Evening star., 1924-05-18
MORE SETS NEEDED
FOR D. c. "ShUT-INS"
Appeal Again VIII Be Made To-
night Over WCAP for AdG-
- tiona1 Apparatus
PATHETIC LETTERS WRITTEN
Financial Relief Being offered to
q Needy.


With only about half the nurnbsr af
crystal receiving sets needed to meet
the demand of the deserving shut
ms" in Washington, LIE Roy Mark
will again appeal to the radio sud-
ence through wCAP tonight to do
nate more apparatus. The more uyan
5000 Boy Scouts in the District have
volunteered to install the sets a,,d
erect the antennas, a few. cash COM
: tributions have been contributed tp
help pay for the wire, insulators, etc. ,
and all that is lacking to make til. /.
campaign success is more crystal
sets.
4 number Of crystal sets. discarded
by radio fans when they graduated to
the tube-receiver class, were left at
the Piggy Wfggly groceries and Pe1-
directed by Mr.. Mark In his radio talk.
last Sunday night. These stores will
continue to act as receiving stations
until sufficient number of sets have
been donated. Those who plan to do
nate their crystal sets to the poor and
needy "shut-ins' should attach their
name to them in some manner In or
der that they may be ACKNOWLEDGED
Mr. Mark plans to give the sets
contributed by the fans of Washing
ton to all "shut-ins" who furnish 4
note from clergymen or physicians
More than 400 names of such persons
already have been sent to him
Since announcement OF his plan
last Sunday night. Mr. Mark has been
literally swamped with letterA reclt-
ing pathetic conditions existing In
the homes of the "shut-ins" in Wash
inston and many OF the eastern
states. Numerous offers also were
made to aid financially the poor
woman whose appealing story was
published in The Star last Sunday
otyAi
Mr.. Mark.
Pathetic Letters
Some Of the additional pathetic
cases called to Mr.. Marks attention
are described in the following letters
received by him:
your voice over the radio tonight
brought to my mind q very pathetic
eraI years. A girl who has such
large head she cannot raise II from
the pillow. She has been helple So
for many years I first knew her al
lowed her to the poor house. and then
where she now is. know that a
radio would be a most Wonderfu'
diversion for her"
You spoke over the radio Sunday
night about installing radio seas for
invalids. I would like to bring your
sssen5ion to ca,s stres1 Of sn osh she iaas has
been helpless for ten years, and in
all of these years has only been out
of doors but once. when she was
moved by her old husband to another
day and night, in the same chan,
seeing nothing but the same fom'
walls. = -.
letter for you to install one in her
who
shine in a dungeon"
Nurse Furnishes Names.
'I heard your talk concerning the
for installing radio for invalidS Be-
ing a nurse it gives me extra pleas
ure to hear your plans to supply
these sets for the shut-ins. / am
sending you two names.
= For over a year I nursed IN the
Home for Incurables. In Philadelphia,
therefore. you can see that I know q
little more than the average indi-
vidual chat this message Of the air
will bring cheer and comfort to the
suffering. and. as the physicians say.
take their minds on OF themselves Tor
many hours"
A Washington business man wrote
Mr. Mark the name and address OF q
shut-in, and said:
This man is certainly deserving OF
some help. About eighteen months
ago he came to this country from
the English language and at that
time had only one eye. While work.
ing in a grocery store soda water
bottle burst and he lost the other eye.
Therefore, he is now totally blipd.
when his wife found that he could
never see any more she deserted him
by running off with another man. The
only way he has Of earning a living
Is selling newspapers at tho south
west corner of 14th and K streets.
He can now speak broken English
and states that he would be more
than pleased If some good Samaritan
would give him a radio, as he has no
amusement whatever"