Evening star., 1927-12-22
f FAM|LY DESTITUTE
WITH MAN IN JAIL
Charities Group Asks S1.196
to Help Innocent Victims.
Another Needs 81 300.

plac fami'y distress. II
usuaU, y" shoulders OF thP
husband
"walled up town tn fight off the hosts
of cold. hunger and disease as best sh'
can
Two such cases appear i'm the list 81
- opportunities offered This Christmas
hv the Associated Charities. They are
among the most deserving al ail.
In one ease. for the time being, the
family probably is better of without
the man than with him. He had ah
ugly disposition when he was drunk.
and he seldom was sober. e.. tie needed
ell his money for his hootleSgerS, and
when his wife. with the wen known
,nreasona hleneSs of women. would
bey him for something 10 pay the
grocery bill he would snarl and shake
his fists AT her Sometimes he would
threaten to kin her and the children -
they inierfered with his drinking.
Sent 10 .Iail for Year.
FINALLY she could stand il no longer
and had him arrested.
The Judge was not very sNmpaihetlc
toward the fellow. He sent him 10
iaiI for year In such eases all he
earns while he is i'm prison goes 10 his
family. So this mother and four chit
dren get ~ cents day tn pay for
food fuel. clothes and shelter. hesidns
an occasional bill Of the docter.
The woman has reached The point
where she can endure il no longer. She
needs a minimum Of S23 week or I
total of Sl1a6 for the year. above
what she gets from the District 10
keen her family together.
In the second case the man and the
woman were married II years and
have eight children.
The family life Went Smooih hlN
,cnough until a few months ago, when
the mother learned thai the man had
another wife whom he had married
many wears ago and presumably had
forgotten about He had never men
TONED her
81 500 NEEDED for Family.
la The mother of his children awoke
to the realization that she was not
his wife nj all.
Suit for annnlment Of the FIRST mar
riase has been instituted. hut in the
meantime the man iE able TO contsih-
ute nothing To the expenses Of his
home.
One of the children is cripple. bat
is undergoing treatment end can he
taught To walk. The mothers re'a-
tives are contributing as much as they
are able. They are poor people with
families of their own.
The Associated Charities estimates
= minimum of $2a II week cr s. 800
for the year. is necessary tn keep tnis
family together until the father can
straiyhten ont his marital ta9gle.
Contributions for these. or any OF
the other opportunities still open. may
be sent 10 the Associated Charities.
t022 Eleventh street. and The t.yo-
ming Star will receive and acknowl-
ledge small contributions.
ss.6s..i0 Subscribed
Tie Christmas Opportunity fund
passed the halfway point Al noon to
day with subscriptions of S7.s77.40.
, ieaving $7,402. .66 needed to fully pro
vide for the wants in the II opportu-
mites still remaining open. Day by
day the deficits in these family funds
are decreasing. With the many re-
membranes coming both from old
friends of the fund and from new
ones. many regrets are expressed by
givers that they cannot send larger
donations. but it, is the desire of the
Associated Charities that this "Ad-
venture in Friendship" be shared by
as many donors as possible. There
fore. the small contribution counts as
we'll as the larger one.
Money Is not all that is being con-
tributed 10 the Opportunity fupd.
Christmas baskets also are included.
Ore man has volunteered to send q
load of groceries to one of the fami-
lies. Among the gifts left al the So
cial Service House yesterday was an
sttractively wrapped, package contain
ing plum pudding which the giver.
who declined to leave her name.
wished to have go to Opportunity No.
-, Here there are five children. whose
=akyes range from to a. Fortunately
=fhe mother in this, family can he
=tfusted TO see that no evil conse-
NnSJences result from oyerstufflng their
SEpnng '1ummieS.
-sF List of Opportunities.
= The opportunities follow:
I'd OPPORTUNITY No J.
Ell Amount asked for, 1895. Closed.
III OPPORTUNITY No .
AH Seven children are heavy respousi-
hility for woman married 10 a man
who has repeatedly sidesfepped his
1sobligations to his family. After stand
Sing by her husband through MANY
5hs rdships and for many years the
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