Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-11

is more feeble than she was three years
ago.
Three years ago this statement was
given out:
More heartbreaking by fa+ than the
man who is physically unable to support
his family. is the man who, with the
skill and ability to command comfort
able living wage. leaves his family to
bear the brunt of the suffering caused
by his moral weakness These six little
children, ranging in age from to u
years, have only frail mother between
them and want. Are they to be an
other broken family?"
They were given $26 week to keep
them under the care Of their mother.
The father, although he has been
unable to overcome his weakness for
strong drink, is making every effort he
can. He has been referred to the Life
Adjustment Clinic with the hope that
he will find moral rehabilitation. He
and his wife, with their six children,
are living in comfortable house which
the father has made more pleasant by
painting and repairing. Recently he
found job paying 50 day and he
expects promotion soon. All of the
children, except the 4-year-old, are in
school. The eldest took position last
year which occupied her couple OF
d udy anu lllOSc uIiuCl WIlOAh SAAC
worked have only the WarmeSt praise
for her reliability and efficiency.
Family Is Reunited.
"A broken home" an appeal in 1928
saids For not only has the father
totally forgotten his responsibility, but
finding her salary far too small to
meet the demands of the family Of five,
the mother has been forced to part
with two of her children. With Christ
mas approaching she can think OF
nothing which would cause her more
rejoicing than to have her home
reunited. And $24 week would reunite
her home"
The $24 income was found and the
home is once more intact. The father
has never been located. The mother
/ has worked hard these three years az
such odd jobs as she can find which
will not interfere with the care of her
| children. One boy. IA years old, is
a Scout. and his school record has been
! excellent. His 9-year-old sister already
| has proved her value in home-mak-
| ing. The two younger children are
| trying to do their share. There is no
| fear that these will not grow to be
! four we'll equipped and responsible
! American men and women.
| is struggling in the face to obstacles.
/ The appeal said:
Father away from his family be-
cause of an incurable disease; an l8-
year-old son doing his best, but handi-
capped by i'll health; another son also
| weakened by an attack of pneumonia.
And not the least important. the spe-
! cial pet 3-year-old Hal The father
! is unable to contribute and the eldest
! l,;a
mother and five brothers and sisters"
The father still is an invalid. The
oldest son continues to help his mother.
but his earnings still are meager. Hal
has just entered school and the other
children are too young to aid. The
family has been placed in the hands
OF the Home Care Department of the
Board of Public Welfare.
Mother on Exhibition.
An outstanding mother among those
aided in the last group of Christmas
opportunities was this one:
"At night after the four little boys
and two girls are abed, a young colored
mother. keeping her hands busy with
mending for which netghbors pay her,
thinks back over the months she lived
in terror of husband half-crazed by
drink She blesses those who have
For this mother $l1 a week was
raised. She works for hours with her
needle so that her children will feel
as proud as the more fortunate ones.
About a year ago she underwent a
serious operation. While she was Ill
| the children we're placed in boarding
homes, but now she has them once
more with her in their own home. She
is especially proud of the progress they
are making in school and Sunday
school
And there are fathers who hravely
bear the burden of both parents as
well as mothers who do. One of these
was the subject Of this appeal three
years ago:
Six motherless children Is usually
synonymous with a broken home But
with remarkable perseverance and loyal
ty. this young colored widower has gone
forward. IT, now that he has so nearly
reached its goal, help is refused him,
the only solution in sight is an orphan
age"
| This father was given $12 a week
| He has held to his determination to be
both mother and father to his chill
dren The oldest is a girl of IA and the
youngest is boy of T. One, an S-year-
old girl, is at the Health School. The
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