Evening star., 1927-12-16

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| part time employment by which she
| can contribute to the support or her
| two little ones Following an illness,
this woman is regaining hey strength
and courage, Her troubles have only
served to increase her sympathy for
other folks whose plight seems worse
than her own. When one OF her
neighhors recently fell i'll and was
Obliged TO go to the hospital. thereby
! leaving her own children without
icaretaker. this mother picked up her
two kiddies and moved over to her
neighhor's home, to stay there until
matters could he adjusted. Eighteen
dollars q week is needed to keep this
home together, or 1886 for the mex;
year.
OPPORTUNITY No. Z.
Many songs and stories have been
written of mother love, but less often
] of the sacrifices and devotion or a
| father for his family. Mr.. c., colored
! man 80 years of age, left widower,
would rather die than see his six moth
erless children, all under 10, separated.
| A relative, who is herself handicapped,
manages to give the children the care
necessary during the day, but as wage
| Garner by day and mother by night
| the father is now broken in health
and able to earn only half the amount
| necessary to cover his family's ex-
| penses. The greater part of Sundays
! he spends in bed in order that he may
| he able to muster sufficient strength
/ to carry on during the ensuing
week. The Associated Charities has
| had to supplement the wages of this
! devoted father and each morning the
| children run to the door to see ii the
milk has arrived and clap their hands
| in glee on finding it. SIC week, or
| $S32 for the coming year is asked TO
save this loyal father from complete
breakdown.
OPPORTUNITY No. s.
Can a mother and her four children
| live on SO cents a day? This is what |
this family receives while the father |
labors at the workhouse where he was |
sentenced for non-support and threats |
of violence against his wife and chill |
dren. He will be there a year, and |
for that time. the family is no longer |
terrorized. The children show the |
effects of long deprivation and under |
feeding. Three of them are under |
medical care. one of them having been |
almost killed in a street accident. The |
mother is prepared to do her full share |
if given chance. for she has good |
standards, is Industrious and lives |
over and above the District non-sup- |
port allowance. if this family of FIVE |
is to have proper food, clothing and |
shelter, or a total of S1.l96 for the |
coming year.
OPPORTUNITY No. 9.
Matters have grown so desperate |
that Mrs. X. says she cannot stand the !
strain much longer Even Mabel the |
ah &c cyin ch ~ rim
mothers worries for her younger |
brothers and sisters. The only solu- |
ton Mrs. X. sees is to place her FIVE |
children, whose ages range from 6 to |
Ia. in orphan asylums. The mother |
works hard to earn while the children |
are at school, She is an excellent man. |
ager and makes the most of her linn
tied resources. Mr.. K. has been or
dered by the court to pay $12 week |
toward the support of his children. but
he has disappeared. Those who know
the wife respect her highly and insist
that she should not be compelled to
part with her children when SIS a
week above her own earnings, or $3.50
for the year, will help solve her finan-
cial problems
OPPORTUNITY No. 10.
This home is sparcely furnished, but
Immediately clean Its whole appear
ance reflects the quiet taste as we'll as
the self-sacrifice of devoted mother.
The best evidence of its character,
however, is not in the mothers ability
to make the most of her small posses
sions. but in the up-bringing of her
three bright and beautifully hammered
children. For each of them an ex.
pressed wish on the mothers part is
the equivalent of a command. The
oldest is but and the youngest 5. The
father is serving time for bigamy and
the wife hopes soon to be granted her
divorce. She earns a little by home
sewing, but s24 a week still is needed
TO complete the mothers modest bud
get, or $1,24S for the year.
OPPORTUNITY No. II.
Thomas. colored lad of only 6, and
his little sister, 5, walk two miles to
and from school every day. During
the Winter months, the mother goes
half way to meet them on their return
to see them safely by lonely stretch
of woods and it is nearly dark when
they reach home. This home is bar
rem. but always kept immaculate. 1t |
is on the outskirts of the District
where this mother lives because of the
cheaper rent and where she can go to |
the woods to cut her own fuel. There
are also two children too young to go /
to school. The mother was obliged to
separate from her husband because
of cruelty. Both the police and the |
Juvenile Court have been trying to To-
cate the man for oyer year, but
without success. Besides what the |
mother can earn by days work when
she is able to leave the children or
find a rieighbor to care for them. SIC |
a week is asked for the family, or
1892 for the coming year.
OPPORTUNITY No. 12.
Sickness, which in the experience |
of the Associated Charities accounts |
so often for dependency, plays the |
leading role in this family of father, /
mother and four children. the eldest |
but IL years of age. The father has |
long been on the verge of a nervous I
breakdown. He was obliged to give |
up his work for a while on this ac- |
count. He is now employed again, |
but as his work is seasonal and his |
health precarious he cannot earn |
enough throughout the year to pro- |
vide for the needs of his family. par
ticularly in view of the fact that every |
member. except the baby, needs |
physical attention.
Two of the children made marked |
gains at the Children's Health Camp |
last Summer, showing what can be |
| accomplished for them under proper |
health program. The visitor, who |
knows the situation, says there |
seem to be real possibilities for de. |
velopment in this family" Twenty |
dollars a week is needed for. the task |
| in hand, in addition to what the man
earns when he has work. This is
81 ,040 for the year.
OPPORTUNITY No. 13.
Is No. 13 always an unlucky one?
May we hope that in this case it will
prove a fortunate designation for a
most unfortunate cOlored mot her who