Evening Star Newspaper, December 19, 1924, Page 4

| CHRISTNAS FUND Contributions to T4 Oppor- | tunities $4,625.50. Contributions may be sent to John Joy 1022 Eleventh street northwest, or to The ciated Charities Contributio for the 14 of the As as rapidly a to s s $436 have bringing th Teaving a balance needed to take care of the still remai open fund, explains larger gifts that are Assoc! that the ing a this annual ¢ Appenl Specially Dexerving. That the appeal is in fact a popu- | means lar one is sho a period c ng butiox d in and orga ever be amounting to $8, 0. | tiary John Joy Edso commu 5 years, last vear's re- izations bereular boy in Now Tetal Only #give up. S woman, | vocational traini add to the famil Edson, treasurer, some 10-ye ent 8-yea | reports. | little fellow in t |a dear |of the famfly Make Asso- Star office ble to the ntinue to come in | as Opportunities | Total, $782. Clo: ted Charities, but not| ot ¥78 3 the sponsors would like | OPPORTUNITY terday noon ORR Y ALD added to th. total to $4.62 Just fund, | 50 and share of \orr her husband was | he left her , the treasurer of the |the oldest unde that it is not only the|owing six welcome, but|eight moutns to ed Charities is ask-|[to be clothed a wide respopse to|bodies to be sh ristmas appeal | sources. | ed upon to | good care and ure provi ng 12 opportunities by its history over |§; family, or §1 Amount asked Previously ack Additional suly larger in both contri- the number of persons | responding than A tally of the contrib- utors for the opportunities of Christ-| C. $1: G. N., $6: mas, 19232, she is significant came from chy ‘hool and d from civic . zations reaus and those their aiving gifts at monthly or qu ch gifts are and the full amount pl vear. ted at the asked for, w Many Organizations Contribarting. buted during the past 24 ou the ch sends a eapecially departmen a D H. G $10 that . Amount still ne irch groups. ading Bible fraternal and Government bu- <. Several of have chosen to send stated s either hout the ‘ptable s cred- set toward the total ch this v s $13,338. | ST OPPORTUNITY HAD ONLY LI long ago good hom teken ow began the when this little Associated pretty desperate. brighter, for the izations which Starmont Aid itk to Opportunity ter-Se_Club, through dent, Mrs. Willlam Brooks, | for Opportunity No. 13; the section of statistics of the Treasury Department ons for two of the | one, a 1ad of school age, | he can after school hou he hand- r-oid and the oid bring home fine school And there months’ rent be fed. eight bodies | souls and a week is ne $10; Mr. and Mrs this: family. Men's Association donates | $2.50; three sister: OPPORTUNITY NO. 1.—LIVING FOR HER CHILDREN. With no hope of her husband’s re- | turn from the hospital, a patient lit- | tle woman toils all day long to keep ve home for her six chil- | @PPORTUNITY NO. en when {1l herself she will he is a proud Itel too-—proud of her children. | The oldest child will soon finish her ng and be ready t v income. is an affectior he kindergarten, ar-old, the pet and prid Fifteen dollars week is required to hold thig famil together for another year, or $7S0. sed, NO: 2 TROUBLE This mother has had more than her and trouble. W sent to the penite and seven childrer r 15, There ar. nd eight eltered, und no re The mother can be depend give her seven training if only th The In- its vice presi- |$676 for the year will mean 12 months sends $14 cliff The next arns what independ- NO END OF penniless and kiddies | THE EVENING STAR, 'WASHINGTON, with help. Thirteen dollarsa week, or | Amount still needed, $807. OPPORTUNITY NO. 7 (COLORED).— REFUSES TO GIVE AWAY HER CHILDREN. Mrs. Y. dldn’t apply for help until she had to. She just couldn’t work any longer. A hushand, a drug addict, she struggled early and late to keep & oot over her three babies, but lons. hard hours of work exacted their price and she was taken ill. She | thought it would pass quickly, but it didn’t, and she had to undergo an op- eration to save her life. Some one offered to adopt the children, but this sult Mrs. Y. for they were her children—she had struggled for them and wanted them. Mrs. Y. is better new, but she can't swing the entire load. Ten dellarh a week, of $620, will mean a year of happl- ness for her and the children. Amount asked for, $320 Previously acknowledged, $83.05 Additional su riptions: Mrs. J S, 92 6. N, $6; M. 8. M., 81 in memoriam, 8. Total, $9 Amount stiil needed, $ of happiness to this mother and her two little givls. They are waiting. Amount asked for, $676. Previously acknowledged, $130. Additlonal subseriptions: L. B. S, . V. and M., $5; C.B F, 3 G $6: Mrs. W. E. R., $5: well wisher and helper, $1; M. 8. M, $1; G. G. A, in memoriam, §§; Miss M S, $2; H. K. B, $26. ‘Jotal, $187.50. Amount still needed, $488.50. +THE SUN BEGINS TO SHINE : o| Last Christmas we called him|\dcn dida’t “Finy Tim,” but he is nearly a man |now, for he has a job. He has a | clerical position, and, although still crippled, is making good. Of course, we expected he would. A brother Is also working, but thelr combined earnings are not enough to care for this family of a widowed mother and seven children. When the father . |died there seemed to the mother ne ©!way out but to put the children in % |institutions. The baby died. “Tiny 7| Tim” became crippled through fli- ss, and the children il pined for mother.” Now the sun seems to shine through the clouds, for they have a home and self-support is In sight. Meantime $10 a week, or a total of $320, will give “Tiny Tim" and his brother a helping hand. Amount asked for, $520. 1, Previously acknowledged, $194 Additional subscriptions: J. N, V e|$2: G.N., §6; M. S. M., $1. Total, $203 Amount still needed, $317. o OPPORTUNITY NO. 8 —A MOTHER. Two Itvely iittle boys and a jolly little girl are enough to keep any one person busy, this little mother finds. Her husband has disappeared, and she takes her family responsibllities very { serlously. The children are seldom out of sight, except when I1n school. | much time scrubbing her floors and | her children as well. Relatives and | ehurch help, but if the Associated Charities should withdraw its regular allowance it would mean children running wild or scattered in institu- - | OPPORTUNITY WIFE AND OLDEST 12 YEARS, €| Taken by Kiwanis Club and closed. ded. A minimum of | gagp | tions while the mother worked out- for the yea for. $1.820 nowledged, $435. scriptions: C. T. T D.M P, $1: M. S M seded, $1.351 NO. 3 IF VED Blanc ne and a d them both. Dadd nd mother kept th DADD ded to salvage this H R, $; H M Total, $489 | side of the home weel or 3780 for the yesr is needed. Amount asked for, $780. Previously acknowledged, OPPORTL ERATIONS. A widow with four children and an| Freviousy achnsmiececd. | aged mother is cheerfully trying to d ) sub FEm: e 5 Tmeat the problems of her household, | M- S: M. $1; L C. B., $5. Total, $129. but unless she has financial assistance Amount still needed, 3661 have to leave her charges to | their own devices in order to support |OPPORTUNITY NO. 9. —ILLNESS EX- them. The grandmother earns a little ACTS HEAVY TOLL. ith her sewing when her feeble, Not y years ago. mother and strength permits. One child is now | Katherine had a slight cough. They old enough to work, and is meeting | thought it would pass quickly, but her own expenses and \ITY NO. 6—~THREE GE) 3117 she w there are|his head gravely and ordered a rest. e of school a | The mother is not very strong, but Is | energetic and ambitious, and spends | Fifteen dollars a fy,. g ruggled early and late doing |any kind N., $6; | | not enough food, and then collapse— |acute undernourishment, ja lictle, helping with | the doctor who examined them shook | v budget. But | invested D. ©. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1924 course and looks forward to the time | the occasion of his first visit to the|$! beach lmst Summer. you @ Httle about this trip—it was a real ptentc. The three children went with one of the workers of the Asso- clated Charities and spent the day at Chesapeake Heach—Iunch, paddle in the water, mud ples and the joyous merry-go-round. sl Mother was left a widow with little children snd was too 1l to do any work, shs was in a panic for would be taken away from her. the world's a littie brighter, for they are all together and mother's health is tmproving. but they say that with proper care and food he can be a strong, healthy We know we may to give the Twenty-eight means when she and another sister will be able to meet the famlly s responsibil- itles. Thrifty, cheerful and ambitious describe the members of thfs house- hold. They are going to make good, but it will take time. A minimum of $30 a weel, or $1,560, is requived to meet the family budget for the mext year. Amount asked for, $1,560. Previously acknowledged, $249.50 Additlonal subscriptions: G. N., $6; F. V. L, §20; T. T. L., $10; M. S. M., $1; 6. G. A, In memoriam, $5; Mrs. C. V. R, §20; W. L. R., §5. Total, $316.45. Aniount still needed, $1,243.55. OPPORTUNITY NO. 10.—AMBITIOUS TO BE “SOMEBODY. Margargt works all day, and does all she can to help her brother Johm to support this family of a widowed mother and five children. At night, when Margaret's friends seek recre- ation, she takes hor books and goes off to night sehool, for she has viston nd courage, and wants to be “some- body.” John i3 learning a trade, and by the time he is 21 he will be mak- Ing real money. In spite of Mar- garet's and Johws earnings, there isn’t money enough to go srownd. Eighteen dollars a week, or a total of $936, will lighten the load of these two children for an entire year. Amount asked for, $93 Previously acknowledge Additional subseriptions: G. N., $8; M. S. M, $1; J. C. M., $5. Total, $60 Amount still needed, 3329 OPPORTUNITY NO. 11 —A LITTLE MOTHER. Four days a week Hattie, age 10, comes hoie from school and prepares dinner for the family of mother and four children. Since the Geath of her husband, a few years ago, the widow (COLORED). of work (generally hard work), in an effort to keep her little brood together.. You know the story not enough money, not enough rest, the doctors call it. With our help they have a home of their own, and mother works but not much, for it takes time to recover from the bad effect of overwork and underfeeding. Four- teen dollars a week, or $728 for the year, means that your money has been in health, happiness and hope. and “went nother’s e to keen the babies with her, | but she couldn’t make a go of it, and| Pre tamily Charittes Now life's Then the father | eater away.” | cloth s. Twent long, hard|or $1,0 came to the | martters were, $25; R much | G. N, $6; L. A. M, $1 ve a real home M., 32 just chock-full of happi- « ¥ keep it? Yes. but on At Chas. 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W, $3; in memoriam, y | But a widow who is trying to support Real dividends are promised. three Iittle girls can’t rest. Espe- | Amount asked for, $728 clally when the rent is due and she | Previously acknowledged, $65 and her children are about to be| Additional subscriptions: Mrs. J. L evicted. Then the Associated Char- | S., $2; G. N.. $6; M. S. M., $1. G. G. A., ities was called in. Now they have a | In memoriam, $5; Mrs. C. V. R., $20; J.. | home which they call their own, and | K. H. J., $5; J. C. L., $35. Total, $139. the doctor no longer shakes his head | Amount still needed, $589. gravely, for mother and Katherme | opopooino o 10 mesnee have a good chance to get well, with TUBERCULOSLS, The old- 5 business ce, ain’t this grand,” said Jim on To- | constant watching and care. est daughter is taking a SPECIAL $i10 Lustrous Tose or cream tint indestructible manufac- tured Blue Bird Pearis. Fall opera length. Pay in 1928! Should Buy Your Diamonds at Chas. 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OPPORTUNITY NO. 13 (COLORED).— HANDICAPPED WITH A widow, nearly blind, is trying to| g keep her five children together and provide the home influences that will develop good and women dient with mother their eyes. wlill leave school next term and take an apprenticeship which she seems to have an inherited aptitude. is too young for anything but school We want to tell | W., $25. years ago, Happy? We think since she fear her children Now Jim has tuberculosts, count on proper care. dollars a week, or ';Y'_ that she and Jim| 'O children will get | family. reached. other Truly a “grand” M. 8. M, $L cknowledged, $92 ubscriptions: L. B. S, . V. R., $20; Starmont Aid Total, $136.50. Total NEAR|, I . H. N self-respecting men | g . The children are obe-| "~ =~ good manners, and lend Tots dha oitest sicih o in a trade for The second child, a boy, though he, too, will soon begin a vo-| LOS cattonal bring good reports from school and the baby boy thinks he is working hard at kindergarten lars a week, or 31,144 a year, is needed. Amaunt asked for. Previously acknowledged, 51 Additional subseriptions: The Int e Club, $14; Mrs. J. I S, 32 course. Twe little girls terson Dial, Twenty-two dol- early next 31144 - | Hughes hong. the goal of M. S. M., $1; a friend, $20; Mrs. N. Total, §178. Amount still needed, $966. OPPORTUNITY NO. ING A CHANCE TO MAKE GOOD Deserted by this the year, Amount asked for, $416. Previously acknowledged, $ Additional subseriptions: Total, $134 Amount still needed, $282. | in the Summary. Total amount asked for. Total amount received following (No. RUPERT HUGHES TO WED.|ver. Rupert Hughes, pleture director, Patterson Dial, vear, by relatives of Miss Dial Hughes' first 14—ONLY ASK- husband w.other, handicopped by ill heaith, has made a brave struggle to keep her home together and raise her two children. Sie is making good at it, too. oldest, 16 years, has just secured a position after specfal training, but is not yet earning enough to bear the entire burden. younger boy, who is doing his share now after school, able to materially assist, and then independence will be Until then we must stand John A Eight dollars a week, or 3416 is needed for In another will, contributions have been received by The Evening Star: Acknowledged ... (No. 3) Mrs. B. Mildred A. Peck ( (No. 4) December 19.— | novelist and motion nething nice for Christmas want to do something if you really want to happy this set of hol f vou really want to make the fe for the coming year if you real things, please and Elizabeth known to the screen as | f will be married here was announced . 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