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Show 00 lAGED MAN, PENNILESS; I SUES CHILDREN FOR SUPPORT (By International News Service.) 1 j SPRINGFIELD. 111. William Sharp.) 71. blind and penniless, asks, "What does it get a man to raise a family of five children?" Especially when they leave you with a mere pittance for support sup-port in your old age. Because of the question, ho has filed suit in the circuit court here, against all of his children, alleging insufficient in-sufficient support. One son, ho claims, who has property valued at $4S,000, contributes by $S a month to his aged livelihood. The total contributions, he declares, amount to only $13 a month. It is not enough to live on. Mr. Sharp feebly protests ln asking that his children be compelled to donate do-nate ?40 or $50 a month to him. |