Evening Star Newspaper, December 20, 1927, Page 24

THE EVENING WASHINGTON, STAR, piio. TUESDAY. And this mother, with five children to re for, ranging in age from 5 months 5 years, could easily make a living | for ner family if she were free to do "Family Needs $780 for Food| and Clothing During | Next Year. ‘ Can any woman without a skilled trade earn enough mor Wash- | wgton to support five children? | She might do it in Summer when there is no need of fuel, when ras clothing is not uncomfortable, when fruit and vegetables are paratively che ut in Winter, when the winds howl all night and cold bites through even the thickest overcoat, it's a dif-} ferent matter. The unskilled woman can't nmand, at the best, much more than what is considered a bare wage for a single individual A Heavy Burden. living Taking ca of five course, is a mighty h woman, even if that i do. Add to it the making a_living for a burden unde strongest would One Washington about re: d the aking point. She doesn't how she keep her fam- | ily together any longer, but she endure the estion n ory hopeless them and which even ak down woman has Jusf yan asylum. The old- | 3 Qoes help with | the h he can't bring in wny money The mot 1 has thus fa a good many his family’s pl from no fault of ldren. The @ deserted then money, apparently, gers. He doesn't ul whether those who dependent on him starve or survive—so long as they leave him alone. Fails to Obey Court. The wife had him before court and he was ordered to pay $12 a week for support. This would have been at help—but he considered it an The judge who ordered it, t know how exo an excellent man; keep things go- | h there have | wungry days. t certainly comes n and her | d father s all his bootle ar He n the he bootleggers w cept a poor fellow the time. At any rate, he left the without the slightest intention of ever paying a cent and left town on the first train. They are looking for him, but the chance that they will find him is slim. In order to ke 1 ne. or $780 for the next The Associated ) to make sure that gets it for Christmas. The case has been inves- tigated and the minimum budget pre- pared. Contributions m: Associated Charit street, and The E: ceive small donations. This is only one of the 14 Christmas opportunities offered this year, 12 of which remain open. Only Two Are Closed. The first $4,000 toward the $15,080 needed to keep “body and soul” to- gether in the 14 Christmas opportuni- ties of the Associated Charities was reached this morning with total re- ceipts of $4,104.90. Only two of the opportunities, however, are vet closed, and the soclal workers having the re- maining 12 families under their care are watching anxiously the slowly mounting sums credited to each as Christmas draws near. For every opportunity family it is the custom to write weekly allowance checks or to give cash according to the budget which has been worked out in conference with the head of the fam- ily, usually the mother, who is encour- aged to watch the markets, to take ad- vantage of any s of food- stuffs or items of clothing when needed and in the matter of payment of rent 1o lay by each week enough from the ce through the Penny | pvident Savings Fund of the Asso-| ciated Charities xo that when the next rent day comes around there will be accumu! s to meet it. phical Union | at its meeting on Sunday last appro- priated $5 to each of the opportunities | which_remain unfilled on Christm: day. Probably no one would be hap- pier, however, than the union to learn that all the families had been provided for by that time. But with only five days remaining and with less than 51,000 received during the past 24 hours, giving will have to be speeded up to provide the remaining $10,975.10 | yequired to provide all-yearround | Christmas cheer for the 12 opportuai | ties still open ! The 14 ¢ re tryiug be sent to the Eleventh ar will re- rtunities follow OPPORTUNITY No. 1 Amount asked for, $936. Closed. OPPORTUNITY v children are a he bility for a woman married to a man who has repeatedly sidestepped his tions 1o his family. After stand by her husban through many hips and for many years the| ¢ h decided that her firs: | children The oldest | 14 and the youngest is | has permit to work hours, but he earns . to clothe | vy responsi The former ot school more He School taking a course which an_ap- prenticeship at a profitable trade, if all goes well AMeantime. dren presents Jem and re Thirty dollars a will properly support and give them necessitic 2 months, he is one of the other six chil- 2 15 health prob eek is the least that this family of nou Amount Previous sl received, § OPPORTU The the pital approach of Christmas of He has her ndured mont impossible will bri: As long the man vife ar down his for him ibuted is > work took of his children emple 1 and his fellow as long as the ldre in arms. Just school and was ready he met with a seriou: is only now recovering monia. Notwithstanding family mis fortunes, the mother, a splendid man. ager, maintains her optimism in spit of discouragement. Thir week is the minimum b will maintain the health being of this household $1,560 for Amount asked for $1,5 excellent ca When he broke his job open employes con were able including infant s the oldest left to go to work accident. H from six cl and This A friend « My needed OPPORTL “ra yatl NITY No. wn it m :Ea:a:m;amm But this is in the future. | al diet and care. | Chere | Yor she is a trained professio; But what, meantime, wou'd who demand her so. worker. become of her babies, best care and training Her husband, in a reckless rmmfrn:,l crious oftense, for which committed a s the penalty. he is now paving his wife and is trying gether until he and better man of th now 1 week is n the church and friends can con ,144 for the coming vear mount asked for, $1,144. Pre: acknowled M. A, $5; J. H $10; Mr M. J to keep the home to returns, a chastened The superintendent where the man is ade shys the mun is e Miss G Memor E., $2 1l received, §2 Still needed, $9 OPPORTUNITY has turned the Ia \d of denial for t he father and me heir three I t childr pectations for nd of their he sreat wh i dissipated their K preven the fath support his v sther is too fi But has hopes from and has ntinuing_to hildren. The m rom ve well a est daught is looking forward 1o the time when she can leave school and becor bread wi Recently, s needed for the f: v, ed to store it away if it would save expense, but this was hard- Iy e work f of 14 Twenty-three dollars a week is asked for, or $1,196 for the so that the man can continue his treatment at the hospital without worrying over financial matters at home Amount asked for, $1,196 sly acknowled, W il tr I'he old- a B . 84 OPPORTUNITY NO. 6. her husband, this s vo little facing cen by young mother children to care for. the future bravely and a ious as soon as Billy, the younger. is old enough to enter kindergarten, to find part-time employment by which she ite to the support of her Following an illness, her strer r tr les have crease her svmpatly whose plight seems wors than her own. When one of he, neighbors recently fell ill and was obliged to go to the hospital. thereby leaving her own children without a caretaker, this mother picked up her two kiddies and moved over to her neighbor’'s home, to stay there until matters could be a sted. Eighteen dollars a week is needed to keep thiz home together, or $336 for the next year. Amount asked for. $936. Previously acknowledged, $64.65. . P., $25; Mrs. M. Total received, $146.15 il needed 5 W 3 AR Floral Xma : Telegraphic Deli GEO. C. PHONES M k‘.‘-"?&‘-’!fi? Lut | still has implicit faith in him | Our Only Store, 900 14th St. N.-W. NN BN NERNENENENERERNENR ‘ OPPORTUNITY No. 7. Many songs and stories have been | written of mother love, but less often | of the sacrifices and devotion of a tather for his family. Mr. C.. a colored n 30 year ge, left a widowe wouid rather die than see his six moth | erless children, ail under 10, separatcd A relative, who is herself handicapped to give the children the e during the day, but as w by day and mother by nizht father is now broken in health able to earn only half the amount [ necessary to cover his family’s ex penses. The greater part of & indays | 1s in bed in order that he may 1o mu flicient strength rv on” during the el ciated Cha had to ement the wa devoted father and each morning has arrived and clap their hands asked ry | th s of this the OPPORTUNITY No. § ind her fo . il 1 € ot | | labors whe enc and threats lence He time is is w fof v dren for tha terrorized | effects of medica almost k sthe them havin ident s prepare given a andards, chanee for her chil ‘ over anc | port allowar | 12 to ba of five and thi his family food, clothin 196 for comir Amo | s Sven Mabel, the | eldest T ring her mother’s her younger brothers and s The only solu- tion Mrs, K to place her five children, whose ages range from 6 to orphan asylums. The mother Those who know the wife respect her highly and insist that she should not be compelled to part with her children when $15 a weel above her own earnings, or $780 for the year, proble Amour Pre G. N.. § . B, §5; Club; $10; T. E., $25. Total received, $108.65. Still needed, $671.35. OPPORTUNITY No. 10. This home is sparsely furnished, but immaculately clean. Its whole appear- ance reflects the quiet taste as well as the self-sacrifice of a devoted mother. est evidence of its character, $730 us sed, DS sl Sapr st st s catel S e St e s Greetings —are always most accept- able where they evince that distinction assured by Shafier’s arrangement. f|Gorgeous Begonias and Poinsettias in Xmas baskets, smart Table Centerpieces, Novelty Candles, Wreaths; as well as Roses, Orchids and other Cut Flowers, at Moderate Prices. veries Anywhere SHAFFER osN 2416 AIN 106— Here’s the Gift for a man— Three NOFADE Shirts ! No man ever has enough s can have too many hirts—and certainly no man NOFADE shirts! 1t's the practical, appreciated gift. A shirc with patterns, th at whisper New York London—with a collar that is form fitting and smartly tailored—shoulders that are generously cut and com- fortable, And because these shirts wear and wear and wear—because they go to the laundry time after time and never lose their origi given a gift that will kee nal color—you know you've p on giving pleasure for 2 long while to come! A wonderful assort- i ment now ready | Price Range § | If He Likes English ! Broadddoti Shirls— | genuineimporte. Here ist Hoy.a L rescriceed entirely to N | | Hoylake shirts. The 50 rich. silken lustre Jascsas | bric it<eli! Gu pueu- | for your selecticn. 1:50 to $69¢ eazh. In Washington Sold by M. SCHLOSSBERG J4th St. N KAUFMAN & C0 A H. FRANC & SON 301 Tth St N.W GEO. FREEMAN, Wi, Ave. N.W EVITAN & (0. T3th St N.W LIVINGSTON & SON 08 7ih SEN.W M. CORN & (0. a1 ¥ s " wani H oSN SPERLING, . RUPPE #56 H St SPoLING 3310 G Ave. N W . WEINSTED ias M S, NW DREYFUSS BROS i Pa Ave, NW UNIVERSITY Sior N NEUMA A W Avn i the | e he was | [Don’t Dela member, except the haby physical attention however, s not in the mother's ability to make the most of her small posses: <ions, but in the up-bringing of her three bright and beautifully mannered [ gaing at the Children's children. For eac them an ex-|last Summer, showing pressed wish on the mother's part is [ accomplished for t [ the equivalent of a command he | health | oldest is but 9 and the youngest 5. The | knows | tather is serving time for bizamy and | | the wife hopes soon to be granted her | divorce. She earns a little by home | | sewing, but.$24 a week still is needed | {to coraplete the mothe modest | get, or $1.248 for the yea Amount asked for. §1 | | Previously acknowled | B. F. $5: B. $10 ror ! leaith program. The the seem {0 be velopment in ars a n hand, in earns when $1.040 for the Amount asked for, Previously acknowledged, Comdr, and Mrs on (KW W, | Club, $10; Total | Total received, $186.6 stil SUll needed, $1,061.35 ( Ts visitor, “the for tuation, re ssibili this family ek is needed for ldition to what the Le has work. his i $5. Womer $25: T. E. $195.15 $844.85 PORTUNITY " .\' needed, e it w iation for 1 mother, awakened to th children, whose have no | OPPORTUNITY No. al colored 1 sister, 5, walk the mother em on their return | by a lonely is nearly durl This home ' immacy of n May hope that in this c prove a fortunate nost unfortunate color i suddenly | that her el range from 1 father Livir man w | vied i | Thomas we | his dittle | and from Winter month | nait way to meet t them saf woods and i reach ho but always the outskirts des| fa 1914 discovers tha has never been I One child is cripple the fa living Ily separated. Pr nnulmen the fal been in: itimatize entious wom on hev is mother live rent and where she can woods to cut her own fuel two children too young he mother from her | d Both the police e £o to 156 te ituted o 8ol will he ch sepat hecan: and d. but, thar n under a proper needs Two of the children made marked | ump | proved and has learned to wa vhat can be | mother's relatives are contri de Twenty the task man i | a who | ct legal | ith with the » thought she had mar- | n of her chil- om whom he Such 1 | to 1o- T but the » Court n try the man fo. ' er can earn | ) Acceptable Christmas Gifts hfield Hams Amount asked for, Hoimne é Homemade Homes Homem Jell de Still needed, OPPORTT kness, which the Associated otten de leading role in mother and fo but 12 vears of long been on the ve breakdown. He w up his work for a count. He is now | but as his work is seasonal and his health precarious he cannot earn enough throughout the yvear to pro- vide for the needs of his family, par- ticularly in view of the fact that very in the nee Chavities dency, is family exp counts the | of father, | children, the eldest The father has | e of a nervous s obliged to give | while on this ac: employed agai so for plays Hampe la Holiday Magruder Inc. Best Grocer Conn. Ave., M and 18th Sts. Phone Main 4180. Established 18; Suggest y Longer!! Exchange Your Upright or Grand Piano for a Victrola Wonderful Allowance Hugo Worch aes 11O PIANOS Pianos ForRent Emerson BeckerBros. Kranich & Bach the interest of the orthopedic commlt-; Summary. tee of the Kiwanis Club, is receiving | _ Al treatment, has steadily im-|T k. The [To buting as asked for. 24 received needed. 5 a week, or $1,200 | St is needed to keep | l g | are able, but for'a year’s plannin this home together. Amount asked for, $1,300. previously acknowledged, $80.85. Mrs. N, $1; G. N, $10; Mrs. D. 8. 8 35 B., $5; Epsilon Sigma 1 rority, $5; K M. D.. $15; T. E ital received, $96.85 Still needed, $1,203.15. OPPORTUNITY } Amount asked for, $520. ed as follows today: Acknowledged ‘Charles W. Drayton, any. 50 No, Nelson, No. 14 14 "otal to date Another Sensational “SLIPPER SALE! Warm Lambswool Slipper 1.500 Prs. for Men & Women Reduced to 1.200 Prs. Children’s. decorated with “Bunny Heads.” now /ARM as toast! Made of sheepshin with the natural wool inside forming a soft, fleecy lining and turndown collar. These make exceedingly attractive gifts for every member of the family. The children's sizes, with: red or blue buany head fronts, Tise women’s with colored silk pompons. Perfectly plain ones for the men. Offered at a sharp reduction which should produce a world of eager buying— at all our stores tomorrow. g Other Good Slii)per .Sialcisr <id lined lden brown leather > athered mules for lad ;. tin with contrasting 32 9 satin linings Women’s Daniel Green satin mules — peach, tur- quoise, orchid, gold 33 50 or Nile satin linings Feathered brocade moccasin boudoir slippers — black, old 31_19 rose, Copenhagen Give her “Arch- Preservers”—or Hahn “Health” Shoes for her comfort. 7th & K 414 9th 233 Pa. Ave. S.E. “Women’s Shop” 1207 F 3212 14th “Man’s Shop” 14th at G “4reh-Pres. Shop” 1318 G 5,080.00 4,104.90 The fund at The Evening Star stood | $281.00 100.00 10.00 10.00 .00 0.00 200.00 i MOORE TO LECTURE. Fine Arts Chairman to Address Realtors Tonight. Charles Moore, chaivman the | Fine Arts will give an illustrated lecture tonight on the work of the commission at the monthly | meeting of the Washington Real F; | tate Board at 8:15 o'clock at the Warad man Park Hotel. al estate men view the lecture as particularly time v, because of legislation before (on gress to regulate the construction of private bnildings in the vicinity public buildings a tky, of Commission, Novelty Socks for the Man - 65¢ 3 Prs., §1.50 Dozens ot stvles to Silk and Wool desi patierns choose wool pin with large Smail lisle all - sitks ordinary! from. stripes. block Dy Xmas Week Sale Women’s Perfect full stockings. 1 for her Xmas gift. At a price enabling You to re- member all your women friends at small cost. Bring in your list and let us deliver these pretty silk stockings wherever ou ant them ent. Every pair packed in attractive gift white tissued and gold taped and with yeur name on our holi- day greeting card, shioned silk le re-enforced, ba Novelty Galoshes Women's $2.45 to S5 W% PALAlS ROYAL Zazrnizure Annex RERERERRRERERERERVERERERERCRCRERERRRVERERER /4 1106 G S}reet. NwW. Find Tables.. H gh-back Tapestry Chair. . Smo!(ing Stands $1 to $59.75 the o cal From single pedesial 08 the handsome iinet with separate re’s style and fin » every one smoker Chinese humid ish Lo ple Decorated Book ‘Iroug Tabl (B dee Mohair Occasional ( jonal Chair, ahogany Cigar Hum porcelain lined Mahogany Vencer Table.. Mahog with Decorated Coffee drawer Spinet Dcsks $19.95 to $85 With pedestal base or turned 1 in vencered mahogany, the epinet is the most charming of nll desks. Many styles 1o from. Secretary Desks $59.75 to $155 e of furniture writing com shelf—they In iys a fine pies awer ce partment ho serve many pirposes. nut or veneered 1ffed le, © ade W ings perfect to comfortable bed. PALAIS ROYAL VEREREREREVER n 1 1 Console in tapes Ut y Priscilla Sew- ny-finish Console Table vered with jacquard velour \ loose spring cushions and the sagless id Christmas Suggestions ® \ahogany Rush Seat Arn chait..oi... -:$3 75 Mahogany Windsor Armchair, $16.75 Mahogany-finish Sectiona Liei e SRPTS Nl Booke $13.50 Fad - $9.75 v--$38.50 - $55.00 Simmons Beautyrest Mattress. .. -.--$39.50 Walnut-finish Child’s High Chair.. . - $7.95 Walnut Veneer Cedar Chest...$29.75 gany Rush Seat \Vindsor Chate. . - .-$12.50 Decorated Card moire top Solid Mahogany Book Funds... Solid Mahogany Nest of Tables Slumber $5.75 - $7.75 .--$19.75 $17.00 Chai r and mo comfort. Davenport opens $169 to $495 ~Furniture Anace—1106 G At Sewing Cabinets $3.90 to $18.50 lla or Ma Washington " solid mahogany with hand - painted decorations, or mahogany finish. e, Winthrop Desks $79.50 Dignified Governor Desks ¥ on gumwood space. Winthrop veneered of drawer of gany Colonial Clocks $131.25 to $363.75 Imported ments move in solid Honduras mahog- any with — some Westminster chimes. EVERP RV ERERERED