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Charities should withdraw, it's regular
allowance it would mean children
running wild or scattered in Hnstitu-
tions while the mother worked out
side Of the home. SIS q week or $3.50
for the year is needed.
w. H. c., 81; d. S. W.. $40: e. c., $25.
Total, $37. Amount still needed, $743.
OPPORTUNITY NO. s.-ILLNEss EX-
ACTS HEAVY TOLL
Not many years ago, mother and
Katherine had a slight cough. They
thought 1t would pass quickly, but
the doctor who examined them shook
his head gravely and ordered q rest.
But a widow who Is trying to support
three little girls can't rest. Especially
when the rent is due and she and her
children are about to be evicted. Then
the Associated Charities was called
In. Now they have home which they
call their own, and the doctor no
longer shakes his head gravely, for
mother and Katharine have a good
chance to get well with constant
watching and care. The oldest daugh-
ter is taking a business course and
looks forward to the time when she
and another sister will be able to
Thrifty, cheerful and ambitious de-
scribe the members of this house
hold. They are going to make good,
but it will take time. A minimum of
$40 a week, or $780, is required to
meet the family budget for the next
year.
Miss F. r. H. 500. Total, s100.
Amount still needed, $l,460.
OPPORTUNITY NO. 10-AMBITIOUS
TO BE SOMEBODY"
Margaret works all day. and does
all she can to help her brother John
to support this family of widowed
mother and five children. At night,
when Margaret's friends seek recre-
alton, she takes her books and goes
OF to night school. for she has vision
and courage and wants to be some
body" John is learning a trade, and
by the time he is 81 he will be max
ing real money. In spite of Mar
garet's and Johns earnings, there
isn't money enough to go around.
SIS week, or a total of 1896, will
tighten the load of these two chill
dren for an entire year.
OPPORTUNITY NO. IL. (CoLORED.) }
A LITTLE MOTHER.
Four days a week Hattie, age 10,
comes home from school and prepares
dinner for the family of mother and
four children. Since the death of her
husband, a few years ago, the widow
has struggled early and late doing
any kind Of work (generally hard
work., in an effort to keep her little
brood together. You know the story
not enough money, not enough rest.
not enough food, and then collapse
acute undernourishment, the doc
tors call it. With our help they have
home of their own. and mother
works a little. but not much. for it
takes time to recover from the bad
effect Of overwork and underfeeding.
S14 week, or S72S for the year
means that your money has been in
vested in health. happiness and hope.
Real dividends are promised.
OPPORTUNITY NO. 12-FIGHTING
TUBERCULOSIS.
Gee, amt this grand" said Jim on
the occasion of his first visit to the
beach last Summer. We want to tell
you little about this trip--it was Il
real picnic. The three children went
with one of the workers of the Asso-
ciated Charities and spent the Gay at
Chesapeake Beach--lunch, paddle III
the water, mud pies and the Joyous
merry -go-round. Happy? We think
SO. Mother was left widow with
three little children and since she
was too i'll to do any work, she was
in panic for fear her chiIdren
would be taken away from her Now
the worlds a little brighter, for they
are all together and mothers health
is improving. Jim has erculosis,
but they say that with proper care
and food, he can be strong, nealihy
man. We know we may count on
mother to give the proper care. s2S
a week, or s1.4o6, means that she and
Jim and the other children will get
the proper food and other neccssities
OF life for year. Truly grand
Christmas present, don't you think?
Miss NJ. j.. IS. Total, So. Amount
still needed, s1.451
OPPORTUNITY NO. 13-fCOLORED)
HANDICAPPED WITH NEAR
BLINDNESS.
n widow, nearly piind, is trying TO
keep her five children together and
provide the home influences that will
develop good self-respecting men
and women. The children are obed-
lent with good manners, and lend
mother their eyes. The oldest girl
Will leave school next term and take
which she seems to have an inherited
aptitude. The second child, boy.
is too young for anything but school.
though he, too, will, soon begin q vo-
cational course. Two little girls
bring good reports from school and
the baby boy thinks he is working
hard at kindergarten. s22.00 a week
or s1,144 a year is needed.
III. w. F., $40; Mrs. G. F. c., SO.
Total, $50. Amount still needed,
S1,114.
OPPORTUNITY NO. 14-ONLY ASK
ING A CHANCE TO MAKE GOOD.
Deserted by her husband many
years ago, this mother, although
handicapped by i'll health, has made
a brave struggle to keep her home
together and raise her two children.
She is making good at it, too. The
oldest, Is years, has just secured a
position after special training, but is
not yet earning enough to bear the
entire burden. In another year a
younger boy, who Is doing his share
now after school, will, we hope, be
able to materially assist, and then
the goal of independence will be
reached. Until then we must stand
by; ss a week, or s416 for the year. is
needed for this family.
Miss H. c. B., IS: G. r. c., SIS; Miss
NJ. N v, So: r. w. H.. IS. Total, $17.
Amount still needed, 1899.
Summary.
Total amount asked for......$ .$13,sss
Total amount received. ........ 1876
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