Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-12-01
Needs Of Families
Shown by Reports
On Case Studies
Stur, Warner Bros. and
N. B. c. Ask Gifts
Of Money or Toys

Christmas, these sample case reports |
have been drawn.
Here are some of the mothers |
who can serve nothing but potatoes, |
cornbread and fatback for Christ |
mas dinner. Fathers who can't buy
even a small Christmas toy for
their children. And children-the |
little boy who can't escape colds |
because the safety pins don't hold
his sweater together tigth enough, |
the little girl whose only request of |
Santa Claus was a doll with both |
arms.
These cases are presented here |
for you, the Washingtonians who |
can afford Christmas, in the belief !
you will want to help the others and,
helping, to know specifically what |
kind of people you are adding to |
your Christmas list.
The Star, the Warner Bros. thea |
tiers, and the National Broadcasting |
Co. are working together to see these
families get the Christmas you af-
ford them.
Mail your contribution, cash or a
check made out to The Star Christ
mas fund. to Christmas House, in care
of The Star, or, If you desire, bring
your contribution to Christmas
House, on the Eleventh Street side
of The Star Building any week day
between $50 am. and pm. Your
contribution will be acknowledged in
The Stars news columns.
Take a toy, new or old, and add
1t to the collection being made in
the Hobbies of all Warner Bros.
theaters, beginning tomorrow.
Tune in on Station WMAL at |
6:l5 ppm. tomorrow for the ra-
dio program dedicating Christmas
House.
Case !
Little AS skinny legs are so
crooked he stands several inches |
shorter than he should, but Dad
takes him to the Crippled Children's
Clinic every week. 1t is a long walk
from home to the clinic. OF course,
A has to be carried, for his blue
bedroom slippers weren't made for
walking. His Dad managed to buy
the slippers out of the last relief
check, though he couldn't spare
enough for real shoes because the
rent had to be paid.
AS Dad can't work, even on w. P.
A., because he has high blood pres
sure, so the family all have to live in
one room. 1t is rather crowded, for A
has two big brothers, aged II and
IA, who want things like footballs
and baseballS and bats, but manage
with bag Of marbles. Two younger
brothers, aged II and play with
homemade checker board with pop
bottle tops to replace lost counters.
Send a cash gift to The Star.
Take toy to Warner Bros.
thedter.
Case z g
Mary is 10 years old now. She
was Is when she married Mr.. B.,
sailor, two years ago. He is away
most of the time but when he is
home he helps with the baby's wash
when Mary is tired, and gives Mary
rest from staying cooped up in the
two dark housekeeping rooms. Rich
ard, jr, has grown fast in the IL
months since his arrival last Janu-
AIRY, from puny six pounds to %
pounds and he's an armful for Mary
to carry around. Mary would be
pleased with his development If he
hadn't grown out of his clothes. The
only decent suit he now has is cot
ton, his best suit. For everyday at
home, he wears cotton shirts and
pants. Now that cold weather is
here, Mary is afraid he'll catch
pneumonia He cries in the night
from colds. At the welfare clinic,
they tell her he should be outdoors
sometimes, but she can't take him
out at all as he has no wrap or
heavy snowsuit On her husbands
$36 month, she can't do more than
look at the things she'd like to buy |
him. This is the baby's first Christ
mas and Mary would like a tree,
even a tiny one. However, Richard,
jr wouldn't like tree without deco
rations. When 1t was suggested
maybe a baby wouldn't realize there
was. no tree, Mary pointed out that
11-month-old Richard is already
noticing things. She doesn't want
to disappoint him.
Send cash gift to The Star.
Take a toy to Warner Bros.
thedter.
Case ;
1t does not matter that the paper
lie iy1
and there are patches Of dampness
on the ceilings.
Mr.. C. sits in the sunshine that
streams through the windows and
does not know that there are no
curtains or shades to break the
glare. Mr.. C. is blind, he can
feel his way around the scant
furniture in the two rooms, but he
cannot see that the covering is worn.
His son, Charles, who is IS, must
STAY in bed all day because Of his
rheumatic heart. Charles can see
the boards that replace broken win
dow panes. His bed is near one
window so he can look out and see
children playing. Charles bed
always has clean sheets on it even
though there are not sheets for the
other two beds, fathers in the
kitchen, and the one shared by
Mrs. C. and Mary in the front room.
The rooms are always clean, Mrs.
c. sees to that before she goes to
work in the morning.
Mary goes to school in patched
coat a friend gave her. Mrs. G.
expects to manage to buy coat for
Mary for Christmas. 1t will be the
only Christmas present for the
family this year. 1t is necessity,
because, letting down the sleeves
and hem, the old coat won't last
through the winter. Mary is 10.
Send a cash gift to The Star.
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