Evening Star Newspaper, December 23, 1927, Page 11

VE G STAR, WASHINGTON D. €. FRIDAY. DECEMBER 23 1927. B s s e s it e e e e STRICKEN FATHER UNABLE T0 WORK Family Needs Help to Supply Daily Food—Other Opportunities. Sickness, loss of income and debt are hard enough to be endured by a family dwelling among people of their OWR race, who understand their language and their needs. It is quite different in a strange land where an unintelligible language | is spoken and the comforting sense of racial kinship is missing. Such is 1he case of one foreign family in Washington—a father. mother ~and three children. They expected to find A land of opportunity in America Instead they have found only sick- ess and poverty. The father has been stricken with tuberculosis and can no longer earn money. The mother is in frail health and can attend to no More than her houschold duties. The children are in excellent health. All are in public schools. The oldest girl. Wwha now is 14. soon will quit school and go to work $L,196 Is Needed. The father's recovery depends upon Mmoney to pay his hospital expenses and relief from financial worry which is undermining his constitution worse | even than the dreaded tuberculosis It is necessary that this family have A minimum of $23 a week, or $1.195, in order to keep them together for th | | say whether the future will treasurer, 1022 Eleventh street. Star will recelve small donations. List of Opportunities. The opportunities follow OPPORTUNITY No. 1. Amount asked for, $936. Closed. OPPORTUNITY No. Seven children are a heavy responsl- bility for a woman married to a man who has repeatedly sidestepped his obligations to his family. After stand- ing by her husband through many hardships and for many years the mother has now decided that her first duty is to her children. The oldest of these i3 a boy 14 and the youngest is 4 The former has a permit to work | out_of school hours. but he earns hardly more than enough to clothe himself. He is attending the Voca- tional School. where he is taking a course which will lead to an a prenticeship at a profitable trade, if al! goes well. But this is in the future, Meantime, one of the other six chil- dren presents a serious heal'th prob. tem and requ special diet and care. | Thirty dollars a week is the least that will properly support this family of eight and give them nourishing food and other necessities, or $1,560 for the next 12 months. Amount asked for. $1.560. The 45.40. r. and Total received, $1.416.90. Still needed, $143.10. OPPORTUNITY No. The approach of Chrisim: the father of this family in hos- pital. He has already endured months of illness. Now it is impossible to bring partial recovery or release As long as he was able to work the man took excellent care of his wife and children. When he broke down his! emplaver held his job open for him loming vear. They have been incluted in the list'of 14 Christmas Opportuni ties of the Associated Charities. With scarcely more than 24 hours remaining to Christmas dav, there is | still lacking to complete the Oppor- tunity Fund of the Associated Charities | $6.288.19. If all who have been read- ing this appeal for the 61 children and the 18 mothers and tathers to be cared for throughout 1928 will send in even A small gift tomorrow. the Christm: stockings of these 14 families will filled to overowing. Three voung girls called at the Social Service House, bringing boxes of dolls and toys and $2f in mon for No. e his efforts to keep’ hix motherless children with him. With the money came & letter from the zirls’ teacher, Miss Halle E. Queen. “I am sending in the name of the Jimoghs Bridge Club $26 for Oppor- tunity No. 7 and a box of toys. collect- ed by my school children. for the children in Opportunity No. One contribution in ‘the morning’s mail comes in an envelope postmarked St. ‘Louis. Its contents reveal the name of a contributor of many years standing. Several other gifts also have heen received from distant noints. showinz that poverty and distress have no geographical boundaries in the sympathy which they arouse. A | | become of her babies. who demand her |. box of fresh. new. children's under- wéar for the five little ones in Oppor tunity No. 4 s to be added to the | ager. maintains her optimism in spite the family of the widower broken in health through overwork in | who wrote: | and his fellow employes contributed as long Aas they were able. Thers are six children. including an infant in arms. Just as the oldest left school and was ready to go to work | he met with a serious accident. He is only now recovering from pneu- monia. Notwithstanding family mis- fortunes. the mother, a splendid man- of discouragement. Thirty dollars a week is the mimmum budget which will _maintain the health and well being of this household. This is $1.560 for the year. Amount asked for. $1,560. sly acknowledged, $63 . R. 8., $25; N. L. G. HE N L M. and W. $4. 1 H, § 8. $1: M. M. N, §5; Mrs. Fickle, $1; Mrs, J. F. P., $2; M. E. 4.50. \’ B3 R., $50. Total received, $797. Still needed, $763. OPPORTUNITY No. 4. d rather earn it myself,” she says. when offered outside assistance. And this mother. with five children to care for. ranging In age from 5 monthe 10 & years. could easily make a living for her ifly if she were free to do so. For she is a trained professional | worker. But what, meantime, would | best care and training? | Her hurband, in u reckless moment, committed a serious oftense, for which money gifts for that family. Contributivns may he sent to the Associated Charitien. John B Larner. ihe is now paying the penalty. But his wife still has implicit faith in him and is trying to keep the home to a chastened perintendent re the man fs and better man, of the institution wh now learning a trade s the man going to make good. Meantime, a week 1s needed over and above what the church and friends can contribute, or $1.144 tor the coming year. Amount asked for, §1,114. Previously acknowledged, $678.65 G. W. T, $1; F. R. 8., § $10; Mary K. $3; Mrs. B, H.,$2:3P. 98 . F. Hill, jr., ent Division, Controller Mrs. F. G, $5; C. R. §! ‘otal received, $766.21. Still needed, $377.79. OPI'PORTUNITY No. Sickness has turned the land of promise into a land of denial for this foreign family. The father and moth- er with their three bright children had great expectations for the future in this land of their adoption. But illness, the great white plazue. has suddenly dissipated their high hopes nd has prevented the father from continuing_to support his wife and | children The mother is too frail for more than home dutles. The three children are well and strong. The old- est daughter is looking forward to the time when she can leave school and become a bread winner. Recently, when coal was needed for the family, she volunteered to store it away if it would save expense. but this was hard- Iv suitable work for a girl of 14. Twenty-three dollars a week is asked for, or $1,196 for the vear, sc that the man can continue his treatment at the hqspital without worrying over financial matters at home. Amount asked for, $1,196. reviously acknowledged, $414 Mrs. M. C.. $10; F. R. S.. $25 s G c £1; B, Golden $5; 0 P cash, $5: C. C. Total receiv 77.15. Sull needed, $618.85. OPPORTUNITY NO. 6. R. Rule ¢ H. H. M. F. R, a friend, $10: M. & $12.50. Forsaken by her husband, this | young mother was left with two little | children to care for. She is facing the future bravely and is anxlous ns soon as Billy, the vounger. is old | enough to enter kindergarten. to find | part-time employment by which she | can contribute to the support of her | two little ones. Following an illness, | | this woman is regaining her strensth | qtyain much longer. and courage. Her troubles have onlv served to increase her svmpathy for | other folks whose nlight seems worse than her own. When one of her neighbors recently fell ill and was | oblized to go to the hospital. thereby leaving her own children without s caretaker, this mogher picked up her two kiddies and moved over to her neighbor's home, to stay there until| matters could be adjusted. Eighteen | dollars A week i8 needed to keep this home together. or $936 for the next | year. Amount asked for, $936 Previously acknowledged, $48 .RO $2 0.15. £5: H. W. M., 82 Total recelved, $596.15, Still needed, $33.85. OPPORTUNITY No. 7. Many songs and storles have been, § written of mother love. but less often | of the sacrifices and devotion of a| @lathe | medical care, one of them almost killed in a street ac [ mother is prepared to do her full share | §till needed, | stan Tomorrow last day of the Sale of Sociely Brand Suits and Overcoats 15 e lo $5. Val LS Thr HEcHT CO-F STREET - D % are at school. She is an excellent man- ager and makes the most of her Hm- ited resources. Mr. K. has been’or- dered by the court to pay $12 a week toward the support of his children, but ha has disappeared. Those who know the wife respect her highly and insist that she should not be compelled to part with her children when $15 a weck above her own earnings, or $780 for the year, will help solve her finan- clal problems. Amount asked for, $780, Previously acknowledged. $286.65, N. 2.50, P., $1; Mrs. B, $1:E R 8, tather for his family. Mr. C., a colored man 30 vears of age, left a widower, would rather die than sce his six moth- erless children, all under 10, separated. A velative, who is herself handicapped, manages to give the children the care necessary during the day, but as wage earner by day and mother by night the fither is now broken fn" health and able to ean only half the amount necessary to cover his family's ex- penses. The greater part of Sundays he spends in bed in order that he may be able to muster sufficient strength to “carry on" during the ensuing week. The Assoclated Charities has had to supplement the wages of this devoted father and each morning the children run to the door to see if the milk has arrived and clap their hands in glee on finding it. $16 a week. or $832 for the coming vear is asked to save this loyal father from a complete vreakdown, stin Sick a0 oft mothe! GING long | Wallace J. Smit hreakd 2: R. O., $7 count. health enoug OPPORTUNT e 1 This home Is sparsely furnished, but immaculately clean. Its whole appe: ance reflects the quiet taste as well as the self-sacrifice of a devoted mother. The t evidence of its character, however, I8 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 children For each of them an ex- pressed wish on the mother’'s part 18 the equivalent of a comm oldest is but 9 and the youn; father is serving time for the wife hopes soon to he granted her divorce. She earns a little by home sewing. but $24 a week still is needed to complete the mother's modest | ¢ budget, or $1.248 for the year. g Amount asked for, $1,24S. Previously acknowledged M B wemb physic Golden 1 Fleur De Li M : Oldest Inh A aceom (Colored), health seem OPPORTUNITY No. 8. Can a_mother and her four children live on 50 cents a day? This is what this family recelves while the father abora at the workhouse, where he was sentenced for non-support and threats of violence against his wife and chii- dren. He will be there a year, and for that time the family is no longer terrorized. The children show the effects of long deprivation and under- feeding, Three of them are under ing been | dent. ‘The | earns $1.040 Ama . $1; in it given a chance. for she has good | ards, is industrious and lives tor her children. $23 a week I3 needvd over and above the District non-sup: port allowance, if this family of five is to have proper food. clothing and shelter, or a total of $1,196 for the | coming year ount asked for, $1.196 Previously acknowledged, J. P, $1: C $1 Golden Rule €. E. Union $10; € F N, Mis WLiC E M. Total recerved. $4 Still needed, $775.1 OPPORTUNITY No 9 | Matters have grown so desperate that Mrs. K. says she cannot stand the Even Mabel, the | sharing her | OPPORTUNITY No. 11. Thomas, a colored lad of only &, and | his_little miles to| | and from school every day During the Winter months the mother xoes halt way to meet them on their return | to see them safe)y by a lonely stretch | | nf woods and it"is nearly dark when | they reach home. This home is bar ren. but always kept immaculate. 1 is on the outskirts of the District, where this mother lives hecause of the cheaper rent and where she can go to | the woods to cut her own fuel. There | | are also two children too younz to o | to schaol. The mother was oblized to separate from her husband because of cruelty. Both the police .and the Juvenile Court have been trying to lo ate the man for over a year. but without success Besides what the mother can earn by dav's work when | she is able to leave the children or| vrove most that range discov dren | has n marri annul dren. One the in tee of specia rove eldest chlld, ia aging. v her's worries for her younger | r Tars and sicters. " The only soi.| ind a_neighbor to care for them. $16 tion Mrs. K. sees is to place her five| 1 week is asked for the family, or children, whose ages range from & to| $832 for the coming year 14. in orphan asylums. The mother| Amount asked for. $532 ks hard to earn while the children | Previously acknowl for'a this h Ame E GOLOSHES OSHES—For _men. women, and girls. ray. tan or black A splendid gift for your s ) «+1f and any on on vour Tt list. We carry first auality U. 'S, kind " $2.95 Misses’ “Ties" SIRLS' Fall Ties. This. one GIFT " High Shoes A N tan g calt or patent, 81 to 11 116t 2. 24 to 8, Christm ARCH SUPFORTING Here is footwear to al low you 1o be out among by holiday crowds shoes that bring real happiness to the feet 4 Women's Leather Boudoir Slippers I¥ soft red blue, black or tan Jeather. with woft et Tining $165 reat giving cushion woles. . “Betsy Poss” GIOVEFITTING Oue Pump Arch In patent e and o wtiede. wile suoos Men's Felt House Slippers warm fent trasti Border and padded woles $1.50 “Betsy Ross" BIACK KD wnd tapn e ARG retile dri B\ e kg (ina $7.5( ) \ dpor type Bunny Slippers ()r fAne grade, Mt A 1N B “Betsy Ross™ (COMBINATION . LAST 4 e i Wlack Kidd Patent. AAA 1o wide Yan $7.50 Tan Kid, $8.50 I “Betsy Ross™ 1G « HUCKLED Gove Pump that s lke Klove and supporis e Avch. I Patent $7'§" leather AA to D Wide Men's Leather House Slippers Sptendid GIVE HOSIERY FOR ALLTHE FAMILY FOR FOR MEN Ko Sk and Wanl Nucks Be B Wucklugs. o e o A faw e al it hiu weahit full it (et Ninina | heet e e il \ g " Tl 10 Xpan bunen §5¢ 10 §1 Tofal received, $3 of the Assoclated Charitles accounts | leading rola in this family of hut 12 yeara of age. up his work for a while on this ac- but as his work is seasonal and his ticularly in view of the fact that every Two of the children made marked | gains at the Children's Health ('amp‘ last Summer, knows velopment dollars a week is needed for the task in hand, fn addition to what the man ‘1s No. 13 always an unlucky ons?| May we hops that i has suddenly father. man whom she thought she had mar- | ried in 1914 this conscientious woman cedure for the annulment of the faise mother's relativi they are able. but Previously SHOES FO . J. 8., $1; Golden $6.78, Fleur De Lis | %) e’ Associ PR B W LA 85 W.C.B., 85 needed, $514.57. OPPORTUNITY No. 12, ness, which in the experience | en for dependency. r and four children, the eldest The father has peen on the verge of a nervous down. 1le was obliged to give | Tats Total He I8 now emploved again,| The s precarious he cannot earn | h throughout the year to pro- | or the needs of his family, par- Acknowl €D most er. except tha Cash, baby. needs | cal attention. Mre. No, Eli; showing what can be plished for them under a proper program. ‘The visitor. who the situation, says “there to be real possihilities for de-| in this family.” Twenty | h urday ‘b, Mr. and No. Amoy when he has work. This Is for the vear. yunt asked for, $1.040 acknowledged, J. P sl $453.4 « s Printers in the Mono. d Section, G. I’. 0., § and Mrs. C. P. S H. Principal t needed, $508. OPPORTUNITY No. 13 glhl case it will | a fortunate de: ation for a'! unfortunate colored mother, who awakened to the fact her eight children, whose ages from 1 to 12, have no legal Living in good faith with the ers that the father of her chil- a8 a_wife living from whom he ever been lezally separated. Pro. as a age has been instituted. Such Chris:ms ment will legitimatize the chil- child is crippled. hut t terest of the orthoped. the Kiwanis Club is receiving | treatment, has steadily im d and has learned to walk. The are contributing as a week, or $1.300 | vear's planning is needed to keep ome Yogether ount asked for. $1,300. knowledged, § inks to commit mail past pounds F hed the It ing 264 Girls' Oxford den hrown elkekin ) every sense AA 10 D wide 1 to 2 2y to 8 Ri IS GROWING s patent strap of 10 D wide as Novelties Free With Children’s Shoes J. AL W. T. k. asked for.... received. ... il needes M., g H.. most needy Metropolitan B Nos. 7 means From Chi il was ontinental route to the West in the week, anonymous, $1 8., 81 1den Rule Je Lis Club, 25 0. Tatal received, $367.63 Still needed, $ OPPORTUNITY No. Closed —$530. Undesignated, $180. 14, Summary. .. r fund was noon toda Mr F P | B $15.080.00 8,791.51 26258 2w follows £1.04091 : A., an Memory of V needy. any b PR A and 11. 5 Evening Pleasure needed. .. Mr « Miller, ichards. 5. Pope. an _M. Club, No. N.. any. nd t a of 500 5.00 2.00 25 00 1.00 5.00 0 43.39 500 1.00 23.00 16,00 1.00 10.00 500 SANTA AIR MAIL PATRON. Postmaster General's Comment on Transportation of Greetings. By the Associated Press. Santa Claus must have given his approval of the use of the air mail transporting his greetings, Postmaiter Gen- dispatched on the with last compared the same week t Lake City eastward week, compared with ' pounds last year. $4.25 $5.00 REN= N[ISSES Fan N kind of the youngster seli-rehant Iy, eiect 3 A tured, 9 to0 13 For the Holiday ESTIVITIES, what B 9 10 13 For Afternoon Wear A WONDERFULLY comont able. uitrn smart pump patedt | leather and Bkl siete wim - §6, 80 0 mateh . 3\ A\ Chic New Model IN patent and duil calfskin Lo lieol, | A U8 fo A Walking Tie SHOE STORE 31012 Seventh SENW 8¢ Yoars of Satistactory Sorvice shoes that give that man- feeling. KON Oxfords for bors, Busky sivle A to D wide te pte $3.50 Gridivan heels. A 1o Do $350 $4.00 Ay Tiny Tots parese Vi sale ons RN LY Ieathes Ul Wil g wovse kil W LA TR LA TR eral New has concluded after examin- inz reports on air mail weighings out of Chicago and Salt Lake City.” fago 6,926 pounds of air trans- 3. year. there was dis- ! 948 pounds dur- 2,367 i CHIEF WATSON WARNS OF CHRISTMAS FIRES / Residents Given Hints on How to Prevent Blazes During Yuletide. Fire Chief George his annual Christmas instructions terday for the prevention of fires in homes where there will be Chris and other flamm: “The house of mer than a h alogan heading the fire ¢ Watson 2] vieh “Christmas trees decorated with paper other flammable mater tineel and other non orationa are equ are reasonably Have the tree ip that it will not he tipped not e i# too close to the # or any other apen flame. Do not permit the nse of can on Christmas trees or in a the bouse as Christmas decora fons. All open fla ible fire hazards “Do not le: ve matches within reach of ch i Chri season numerous pack and bundie ways means the accumulation of a large amount of discarded wrapping per, excelsior and other packing. See that they are kept far removed from vour heating plant or other fi that they are removed from your home as promptly as possible. “Do not allow Christmas trees to remain inside buildings after the hol Aays. The tree itself will ignits read. ¢ when its needles have become d and a large number of fires du; January usually occur from cause reads as ould cotton or an not i s ng flammable liquids for their operation, and motion picture machines using flammable sure that wiring for electric and decorations is properly stalled and in good condition.” PLAN LOADING PLATFORMS The Washington Railway and Eies. tric Co. was authorized by the District Commissioners today to install and maintain two car loading platforms in the west roadway of Eleventh street, one to be just north of G street and the other just north of F st Each ? the platforms will be 50 feet long and 43 f “Constant Comfort™ Two-Strap K Ko an turnsole, 2 BLAC u 8330 " Constant Comiort Onxford B K 3 ot Constant Comtort Julictte Women's High Laced Boows NOME TN warmihe RNack Others wp to Tiny Tots pareNy spectal v eather Q\L wand wide. l\‘ o 11, St iy e 3 RDee