Evening star., 1922-12-23
OVER HALF RAISED
F0ROPPORTUN|T|ES
With Two Days Remaining,
Ten Chances Are Left
to Be Closed.
$1,000 GIFT RECEIVED
Contributions May Be Made to Ex-
tend Over a Year, Although Ap-
piled Immediately.
$1,000 GIFT RECEIVED

tend Over Year, Although Ap-
piled Immediately.
Fuug opportunities closed ana two
days I" Christmas. with ten remain
Ing opportunities to be filled. is the
word tt;tt comes from the Social Serv
ice House at noon today. The total
sum in cash and pledges is S6,JSS.1J.
Il little more than h.,If the amount
required to care for the fifty-three
children and seventeen adults in these
fourteen families. The suggestion
previously made that gifts made at
any Mime during the coming year
would be counted as cash toward the
total needed has been acted upon at
least la CIT. iu&t.U"c. cpi. William
Err" Fowler pledges $1,000. to be paid
III four quarterly InStallIuruts and to
bv divided -uualll among the remain
i" ten opportunities. This pledge
- given ~, TN rerainir. opunr-
tVnltI"s i big lift. II is hoped mat
"'tcr5 VII! follny. TINS lead. \ friend
q. the opportunities Of other wears
has closed NJ. : With 4 check for
ia" balance needed, namely, $500
No Two Alike.
While no two of the opportunities
are alike. inNaildlsm, widowhood and
'i"Strtlun form the tragic keynote
i.ach family has its own indiyidua lity
hlCh calls fov individual care and
Treatment, particularly with due re-
Htrd for the children's dispositions
health and future career. Good soria
york on the part of the home visitors
'cquires Individual study OF the
human elements involved if the best
results are to be obtained SO
strongly does the Associated Char
tiles. it is declared. believe in giving
the children in its families a fair
chance to gain an education that it
accepts without reserve, the four
teen-year school age as the minimum
and wherever possible the eighth
grade standard. This is an iIlustra-
ion of what the society means by
making its social service an educa-
tlonal or training process in citizen
snip. In this effort a big brother or
SISTER who will act as a volunteer
visitor and who Will get acquainted
With the children in the family and
become real buddy becomes a valu-
able asset.
Giving in Groups.
Not few persons are combining
their gifts with others and giving as
clubs or in the name of the orSani-
%ation Th' Welfare Club of the
tributes S25 70 be divided among the
three coIored opportunities. Nos. !,
IL and Is.
The Associated Charities again re-
news ITS appeal that before Christ
mas shopping lists ar" closed one of
these remaining opportunities may be
included. This last gift may be per
haps the one which will bring the
greatest Christmas che,r-;lt least. il
VIII be one which viii serve to carry
the Christmas
and p"ac" into III. sc homes through
out tn, coming Year.
contributions may be sent to the
Associated Charities. John Joy Edison.
treasurer, or 10 tn. Office of The Star
Fourteen Opportunities.
OPPORTUNITY NO. /. NoBODY's
LT-JI'ST SHEER MISFOR-
TUNE WEE AND INVALID
HUSBAND. SIN CHILDREN.
In little six-room house with a
front yard, where masses of flowers
bloom all summer long. lives this
gentle. childlike woman, whose nerves
have never fully recovered from am
accidt"t which occurred in girlhood.
\ devoted husband protected her ard
cherished her until Illness deprived
her of his care. II" jS gradually
growing worse at the hospital, where
h.. has been for more than Il year.
There are SiA children. nb.dieut and
sweet, all devoted I" their mother.
Amount asked Tor, Sgae Previously
ackno vled,ed. St2p.Jo. q G. s. So
Mrs W. H. So , Mr.. A. l.. f., 81 G.. I.
T, So; y. u: n. s.; l.. X. So NJ. 81;
G. G., S2J: Miss l.. W, 81. 80; III. T.. D.,
So" NJ. VI. NJ, So: l.. +. :. $40: Nh.
and Mrs. II. u L. 50; Col. ". L. Fowler
,p.edsel, Slpr; 'in memory OF litt'e
Freddie" y. q. l.. T.. sl:.5" NJ. +. NJ.
Si0 Mrs. l.. w :, 81: Miss Il. K G.,
SO; Miss y \. q. $. Mrs. W. F. -,
So i. G. L.. s. Total Ss6o.5o.
Stnl needed. $@75.oo.
OpPORTU NIFTY No > EDUCATION
IN HOMEMAKGNC AND-IIEALTH
WIDOW ANb FOUR CHILDREN.
Education in homcmaking and
health, this is what the care of the
Associated Charities has meant to
this family. Thrown upon her own
responsibility 10y the death OF her
husband from the flu this mother
WIS Iupr"pareG 20 assume the head
ship Of her household Now. thanks
10 the instruction of the societys
home economist, the TIVE little girls
are becoming adopts with their needle
and The mother is much improved
huustke"per.
,anourt asked for, s1;4oi: Previously
X. So Miss X T. NJ D.. $lo r. l.. s.
50; NJ H., 50; Col. W. r, Fowler
,pledge>. 500; W. :. L, s.; Mrs. Y.
VI. L., So c. ;. McC.. SIS; +. 3, H., s..
Total. $52S.
Still Eeeded, SS,G.
OPPORTUNITY NO. BETTER OFF
WITHOUT THEIR DAD. DESERT
J. WIFE-TWO SMALL chill
DREN.
II go to kinney kindergarten and
am only five" said tiny, dimpled
tot. The frail mother smiled lovingly
over her little girls, and we'll she
might, for two lovelier ones are rarely
seen. This little woman and her
babies were left to fight their way
alone 1t has been a brave struggle.
but the mother could not make it go
owing TO her frail health.
Amount asked for, $500. Previously
acknowledged. S215. C. G.. S. s.; H.
L. p. 81 Mrs. b. T., 81; r. X, So
Miss NJ b. A, s305. Total, s533.o
Closed.
OPPORTUNITY NO. a. A REUNITED
FAMILY. WIDOW AND SIN CHILL
DREN.
Left a widow. with baby two
weeks old and five other children
under ten. this mother knew Of
nothing else to do but place two Of
the kiddies with relatives and the
others in orphanages. Misfortunate
seemed to follow her. Her baby died.
and the oldest boy had a fall. result
ing in the loss of a leg. All the
children were homesick, unhappy and
the long lane seems to have taken a
turn. The family has been gotten
together again with the aid of the
Associated Charities and has taken a