Evening star., 1922-12-22
DAWA|T MEALS
FOR COMING YEAR
Opportunities Would Provide
1850 "Christmas
Dinners"
INCLUDE ALL NECESSITIES
With Three More Days to Christ
mas, Funds Received Reach One.
Third of Total.
INCLUDE ALL NECESSITIES

pOrtuntttes are preparing to DO. To
be sure, these meals are not going to
be all eaten the same day. They are
going to be spread over 365 days. and
there are seventy persons who might
otherwise have to go very hungry
who are going to sit down to these
| repasts three times daily for the next
year. Then in between meals for the
children who are undernourished there
| will be special rations Of milk; in fact.
milk is going to form regular part OF
the diet for many OF the fifty-three
children who are going to gather around
this all-the-year- around Christmas Ia
! BILE. There Is only one il, and that 1s
| whether the Associated Charities is
going to get money enough to provide
| these 1850 square meals. and in ad-
! dition to the meals clothing. rent. fuel
dren to play. with small sums for in
cidentals to be spent for necessary
kitchen utensils, bit Of furniture here
and there and. possibly. the luxury of
! a rag rug. For mothers like to have
! their homes attractive, So that the chill
dren will be glad to stay in them Of an
! evening, with their studies and their
games. And social workers like to en-
courage this sort of donesticity.
| Sacrifice and Prayers.
| Praying to God that these oppor-
tunities will be taken care Of the
| coming year, the writer, who signs
| herself "a Christian" does not leave
practices self-sacrtfice with her
! prayer She writes: Please inclosed
| find 81 to help a little for that dear
! family Of Opportunity IL. When 1
; read OF the sadness ] lifted my heart
| In prayer to our blessed Jesus and
a & ed him send holm from ahnyn
! to all of His loved ones. II only l had
| more. how cheerfully l would give it"
Government Bureaus Contributing.
! Among the different groups who are
combining their contributions the
morning mail brings gift from the
| section of statistics In the Treasury
department. With the approach of
Sunday another opportunity is given
to Sunday school and Bible classes
and similar church organizations to
remember the opportunities with
Christmas donation. Many Of the
twelve opportunities still open re-
quire very considerable sums If they
are to be adequately taken care of
, next year. The total in hand at noon
today was 1861, a little more than
| one-third the sum needed. And there
are only three more days to Christ
! mas.
| That Last Christmas Present.
| Everybody is again urged to join the
/ fifteenth opportunity club which has
| been suggested by a long time friend
OF the opportunities. This fifteenth
opportunity is like the nineteenth hole
! In golf. an extra with chance to
treat the other fellow. Just the price
OF box Of cigars or the supper after
the game or the golf balls wagered
on the result turned into cash for the
| benefit of the opportunities will helm
. "A inc
the opportunity to give
| Contributions may be sent to the
associated Charities. John Joy Edison,
treasurer. ec3 H street northwest. or
to the office Of The Star.
Fourteen Opportunities.
oPPoRTUNITY NO /. NoBoDY's
HUSBAND. SIX CHiLDREN. ~
In a little six-room house with a
front yard, where masses of flowers
bloom all summer long. lives this
gentle. childlike woman. whose nerves
nave never fully recovered from an
accident which occurred in girlhood.
devoted husband protected her and
cherished her until illness deprived
her of his care. He is gradually
growing worse at the hospital, where
ne has been for more than a year.
sweet. all devoted to their mother.
Amount asked for, 1886. Previously
acknowedged. 1880. so. A. c. B.. s5: r.
L. F.. $25: r. v. B., $40; T. r. IL, $40:
Mrs. ". y. N, So; W. L. B.. So; c. S.
NJ, -: NJ. T.. 81; z. D: w. s5;
NJ 2. s. IS. Aurora Hills Miss. Soc.
81; j. N: s.: s5; J. H. NJ, SO; E. H.. IS.
Total, s42O.50.
Still needed. $3.50.
IN HOMEMAKlNG 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 "hu," this mother
was unprepared to assume the head
ship of her household Now, thanks
to the instruction of the society's
home economist. the two little girls
and the mother is a much improved
housekeeper.
Amount asked for, $1.4o4: Previously
acknowledged, 1922. A. c. b. $5; A.
NJ. P, 81; Mr.. and Mrs. J. r. c., 81;
cash. 81; Miss 6. F.. 81: Miss L. L. C..
". A. E., 81: Aurora Hills Miss. Soc,
81: Mrs. E. B., IS: ]. P. Med, IS.
Total. 1919.
Still needed, $1,025.
OPPORTUNITY NO. BETTER OFF
WITHOUT THEIR DAD. DESERT.
ED WIFE+TWO SMALL CHIL.
DREN.
I 20 to kinney (kindergarten) and
am only f1ve." said a tiny. dfmpled
tot The frail mother smiled lovingly
over her little girls. and well she
al,
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 it go,
owing to her frail health.
Amount asked for. $500. Previously
acknowledged, $191. Mr.. and Mrs. I.
w. :1o ;s J. 4 4 s. f. 'si 81 M AIrosa IL; s.; H: MFS;
Miss. Soc, 81: r. E. B.. So. Total. 32l5.
Still needed. $305.
OPPORTUNITY NO. 4. A REUNITED
FAMILY. WIDOW AND SIX Chill
DREN.
Left a widow, with a baby two
| weeks old and dve 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 q fall. result
| ing in the loss of leg. All the
children were homesick. unhappy and
! in bad physical condition. But now
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 4
little place on the outskirts Of the
city. whore the mother, with the help
| Of the children as they grow older.
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