The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-05-20

| would join them
Beginning of Remarkable Romance.
Miss Pastor was sent to get state
ment from Mr.. Stokes. and here IS the
| beginning Of the remarkable romance.
/ Her simple, modest statement Of this
| incident and what it has meant to her,
/ is as follows:
1t will be two years next July since
| I came to New York and soon after |
came I went to work on the Jewish
Daily News. The first Interview to
/ which was assigned was one with Mr..
Stokes, | did not want to do it. I
pictured him as old and stiff My edi-
/ tor insisted. When / was told that he
/ was out of town was delighted. You
| will have to go again. said my editor.
Again | received the same informa
| ton that he was not in town, and was
however, and as / went TO keep the ep-
pointment met Mr.. Edward King, and
Induced him to accompany ne.
When I met Mr.. Stokes I said: oh,
did not know you were like that
| and we fell to talking of many things
that interested us both In showing
| me around the building we stepped out
onto a balcony, and. as we stood look
ing down to the people. / noticed his
expression, and thought how much he
looked like Lineoln-the same kind Of
beautiful homeliness.
AS we have come to know each 9th
er we have simply planned our lives
together. That is all there is to it. /
do not expect to change my way of liv-
ing in any radical way We will get
an apartment on the lower East side,
if we can find one there with lignt
enough That is the only luxury we
shall insist upon
No Claim to Beauty.
What is there about this child Of the
Ghetto. this young Russian Jewess
which should have taken the eye. and
captured the heart of the quiet, re
served, thoughtful social worker and
refofmers J.. g. Phelps stolses2 She is
simple ard cordial ii her manner, and
she seems TO expect the same qualities
il those with whom she talks.
She is not beautiful, but there ia
that in her face which attracts and
holds attention and interest as mere
beauty would not. Her hair is the
most striking thing as one first looks
at her-aubnrn, and full of waves and
lights. She parts it, emphasizing her
low. broad brow.
Her eyes are brown, aad her face
lights up in a wonderful manner as
she talks. Quite at her eass. without
embarrassment. apology or boastful-
ness, Miss Pastor talks of her past life.
of her meeting with Mr.. Stokes. Of
their subsequent acquaintance and the
development of their attachment and
OF the coming marriage on the ami
yefsary of her birth, June IS.
The Man in the Case,
And Mr.. Stokes views the cir..um-
stances in the strange alliance in the
same, matter-of-faet way. He seems to
think nothing unusual IN one Of his
birth and position and wealth finding
q bride who= life and training have
been SO different from his own. Mr..
Stokes is a young man who. since the I
completion of his college course. has
been interested in settlement work and
social reforms. He is a member of one
of the oldest and proudest families of
New York, and is said to have Inherit
ed Sl0,00o,000 from his grandfather.
Years ago he voluntarily reiinauished
his social position with all its attrac-
tons, and the brilliant business pros
poets which his wealth and training
opened up for him, and dedicated his
money and his life to work among the
poor, and in the ghetto of New York
be has reared an imperishable monu-
mant to himself and incidentally won
for himself a bride, who ii spirit and
purpose is at one with him.
Miss PASTORS View Of the Ideal Man.
# is interesting to knew what his
bride to-be thinks of the man she IS 10
marry. She draws the picture as fol-
.oWg:
Mr.. Stokes is deep, strong think
or. His youthful face takes by yirtue
j IT'S frank, earnest and kind express
siosa
'tone glance at his face and YOU feel
hat Mr.. Stokes loves humanity for its
own sake, and as he speaks on with
he sincerity that is the keynote of his
character. you feel how the whole
leart and soul of the man is filed with
welt schmerz. You feel that. meta
'horical1y speaking, he has tsown his
.laek young eurls with the bleaching
ares of half million of men al
'ea,ty'
Mr. Stokes is very tall, and / be-
ieve, six foot Of the most thorough
democracy. a thoroughbred gentle
nan. a scholar and a son of a million
ire. he is man Of the common peo- !
lie, even as Lincoln was. He is
q man and makes one feel perfect
Al ease with him. Nor does he pos i
ess that one great fault that men OF {
is kind generally possess, the pride
humility. He does not flaunt his j
emoeraey in ones face, but when his.
emocraey is mentioned to him. he ap-ft
ears as glad as a child who IS told bv
n appreciatiTe parent, you have been :
good boy to-day. :,
The Romance Of Another TYPE.
Such are the man and woman. and !.
ich is the network Of romance which !
as woven itself into their lives and !
ound them together. AS We turn +aI !
le Whitney-Bennett romance we ind | J
very dIfferent type Of love story. I'll !
lvaes more Of the purely sentimental :.
Mss Pastor and Mr.. Stokes speak 81 Ia
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