Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-12-01

tribute $6 per week toward the chill
dren's support. His earnings are
irregular.
The mother and girls spend a
great deal of the time fixing over
all clothes given to the family. The
girls old dolls do not have many
clothes but what they have are kept
clean.
Bernice is in the 6B grade and
Lillian is in the "A grade. Their
attendance is perfect as long as the
weather is clear Cardboard soles
just will not hold up in wet weather
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Mrs. D and her eight children
occupy a six-room house which Is
badly in need of repairs and painting
The mother, dressed in overalls and
with the aid of the older children,
is often seen standing on empty
soap boxes trying to fix windows
and doors and even attempts plumb
ing work. Tools used for this pur-
pose usually are kitchen knives,
spoons, hammers and nails pulled
out of discarded wood. The house
has three bedrooms. Mother and
the two youngest children occupy
one room and the other two bed
rooms are used by the other chill
dren. This home has electricity
but mother has been using very
small bulbs to cut down the cleo
trio bills and the children are
barely able to see. During the
winter months only one room is
kept warm and all the children
group around the stove to do their
school work. The father, who is a
retired Government employee, has
been separated from the family for
some time and is under court order
to pay So monthly. Mrs. D also
gets a monthly $50 relief check.
An aunt has helped bring Christ
mas to this home in past years, but
she will not be able to contribute
this time as she is in the hospital.
If Mrs D does not receive
additional help, she will have to
serve the beans, potatoes, prunes
and bacon meat, the daily menu,
on Christmas Day.
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Case 6
Little E., aged 8, and her IL
year-old brother, B, have a hot,
well-balanced breakfast at school.
The food at school is made pos
sible by the Surplus Commodities
Corp.
The children's father has irregu-
lar employment and his income is
too small to feed his wife, the two
school children and the three tod
dlers at home. Almost half the
fathers income is spent for shell
ter-rent, fuel and electricity.
The family rents the first floor
of a 3-story brick row house, next
to an alley. The only modern con-
venience is electricity but there are
also oil lamps because there is al
ways a fear of having the electricity
turned of since that bill is always
last to be paid and always a bit
late.
Five-year- G, three-year-oldD
and 18months-old G spend most
of the 24-hour day at home with
mother. The only play space in
the back yard is filled with boxes
for kindling wood which B gath
cred at nearby stores for fuel. The
children use a stuffed pillow for q
dodge ball.
Little G sleeps with his parents
in a double bed in the front room
which is the bedroom. The other
four children sleep on a folding cot
in the middle room.
The father has worked at the Self
Help Exchange during the time he
hasn't been employed and has
earned additional food and cloth
ing. Bed linen, which is kept clean,