i delicate children Of a few months ago
Specialists have corrected their physical
| defects and the nutrition clinics have
brought them up to weight until they are
! now sturdy and we'll Twenty-seven
i dollars a week is needed for this widow
and her four children, for there are nc
other resources available. This is $1,4O4
! for the year.
Amount needed, s1.4o4. A. 8. c.. $25
Mrs. A. W. L., s25; Mrs. J. R., $40
| Total. $50.
OPPORTUNITY NO. 3: BETTER OFF
WITHOUT THEIR DAD. DESERT.
| ED WIFE-TWo SMALL CHILL
DREN.
ST go to kinney Qsindegarten) and
am only Ave." said tiny. dimpled
tot. The frail mother smiled lovingly
over her little girls, and well she might
| for two lovelier ones are rarely seen
This little woman and her babies were
left to fight their way alone. It has
been a brave struggle, but the mother
could not make 1t go, owing to he,
they call home are spick and span and
bright. with tiny plants In the windows
love and sacrifice. The church is con
tributing to the support of the family
] but $40 a week IS needed In addition
to other resources, or $500. for the year
! Amount needed, $500. MAJ. and Mrs
| c. g. E.. $40; Mrs. A. N. A., SIS. Total
$25.
Still needed, $495.
OPPORTUNITY No. 1. A REUNITED
| FAMILY. WIDOW AND SIX chill
| DREN.
! Left a widow, with baby two weeks
old and five other children under ten
this mother knew Of nothing else t.
do but place two Of the kiddies with
| relatives and the others in orphanages
Misfortune seemed to follow her. Hel
L al knI had