Evening star., 1922-12-17

AHo = iOF LHe nome lS an exCSleHI
| one and the mother takes advantage
OF every opportunity to improve as
housekeeper under the instruction OF
the nome economist. Just now two OF
her underweight children are being
brought up to normal by attending a
nutrition clinic each week. Twenty
nVe dollars q week is the amount
| needed to keep this home together,
or $1,000 for the year.
| Amount needed. 81 800 Mrs s. T. NJ,
-; Mrs r; r. NJ. $3.50; Mrs. w. 81.
Still needed. .1,2ss.5o.
| OPPORTUNITY NOT SHE REFUSES
TO SURRENDER TO MISFORTUNE.
| Left to shift for herself by hus-
! band who is a drug addict. this little
! woman (colored) refused to give up
her three babies. one to three years
| of age. She broke herself down with
! overwork until she had to have
| major operation to save her life.
While in the hospital the children
summer. She makes her rent by TAX
! ing dodgers. She Is trying to perfect
herself in a trade which she can prac-
| tice at home, SO as to be with her
children. Until she can SO establish
| herself. she needs SIS a week. or
! $3.50 for the year, to regain her health
| and keep her babies with her.
Amount needed. $3.50. ]. A. p, IS.
Total, IS.
| Still needed. s755.
| OPPORTUNITY NO. 8. HER CHILL
DREN JOY ENOUGH. DESERTED
| WIFE-THREE CHILDREN.
| Now I am living" is what this de-
| serted wife said after she had begun
| to receive her weekly allowance made
possible by the contributions given at
| Christmas time. Her two boys and
/ hah oil ri har
need to go out for entertainment.
| When Johnny comes home from
school and tells me what has hap
| pened. that interests me. When they
| are all playing together l enjoy II.
| too" That is the way she expresses
| it Each week she saves ahead q Mt
tie of her allowance for emergencies.
and recently bought a nice warm pair
of blankets. of which she is very
proud SIS week. or $3.50 year. Is
needed to maintain this happy home.
Amount needed. $3.50. Mrs II. L., S.
Still needed. s7,5.
OPPORTUNITY NO. 9: \ PROBLEM
IN HOUSING. INvAL!D COUPLE
AND THREE CHILDREN.
Have you ever tried to look for
rooms when you had only slender
purse or nothing at all to pay with?
This family had been self f-supporting
until the father became too OLD ana
too i'll to work any longer. WIN
for non payment of rent. The moth
er herself is very frail. but the three
children, all under fourteen. are
promising youngsters. The Two IN
school are up to grade ana thelr
teachers are enthusiastic about them.
A young peoples club is furnishing
milk for the baby. but because Of the
fathers inability to work and the
mothers condition. coupled with the
high rent which they must pay for
new quarters. s2e week. or s1.5os
for the year. is needed for their sup
mort. To any one looking for good
Christmas investment, the Associat-
ed Charities heartily recommends this
opportunity.
Amount needed. s1,5os: Mrs: ]. W
and Miss w, S13; Mrs. \. W. L., s-s.
Total s3S.
Still needed. sl,4'o.
OPPORTUNITY NO. 10 NOT TOO
poor TO SAVE. WIDOW AND
SIX CHILDREN.
"My, 1t is nice to have money saved
to buy coal" is what this Opportunity
said as she drew out her savings from
the thrift fund of the Associated
! Charities. BY strict economy she had
Systematically put aside a little each
week
the present emergency. The Oldest
! boy works during the day and goes
! to school at night. His employers
are so much interested In his success
that they are helping with the family
budget, but s12 a week. or $624 for
the year. is needed for this widow
and her six children until John Is old
| enough to earn mans salary.
Amount needed. 1924. Miss F. NJ. W.,
| $40. Total. $40.
| Still needed, $61I.
| OPPORTUNITY NO II. HER W EALTH
| IS HER SIX YOUNG SONS. Wn-
OW AND SIX CHILDREN.
| For many years this widow (col-
! ored) has struggled early and late TO
knew Of her she was working all day
and doing laundry in the evening:
When she came home at the END OF
| the day she gathered her chiidren
! from the different neighbors who had
| been caring for them and frequently
! it was long past dark when she had
! them with her. The oldest boy, now
! seventeen has a job and turns over
| his wages for the support OF the
family. His wages are stu very
| stay with her children, SIS week.
or a total of $3.50 for the year is
| needed.
| Amount needed. $3.50. Mrs L. A. F..
$26. Total. $25.
Still needed, $755.
loPPoRruN1TY NO. -. SANTA" BE-
! LIEVES IN ORAL HYGIENE.
WIDOW AND THREE CHILDREN.
Mamma, have you brushed your
teeth like we learned at camp Gooo
come" Such was the query put by
the three-year-old tot in the family
of a widowed mother and three chill
dren. the eldest nine Poor mother only
had q few remaining shells as re-
mainder of what had formerly been
teeth in neglected childhood. The
mother Is now facing the problem of
separation from her babies. whom she
loves devotedly. The home. bare of
all but the most necessary furniture,
Is spotless clean. The best Christ
family is the assurance OF an allow
| ance of $24 week, or $l'24S Tor
the year.
Amount needed. s1,24s Mrs. F. K.
H.. $40; through Miss W., So: Mrs. L.
A. F., $25. Total. s38.
Still needed. s1.210.
OPPORTUNITY NO. 13. A SMILE
FOR EVERY TEAR. WIDOW AND
FIVE CHILDREN.
"A smile for every tear" Is the way
this widow !colorsd? , expresses sss .hss. hss
for her. Nearly blind from cataract
and losing her husband from tuber-
culosis, she Is making hard fight to
keep her home and raise her five chill
dren properly. The oldest. a girl of
thirteen, is doing well at school. Ned.
Twelve, feels the responsibility Of be-
ing the oldest boy and speaks quite
| naturally of helping mother with
the children" Last year he tried to
help BY raising a few vegetables and