Includes correspondence with Colin H. Livingstone, the first president of the Boy Scouts of America and secretary to Senator Stephen Elkins of West Virginia. Cridler and Livingstone have a close personal relationship and also share business ties. Cridler writes in great detail of his experience in Europe, discusses their children's education, and ponders what he will do after the Fair. He implores Livingston to "keep me in constant thought, and my interests in touch. I shall need the aid of all my friends when I return and do not want them to forget me."