Evening star., 1924-12-23

to support this family Of a widowed
mother and Ave 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 maxi
ing real money. In spite of Mar
| garets and Johns earnings, there
isn't money enough to go around.
| Eighteen dollars week, or a total of
1886. will tighten the load of these
two children for an entire year.
Amount asked for. $3.50.
| Previously acknowledged. $3.50.
Additional subscriptions: A. c. B.,
81; j. j. A, 81. Total, $685.
Amount still needed, $3.50.
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, 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 doctors
call 1t. With our help they have a
home of their own, and mother works
| q little, but not much. for 1t takes
| time to recover from the bad effect
| OF overwork and undertaking. Four
| teen dollars a week. or $728 for the
year. means that your money has been
| invested in health, happiness and
hope. Real dividends are promised.
Amount asked for, $72S.
| Previously acknowledged, $1s1.
Additional subscriptions: E. B. j.,
| IS; Mems Progressive Club of Fiji
| teenth Street Presbyterian Church.
So; A. l.. E., $3.50; H, S13; J. ]. A,
| 81. Total s217.5o.
Amount still needed, S51050
OPPORTUNITY NO. 12.-F1GHTING
| 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
| real picnic. The three children went
| with one of the workers of the Asso-
| ciated Charities and spent the day at
Chesapeake Beach-lunch, paddle in
the water, mud pies and the joyous
merry y-go-round. Happy? We think
| so! Mother was left widow with
three little children and since she
was too Ill to do any work, she was
| In panic for fear her children
| would be taken away from her Now
the worlds little brighter, for they
| are all together and mothers health
Is improving. Jim has tuberculosis,
| but they say that with proper care
and food he can be a strong, healthy
| man. We know we may count on
mother to give the proper care.
Twenty-eight dollars a week. or
$1.456. means that she and Jim
and the other children will get
the proper food and other necessities
| OF life for year. Truly a grand"
| Christmas present, don't you think?
Amount asked for, s1.456
Previously acknowledged, s235.
Additional subscriptions: F., S13; H.
S. p, $40; Mrs. w. T. W., IS; Mrs. ].
| H. G.. SO; f. E. T.. IS; cash. s5; F. S.
B., SO; J. ]. A. 81; Miss E L., 81; ]. II.
| B., IS; Mrs. K. H, s5: l.. c. r.. 81; G.
l. NJ, 81; NJ. S. B.. $40; Mr.. and Mrs
| w. S. H, s25; Mrs. S. l., IS. Total.
| s337.
Amounted still needed. sl.11s
OPPORTUNITY NO. Is (COLORED).-
! HANDICAPPED WITH NEAR
| BLINDNESS.
A widow, nearly blind, is trying to
keep her Ave children together and
| provide the home influences that will
| develop good self-respecting men
and women. The children are ope-
dent, with good maners, and lend
! mother their eyes. The oldest girl
| will leave school next term and take
an apprenticeship in a trade for
which she seems to have an inherited
| aptitude. The second child, a boy,
! Is too young for anything but school,
| though he, too, will soon begin a vo-
| cational course. Two little girls
| bring good reports from school and
/ the baby boy thinks he is working
hard at kindergarten. Twenty-Five dol
lars a week, or $1,144 a year, is needed.
Amount asked for, $1,144.
Previously acknowledged. s26s50.
| Additional subscriptions: G. P. T.,
! IS: Mems Progressive Club of Fif-
teenth Street Presbyterian Church.
IS; A. L. E., $3.50: Epsilon Sigma Iota
Fraternity, SIS; H. L. s.. $3.50; FIore-
len, $26; J. j. A, So; L. c. r., 81. To-
tai, $31s.50.
Amount still needed, sS255o.
/ 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 1t, too. The
| oldest, 16 years old, has just secured
1 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