The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-11-07

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Drexel, with a deWry of millions.
Many idle rich mems, sons have. danced
attendance on her; but she loved. the
boy who could do what her thrifty fore
fathers had considered the right thing
to do--go down to work and work hard.
Young Rockefeller created, a sensation
the other day T4lenshe gave up the world
ofsNewport and Fifth avenue and went
into one of his fathers offices and asked
Tor a place; not an exalted desk where he
can cut wages or sign his name to
checks, but stool among. clerks at q
ledger with interminal rows of figures
ito add up by nightfa1l
Percy Avery Rockefeller means to make
Il, success.
He has the determined mouth of his
father; "the hold-on-forever'' look of the
family And he has Won the hand of a
beautiful girl who will receive millions
on her wedding day, for Miss Stillman is
the daughter of James StilIman, the self
made man who has heaped up such a
massive fortune for his family
The very day he became engaged young
Rockefeller went to work, and it is whis-
pered that nothing he ever did made his
/ faneee so proud as that moment when he
added his name to the payroll in a down
town office.
The heir to this great wealth doesn't
parade his act of going to work; he asks
for no praise, doesn't even talk about it.
He believes that it is the right thing for
an American to do it, and the only way
to win respect for himself and his ma
ton.
These decisions of rich young men have
come very rapidly on the heels of one
another, and society is wondering what
will really become of it, if all the eligible
men are going to work, giving as their
answer non-appearance at social affairs
Il,
long days work
But" cried the young girl in society,
''the successful professional men also say
| that; they claim society tires them out
and they have something else to do in
life
What are We going to do?''
| And the young men answer-probabiy
with Jingle of contempt-"why, go with
the ideal men. They are the only ones
| who have time for society,"
| Through the cloud of despair enveIop-
ing the gay, idle girls, came more an
nouncements in the last few days
Young Arson Phelps Stokes went into
| the ministry and left society entirely.
| He took charge that meant great work;
will use his millions where the Door and
the needy cry out; will work hard over
his parish, his Sunday school, the dead
and the dying.
He left all that his position meant in
the Old world. His life had been spent
N the greatest luxury The fine old
mansion on Madison avenue and Thirty
seventh street had been his home from
infancy and contained all the dignity OF
art and culture that goes with the name
of Stokes and Dodge
He is only twenty-six years old. He
was graduated with honors from Yale
| with the class of '96; he made a years
tour of the world, as is the habit with
| his millionaire comrades
I When he returned every one expected
life of brilliant idleness from him. He
did not care for trade, he was a scholar
and when he entered the seminary al
| cambridge people thought it was half in
| fancy-a, scholars wish But a few weeks
ago the heir to another great million dol.
lar estate stood in the crypt of the Ca
thedral of St John the Divine and was
ordained a priest of the Episcopal church
| by Bishop Potter.
He is working hard, as all young min.
lsters must do, and goes about his way