Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-17

going to make good. Meantime. So
a week Is needed over and above what
the church and friends can contribute,
or $1.144 for the coming year.
Amount asked for. ........ 81 ,144.00
Plate Printers Local, No. O.. 500
Still needed. ,139 90
OPPORTUNITY No. 5.
Sickness has turned the land of
promise into land of denial for this
foreign family. The father and moth.
er with their three bright children
had great expectations for the future
in this land of their adoption. But
Illness. the great white plague. has
suddenly diSsipated their high hopes
and has prevented the father from
continuing to support his wife and
children The mother is too frail for
more than home duties. The three
children are well and strong. The old.
est daughter is looking forward to the
time when she can leave school and
become bread winner. Recently,
when Goa was needed for the family,
she volunteered to store ii away IL il
would SAKE expense, but this was hard
ly suitable work for a girl of II.
Twenty-three dollars n week is asked
for. or $1,196 for the year. SO that
the man can continue his treatment
at the hospital without worrying over
financial matters at home.
Amount asked for. 81 1876 90
Plate Printers Local No. 2 800
Still needed. 90
OPPORTUNITY NO. G.
Forsaken by her husband. this
young mother was left with two little
children to care for. She is facing
the future hravely and is anxious as
soon as Billy. the younger. is old
enough to enter kindergarten. to find
part time employment by which she
can contribute to the support of her
two little ones. Following an illness,
this woman is regaining her 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
caretaker, this mother picked up her
two Riddles and moved over to her
home, to stay there until
matters could he adjusted. Eighteen
dollars week is needed to keep this
home together. or 1886 for the next
wear
Amount asked for......... $685.. 90
Plate Printers Local, No. O.. 500
Still needed. ..........f. s93100
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., colored
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
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
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 if the
milk has arrived and clap their hands
in glee on finding it. s16 a week. or
$0oZ IOT the COHlluS year IL dShSu "
save this loyal father from a complete
breakdown.
Amount asked for. .......... $4,000
Plate Printers Local, No. O.. 500
Still needed. ............. $S27O0
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 street accident. The
mother is prepared to do her full share
If given a chance, for she has good
standards, is industrious and lives
for her children. $23 a week is needed
over and above the District non-sup-
port allowance, If this family of Ave
is to have proper food, clothing and
shelter. or a total of $1,196 for the
coming year.
Amount asked for ...........S 81 ,196.00
Plate Printers Local
No. Aforementioned $500
Mrs. l.. S. II. ........... ZOO
Still needed. ...............$1 1890
OPPORTUNITY No. 9.
Matters have grown so desperate
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