The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-29

she was really the one woman in the
world for him.
Everybody who is anybody knows
who James Stillman is-the president
of the National City Bank of New
York. that stalwart financial institution
/ to which men in envious tones refer as
1.-The Rockefeller bank or "the Stand
ard Oil bank" To mention the multi
pie millions of dollars that march and
work under the control of that bank
is to stagger the imagination of the
average citizen. The power this bank
| exerts in the world of finance, that
mighty and hidden world whose least
throb is heavily felt by every con-
Sumer in the country is something that
no one can calculate in all It's far
! reaching effects. 1t is a sort of king
dom within a kingdom. 1t is a syno-
nym for the autocracy of wealth.
Charles Chauncey Stillman is the son
of the president of that mighty bank.
His bride, upon whom the most FASH
ionable society of this hemisphere has
unequivocally set the seal of it's APP
prevail, is the daughter of a poor jew
eler. He was first a farmer, and then
finding it impossible to wiring a living
from the thin soil of Maine went to
Augusta and opened a store. Yet
when the young millionaire began to
WOO her, the poor mans daughter babe
him wait. made him bide his time, as
| IL he were no better than any poor
farmers son. That he finally won her
hand is due to his loyalty and worth,
not to the glamour of his wealth or
social station.
The story sounds like the Cinderella
myth-brought up to date, that is, and
placed in a severe American setting.
The Wights have three daughters, of
whom Mary Estel1e Is the eldest. Amos
7. Wight, the father. failed at farm
ing, tried running a peddler's wagon
about the sparse Maine country awhile,
and then settled down to- dealing in
jewelry Mary Estelle had the usual
education afforded by the public schools
of Augusta and furthered by the high
school course. Then she spent two
years at st. GATHERINGS Hall, a local
finishing school under the auspices of
the Episcopal Church. The girl then
applied to Mrs. Murray, the milliner
of Augusta, for employment and in
struction in that difficult art. For
some reason Mrs. Murray rejected her.
So Mary E,stelle went to Boston and
endured a severe course of training in
various hospitals before she was grad
uated as a trained nurse. 1t was in
this capacity that she met, six years
ago. the man who is now proud to be
her husband.
Young Stillman was a student al
rich-student type, a dabbler in lighter
athletics. a rooter for the big teams
| and a great patron of automobility and
| the easier varieties of the drama. He
was no athlete at all. an earnest
churchman. philanthropist and Sunday
school worker. He taught a class In
| the Harrison Avenue Mission in Bos-
| toms slums. 1t CHANGED that this
young man fell sick of typhoid-pneumo-
MIA three years ago. His life was for
awhile despaired of. but the science
and infinite care of the doctors and
nurses of Harvard Hospital, an insti.
tuition 10 which his father had largely
! contributed, at last started him on the
road to recovery.
His conValeScence was long drawn
out. He was very weak. 1t was nee
| essary that some one should read to
him, entertain him for many hours each
day.
Mary Estelle Wight CHANGED to be
the nurse selected for this employment
She was a rather tall. slender girl OF
20 years, black-haired, brown-eyed
most serious in her devotion to heI
chosen profession. yet of cheerful,
kindly, sympathetic nature Young
Stillman fell under its charm at once.
He knew enough not to alarm the shy
proud girl by any sudden declaration
Of love. He merely did everything ir
his power to win her friendship. Ht
succeeded. When he was graduated
from Harvard young Stillman still had
the honor OF Miss Nights friendship.
He urged her to take up settlement
work in New York.
SO the little Maine girl Travelled tc
New York and entered the Hartley
House settlement in East Forty-second
street and lived there and worked
among the slums. She was both nurse
and physician, giving her daily serv.
ices cheerfully to those who needed
them most. And at Hartley House
young Sti1lman. frequent visitor
Courted her and begged her hand ir
marriage She did not deny that she
admired him, but inasmuch as she was
six years older than he and she wal
poor and he was very, very rich, she
babe him walt.
1t was not until last spring that she
at last consented to be the young mil
lionaire's bride. She went home to
Augusta and spent the summer and
early autumn with her parents and
sisters. The wedding was celebrated
a few weeks ago by the Rev. W.. F.
Livingston I'm a little out-of-the-way
Episcopal chapel on the east side OF
the Kennebec river. 1t was a simple
ceremony. There were not even ushers
The maid of honor was Miss Winifred
Wight. the elder of the brides tive
younger sisters, and the best man was
r. G.. Stillman, brother of the bride.
groom. 1t was no secret that young
Stilmans parents were at first much
opposed to the match. but they soor
learned not only to admire but to love
their r-in-law-elect.
Upon the return OF the bride and
bridegroom from a brief wedding trip
a few days ago. Mrs. William G.
Rockefeller, a new sister-in-law o.
young Mrs. Stillman, gave a tea in hel
honor. Seldom has there been a more
interesting reception. 1t was a strange
experience for the simple little Maine
girl to meet such women as Mrs. Nor.
gan, Mrs. Sage, Mrs. John d. Rookie.
teller and ars. Gould. all within the
space Of a few moments. yet she wa:
as placid and well-poised as any WON.
an in the room. The others wer
charmed by her. They declared thai
Chauncey Sti1lman is lucky man.
npINK E0P WEARY W0NEN