Arizona republican., 1909-11-29

place for the protection of women and
 children, since the law provides no
 fund whereby the court can see that | homeless children are cared for at the
 expense of the state.
 He believes that the legislature should make some provisions of that kind
 Continuing. the speaker spoke of the death recently of John Stewart Ken nedy, man comparatively unknown though he had amassed a fortune of sixty millions. one-half of which had
 been left to charity. Paraphrasing an old quotation he said that the good our millionaires do lives after them while their evils are inferred with their bones. And he asked if this
 might not be applied also to Charles N Crittenton. who had made a great deal of money and devoted it to the
 rescue of the helpless. He added
 other lessons of a similar nature by
 illustration and quotation.
 Rev. Fl. NJ. Campbell was called up- on to speak of the relation of the church to the CrittentOn home work.
 MT Campbell said it could not be otherwise than friendly. for both are in accordance with the~ biblical text. The son of man is come to seek and to save that which is lost" He had known of Mir. Criuenton's work ever since he had been a pastor and had never yet heard a church member speak disparagingly of it. He spoke of the apathy of the church, and of the public toward it, not in de fence of such apathy. but in explaining why. Referring specifically to Phoe- nix and Arizona he said he knew of no place of equal population where there are so many demands upon the charity of the people and he knew Of no people more ready to respond to such calls, Nevertheless they are bur densome and perhaps one reason the home has not been better supported is that it has not gone after the churches vigorously enough in impresslng them with the nature of its work and with it's needs. If help is worth having it is worth asking for and he urged the home management to be mole persist ent.
 He spoke of the necessity of the work going hand in hand with re- ligious teaching. for nothing can ac- complish so'much without as with the aid of religion. The work the home is trying tn do is essential and vital and should be supported. Those who cannot help, of their financial store can at least help by cheering. and the value even of cheering the work is inesti- mable. which fact the minister em- phasized by illustrations.
 During the singing by quartet cards were distributed through the audience that those who wished might subscribe to the maintenance of the home, returning the cards at the door or taking them home for later con sideration. J. H. Langston spoke brief ly, explaining the cards. and request ing all who did not wish to subscribe then to return them filled out to Yer non L. Clark, treasurer of the board.
 F. B. O'Neill spoke on the homes work in Arizona. He said it was es- tablished here in 1896 and since then there have been inmates received from every county in the territory. Help has been given to thirty five mothers and children and to scores of stranded women. The home now has six pr eight children in school and there are in this city today at least six mothers in happy homes who owe their pres ent happy condition to the Crittenton home. He urged every person present to help in some way. however elight, in the maintenance of the home
 Rev. w. T. Barkley. who sat in the audience. arose and deplored the fact that there seemed to be so few Meth odists present. He thought it was an occasion for shouting. so he led the audience in a hand clapping testi- monial of appreciation for all that had been said.
 Dr. J. w. Foss spoke for few min utes on the present needs of the home. He spoke of the practical side, the