The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-07-08
BRIDE OF NEW YORK MILLIONAIRE

would like to interest her in the work
of the settlement. She replied that
nothing would suit her better, and soon
she was frequent visitor in the build
ing.
She also became the leader Of sever
noticed among the other workers that
Mr.. Stokes was exceptionally attentive
to the young woman. Rumors of their
engagement were soon whispered about.
Engagement Won Wager.
Israel J. levin, the literary editor Of
the Jewish Daily News, made wager
day be Mrs. Stokes. Of course, he was
reprimanded for his presumption. He
says Miss Pastor. sadly shook her head
and hastily murmured:
"Oh, no, Mr.. levin, such thing can
never be. Mr.. Stokes is too grand, too
noble, too''-
"she meant to say far above me-"
said Mr.. levin when relating the in
cident, "but [ knew better. I knew
that Mr.. Stokes loved Miss Pastor and
that Miss Pastor fairly worshiped Mr..
Stokes.'
~ knew she had lost her heart to
Mr.. Stokes long ago, but, noble woman
that she is, she fought against her love,
tried to stif1e it, believing that her posi-
possible for her to become his wife.
Many time she has said to me: 'Ze-
vim, 1 wish he were a poor man.
Now. Mr.. levin rejoices in the win
ming of his wager, and is proudly wear
ing new necktie daily out Of the doz-
en- he says Miss Pastor was obliged to
pay him. He explains that thru her
failure to win the wager Miss Pastor
loses dozen pairs Of gloves.
No Religious Difference.
Mr.. Stokes said there was no radical
difference between the religion Of Miss
Pastor and his own.
"Miss Pastor,' he said, "is Jewess
in the same sense that the apostles and
Jesus were Jews. She believes, as do,
that they were Jews by tradition. She
lineage III We both consider ourselves
Christians. She is Of Jewish ancestry;
l am not. That is the only difference.
miss Pastor and I always attend
| church together. Sometimes we 90 to
synagogue. We shall be married by
an Episcopal minister.
"What has happened was newt
able,' Mr.. Stokes went on cit was
to be.
"According to the theory Of unity
Of souls, Miss Pastor and 1 have been
married since last October I can i'm
agine no more beautiful or purer demo-
cratic union than that of Miss Pastor
and myself, altho the idea Of social
equality has never entered it. It really
| has been from the beginning a union
Of mind and spirit. She has the same
ideas, the same ideals, the Same
thoughts, as l.
| Wedding Trip to Europe.
| "After marriage we will 20 abroad
| for a couple of months. We will visit
Whitechapel first of all, then we will
go to Switzerland, just to rest and look
at the scenery. When we come back
we will live in a three-room flat-any-
where, it doesn't make any difference
where, in any tenement house on the
| East Side. We will do our own work.
We care nothing for luxury. Our COM
fort comes from within-from within.'
Mr.. Stokes, besides being the son of
| a man worth many millions, is mill
lionaire in his own right. His brother,
Arson Phelps Stokes, Jr., is Protestant
Episcopal clergyman and secretary Of
| Yale college. One of his sisters is the
Baroness Halkett. Mr.. Stokes is a Yale.
graduate Of the class of 1892.
Strange as is the story of the court
ship of the young millionaire and the
former factory girl it is not whit
more remarkable that the rise Of the
young woman, who, thru sheer energy
and pluck, had overcome the binding
| handicap Of poverty, and thru Eard
work and study managed to win for
herself a prominent position among the
Jewish writer's of this city.