The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-04-22
DEEP INTEREST STIRRED
By the Meetings Held by the
Merchant Evangelist.
HIS HOME IS IN A CAR
The Story OF Life o. Devotion to a No
BILE ause-Establishing Florence
Crittenton Homes - He Is
Earnest and Sincere.

Missoula, April 21.-The meetings OF
Evangelist Crirtenton continue to at
tract large audiences and the amount
of good that is being done by the re-
Vival services is unquestionably great.
There have never been any meetings
held in the city that have aroused the
deep interest that is taken in these
and the sincerity and earnestness of the
merchant evangelist, as he is called, is
remarked by all who hear him. Mr.
Crittenton makes his home in the pri-
vate car Good News" which is located
on side track near the head of Hig-
gins avenue. There he receives callers
very pleasantly and discusses his in
teresting work freely and unreservedly.
This car" said Mr.. Crittenton yes
terday, lis the only home that l have.
Some people think that this is an eX-
traVaSant way of carrying on our work,
but we really live and travel in this
manner for economys saks. All Of the
railway companies give the Good News
free right of way over their lines in
recognition of the work that we are
carrying on. All of our papers are here
and we find it more economical to live
in this way than to live at hotels"
The car is certainly a comfortable
home and its very appearance tells
story of a life of devotion to a noble
cause.
The story of Mr.. Crittenton's life has
been told before to the readers of the
Standard. Called from a busy mercan-
tile life by the death Of his little daugn-
ter, to think over the serious phase of
life, Mr.. Crittenton II years ago began
to consider the best way in which he
could aid in saving and protecting girls
and young women from the temptations
that surround them. The tablishng
OF the first Florence Crittenton Rescue
Home was the result of his deiiberl-
tons and now there are many Of these
noble institutions scattered over the
country. From this work Mr.. Critten-
ton naturally drifted into the evangeli-
cal work that he now carries on in
connection with the establishing of the
rescue homes.
The evangelist is a man of attractive
personality and impresses one, even in
casual conversation, with his earnest
ness and sincerity. He is devoting his
experience and remarka BILE business
capacity to the management of those
rescue homes and the amount of bust
ness that this work entails is great. In
his car he has comfortable and con-
Nenient office room. in which he does
HIS "Oih, anu d WISH with MN IN TINS
room cOnVinces the caller that the
evangelist is a very busy man. His
large mercantile business in New York
Mr. Crittenton has turned over TO a
stock company, in which he still re-
tains an interest. His associates as he
is fond of telling, are all clerks who had
given him in his early business life their
faithful services. They now carry on
the business as partners and Mr.. Crit
tenton says that the arrangement has
worked perfectly. His business has
been prosperous and his evangelical
and rescue work has heen successful.
When Mr.. CrittentOn leaves MissOula
he will take with him the good wishes
of hundreds of people who have met
him here and he will have the prayers
of many good people who have become
interested in his life work The meet
ing Sunday night, which will close The
series in MsSuOla. will, it is expected.
be held in the Union opera house, 80 as
to afford room for all who wish to at
tend. Last Sunday night the Bennett
was found to he too small for the audi
ence and it is desired that everybody
be accommodated next Sunday.