Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-17
FAMILY IN W|LDS
ON CAPITAL $ EDGE
Mother and Brood Struggle
TOR Livelihood in Woods.
Need SIG Weekly.

There still are stretches of wooded.
sparsely populated country in the
District Of Columbia where the in.
habitants are subjected to most of the
hardships of pioneer Winters. little
modified by the closeness of the great
city.
In one of these districts the Deem
Der wind shakes the rafters of an I'M
painted. ramshackle house, bare but
clean inside, where a mother and four
children are fighting for existence
under conditions which il may be
dithcult to visualize as existing in a
metropolitan area.
She has been driven here because
rent is cheap and she can cut tirewood
from the nearby woods. The nearest
schoolhouse is a mile away, and is
reached by n wood road, along which
there are few houses.
Goes to Meet Children.
Thomas. 6 years old. and his 5.year-
Old sister. coming home from school
in the gathering twilight. are afraid
of the COLLINS that dwell in the tangle
of trees and vines through which they
must pass. The mother goes half way
to meet them every afternoon. The
two other children are too young To
leave them alone, and when she has
an opportunity TO earn days pay
she has a difficult time finding
neighbor to look after them.
She has left her husband. He
used to drink and beat her. He never
gave her enough of his earnings to
run the home. Conditions became in
tolerable. Nobody knows where he is.
The Juvenile Court has been trying to
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much likelihood that they ever will.
Sic Weekly Needed as Aid.
The mother is able to earn only an
occasional days pay. Sixteen dollars
a week or 1892 for year. will enable
her to keep her family together and
get on her feet 1t would he a fine
Christmas present. She is going to
get it, for the Associated Charities.
who have investigated her character,
circumstances and necessary budget,
consider the case worthy of place
among the IA opportunities for this
Yuletide.
Contributions for this or any of the
other opportunities may he sent to the
Associated Charities, 1022 Eleventh
street, or to The Evening Star.
Two Opportunities Closed.
Two of the IA Christmas opportuni-
ties offered by the Associated Chair
ties are already closed. according to
a report which comes from the School
Service House at noon today. These
fortunate families whose care is now
assured through 1928 are Nos. l and
IA representing youth and age, re-
spectively. No. / is the young widow
withf our children. one of whom is an
infant in arms. and No. IA is the cou.
pie lin the evening of life"
No. l is taken by man and his
wife who write: Opportunity No. /,
the mother and four little children,
whose husband died in the Summer,
especially appeals TO us. If this case
has not been spoken for we would like
to take care of it with a subscription
of 1896. the amount asked for The
gift for No. IA comes from the
same source as last year. when this
aged couple was appealed for under
the same number.
Thanks to Plate Printers Local No.
2. which has sent a subscription of
1870 to be divided among the oppor-
tunities, each of the IA families has to-
day something to its credit. This
union has been stanch supporter of
the fund for many years.
Even before the Christmas opportu-
nifty list was published, old friends of
this annual appeal began sending in
inquiries asking when the list would
appear. One man who has been a
regular contributor for many years
writes: "Inasmuch as / will be out of
the city for the next two weeks,
will appreciate it if you will send me
copies of the various opportunities
+, that you will need aid for through
1928 and give me the benefit of your
suggestions as TO which are particular
~ deserving of support" This econ
tributor requests that the list be sent
to him at the address which he gives
in st. Louis. Another supporter writes:
Are you going to issue similar list
of Christmas opportunities as you did
siast vear3 IF Won are 7 shall he obliged