Evening star., 1933-04-16
CR|TTENTON HOME
TO MARK FOUNDING
Mrs. John N. Garner Will Be
Guest of Honor at CeIe.
bration Wednesday.

Mrs. John N. Garner. wife Of the
Vice President, will be the Ruest of
honor at . celebration to be held In
the Florence Crittenton Home, 4759
Conduit road, Wednesday. marking the
local portion of the Nation wide cele-
bration Of the fiftieth anniversary Of
the founding Of the first Florence Crit
tenton Mission and the Tooth anniver-
sary of the birth Of the founder.
Charles NJ Crittenton.
The address Of welcome will be de-
livered BY Mrs; Thomas z; Robertson,
president Of the board of the local
home. and DR.. Robert Barrett Of Alex
andria, president Of the National Asso-
citation Of Florence Crittenton Homes,
will extend greetings on behalf Of th4
national organization. There also will
be an address by Miss Jean 8. Cole,
superintendent Of the Washington
home and q solo by Mrs Ethel Charp-
less. accompanied by Mrs. Reid Mont
fort.
Rsoeptioa for Mrs. Garner.
The reception for Mrs. Garner will
be held at pm. with the members
Of the board Of the home. the national
officers, and the stan of the home at
tending. Tea will be served by the
members Of the Florence Circle. MRS.
Frederick M. Kerby is chairman Of the
committee on arrangements.
The day will be observed as home
coming day BY al former residents Of
the home.
Mrs. Robertson and Mrs. Kerby will
be assisted at the reception and tea for
N. z. Brook, Mrs. @. r. Graham, Mrs
J. B. Clark, Mrs. George Ferris, Mrs. L.
Reynoldson, Mrs. c. NJ Exley, Mrs F.
M. Butts, Mrs F. H. Bryson, Mrs John
Boyle, jr.; Mrs. H. F. Clemmer. Mrs.
A. E. Dieterich. Mrs Louis Dieterich
Mrs. c. B. Eckels, Mrs. Ralph Fleharty,
Mrs. A. r. George. Mrs. H. w. Hamil-
ton. Mrs. J. r. Kelly. Mrs. F. F. Leith
Mrs. E. H. Larson. Mrs. F. @. Mitchell
Mrs. James Macoughtry, Mrs. Manley
Michaels, Mrs. Frances Moore. Mrs
Reid Montfort, Mrs. Walter Rostall,
Mrs. G. B. Stephenson, Mrs. L. Whita-
ker. and Mrs. D. Wolhaupter.
SS Similar Missions.
The Washington Home is one Of IS
similar missions which care for un-
married mothers in all parts Of the
United States. The first one was found
ed in New York City on April 10, 1888
In q half Q century hundreds of thou
sands Of unmarried mothers have found
haven in the Florence Crittenton
Missions The great majority Of them
are very young and the timely help
they receive has resulted In many OF
them becoming useful members of So
ciety. many Of them happily married
wives and mothers.
Indorsed by five Presidents Of the
United States and operating under the
first charter to be granted by the Con-
greSS Of the United States to q phil
anthropic body. the National Florence
Crittenton Mission. under which the
separate homes function, has become
one OF the outstanding institutions OF
American life. 1t is entirely non-sec-
tartan. It has no connection with any
other organization.
Charles N. Crittenton. the founder,
was a country boy. who came to New
York City and after several years OF
a wholesaler of druggists supplies. He
had built up q fortune Of close to q
million dollars. when his idolized 4
year old daughter, Florence. contracted
scarlet fever and died It was in
memory of this little daughter that he
gave up his business and placed his
then vast resources behind the estab-
lishment Of homes for wayward girls.
The National Florence Crittenton
Mission is unlike almost any other ma
tion-wide association in that it draws
no support from its branches, not even
nominal dues. On the contrary. It
often lends helping hand to q hard
pressed home in an emergency
While Mr.. Crittenton lived, he sup
ported the national body entirely from
his income Of $4,000 . year, all Of
which was expended on Florence Crit
tenton projects. Since his death the
National Mission has been enabled to
maintain an independent existence
through the estate left by him and an
additional endowment fund received
from its ofncers. Thus. every dollar
contributed by community to help its
local Florence Crittenton Home goes for
local needs.