The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-11-29

country and several In Japan and
China. which he named in memory
OF his daughter, Florence.
MT Crittenton was on tour visit
ing the many rescue homes through.
out the country. which he had estab-
lished. and arrived In San Francisco
ten days before his death. He was
taken III within a few days after his
arrival. pneumonia quickly develop
ing
He was senior member of the firm
OF Charles y, Crittenton G Company.
wholesale druggists, New York,
One Of the rescue homes founded
by Mr.. Crittenton Is In Kansas City.
There l. a vein Of sweet sentiment
In the career OF this man who. after
making millions from the sale Of pa.
tent medicines, changed almost In a
day from hard man OF business TO a
gentle evangelist and generous
philanthTopist. II was because he so
loved his daughter. Florence. who
died at the age of 6 years long ago.
that Charles n. Crittenton has given
a quarter OF a century Of his life and
a fortune OF more than a million dol
lars 10 tho furthering OF a great work
In his childs name.
In 1854. when he was q years old.
Crittenton went from Jefferson coun-
~. New York. TO New York city and
became a clerk for a drug firm. Five
years later, having accumulated 500.
600 capital, he started in business
for himself. He began TO advertise
widely-so widely that people won
dered. However his curative honeys.
his soaps and toothache drops came
TO be known wherever people used
soap and had toothHches. and Crit
tcnton grew rich He married.
When Florence Crittenton was born
In 1917. he was a very wealthy man
For six years after the birth OF his
daughter. Crittenton, Just as ambld-
ous TO become wealthy as ne was In
his boyhood. worked harder than ever.
His business spread TO every country
ia the world. For six wears he fought
and struggled Tor profits. grew rich
or and richer. built a mansion in New
York and lived luxuriously.
In October. 1852. the Illness OF Flor
ence Cuttenton took this man away
from his fortune building for the first
time since he entered New York as
drug clerk That Illness was des-
tined TO take him away for ali time,
Tor within a few days The child died
The day after the burial Charles y
Crittenton was converted. and he then
determined to DO some worldwide
work In his dead childs name. In
April. 1883, the first Florence Critten.
ton Home was established. The OBJ
I ipCf Of the nav- y,pxap,apf ,,-,- ,L.
| reclamation of unfortunate women.
Beautiful as was the sentiment bacl,
OF this movement IL was not enough
! 10 hll tho homo with refugees Mr
J CTittenton saw at once that his work
would fail ii he rested satisfied With
the mere equipment OF the places
! Some one had 10 so out into the
/ haunts Of vice and reclaim the un
iortunates- He did not delegate this
work 10 others. He went. taking with
| him such few persons as he could
interest in the movement,
That was the beginning of his Ions
career as an evangelist who appeal.
10 the people of the slums He was
forced TO become a student OF III,
Bible and 10 take up the duties OF q
minister. He went into tho leyee dis
tricts and preached. and his sermons
were different from any the peopl,
there had ever heard. He was a lay
evangelist"
u. Barnabas. the benevolent disci
pie. Vas one OF the great men OF IN,
carly church who WAS not an apostle
he was rather in tho same class viii
4 Paul The men In this class wer,