Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-19

matters could be adjusted. Eighteen
dollars a week is needed to keep this
home together. or 1896 for the next
year.
Amount asked for, $3.50.
Previously acknowledged, $15.
Fourteen Plate Printers, Bureau of
Engraving and Printing, 81: Employees,
Division of Supply, Treasury. SIS; K.
F.. s1.65; I'm Memory of Thomas A.
Witherspoon, $40; Capt. w. B., IS;
NJ E. s., IS; Mr.. and Mrs. c. T. H.,
81; J. z. B, 81; anonymous, IS; G f.
H., SIS.
Total received, $64.65.
Stin needed. $S71.S5.
OPPORTUNITY No. Z.
Many songs and stories have been
written of mother love, but less often
of the sacrifices and devotion of a
father for his family. Mr.. c., colofed
man 80 years of age, left a 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-
penscs. The greater part of Sundays
ne spends in bed in order that he may
be 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 gloe on finding IL. SIG week, or
$685. for the coming year is asked TO
save this loyal father from complete
breakdown.
Amount asked for, 1892.
Previously acknowledged, SIS.
Fourteen Plate Printers, Bureau OF
Engraving and Printing, 81; Employees
Division of Supply, Treasury, So; S
Street Neighborhood Club, $40: e. F.,
$l.65; Zion Baptist Home Missionary
Society, IS; I'm Memory of Thomas
A. Witherspoon," $40; Miss M. M. T.,
81: L. S. r., IS; MIR. and Mrs. c. T. H.,
81; The Eye Que Art Club, So.
Total received, $73.65.
Still needed, $75S.35.
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
Iabors 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 street accident. The
mother is prepared to do her full share
if given a chance, for she has good
standards, is industrious and lives
tor her children. $23 week is needed
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 $1,196 for the
coming year.
Amount asked for, $1,196.
Previously acknowledged, $22.
Fourteen Plate Printers, Bureau Of
Engraving and Printing, 81; En-
ployes Division of Supply, Treasury,
IS; E. F., S1.65 "In Memory of Thorn
as A. Witherspoon," $40; Karl" 81;
Capt. w. B., SIS; Mr.. and Mrs. C. T. H,
81; Miss N. H. P, $25.
Total received, SS1.65
Still needed, $1,114.35.
OPPORTUNITY No. 8.
Matters have grown 80 desperate
| that Mrs. X. says she cannot stand the
strain much longer. Even Mabel. the
eldest child. is aging. sharing her
| mothers worries for her younger
brothers and sisters. The only solu-
ton Mrs. K. 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.. X. 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 fnan-
| cial problems.
Amount asked for, $3.50.
Previously acknowledged, $50.
Fourteen Plate Printers, Bureau of
Engraving and Printing, 81: Employees
Division of Supply, Treasury, SIS; E..
F., $1.65; "In Memory of Thomas A.
Witherspoon," $40; A. E. S., S.; Mr..
and Mrs. c. T. H., 81.
Total received, $63.65.
Sllu ue6ueO, Sf1o.oo.
OPPORTUNITY No. 10.
This home is sparcely furnished, but
| Immediately clean. It's whole appear
| ance reflects the quiet taste as well as
| the self-sacrifice of a devoted mother.
| The best evidence of it's 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 S. 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 $24 a week still Is needed
to complete the mothers modest
budget, or $1,248 for the year.
Amount asked for. $1.248.
| Previously acknowledged, SIS.
Fourteen Plate Printers, Bureau OF
|