The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1905-04-06
]. G. PHELPS STOKES TO
Wed POOR JEWISH GIRL
A ROMANCE OF SETTLEMENT
WORE IN NEW YORK.
Millionaire PhiIanthropist and Brother
of Rev. Anson Phelps stokes, Jr., to
Follow Example of Their Sister i'm
Wedding a Observation-Disclosures
in Faith Will be No Obstacle.
!, win be No obstacle.

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New York, April 5.-Society on the
one hand and east side Jewish circles
on the other were surprised to-day by
the announcement of the engagement of
]. G. Phelps Stokes, millionaire, and son
of Anson Phelps Stokes, and Rose Har-
riet Pastor, a, young Jewish woman for
merly employed in Cleveland cigar
factory and until recently a writer for
the Jewish Daily News of this city. No
definite date has been set for the mar
riage, but friends of Mr.. Stokes lock for
it in the near future.
Miss Pastor few weeks ago resign
ed her position on the Jewish Daily
News to accept clerkship in the office
of her tiance, who is a University Set
tlement worker and the two young peo-
pie have been together from morning
till night at the University Settlement
building in Eldridge street.
One Of Mr.. Stokes sisters, Caroline,
met her husband under circumstances
somewhat similar to those under which
he met the woman whom he intends to
make his wife. Miss Stokes was much
interested in the movement to improve
the condition of the poor of the east
side, and was frequent visitor to the
University Settlement headquarters. It
was there she met Robert Hunter, then
head worker of the settlement. A very
warm friendship sprung up between the
two and this soon developed into a
courtship which eliminated in mar
riage. Another sister of Mr.. Stokes is
now Baroness Halkett. One of his
brothers, Anson Phelps Stokes, jr., is a
Protestant Episcopal minister and Sec
retary of Yale university. Mr.. Stokes
himself is a Yale graduate of the class
of 1892 and member of the Century,
Arts, Country. Knickerbocker and Uni
yersity clubs. Although Miss Pastor is
a young woman of the highest respect
ability, the relatives of young Stokes
have nterposed very serious objections
to his marriage to her on the score of
her religion.
Miss Pastor for a long time has in.
weighed bitterly against the internar-
riage Of Jews and Christians. Her
friends cannot account for her change
Of attitude.
Miss Pastor was boil July Is, 1879. at
Angustoyo, Suwalk, Russia. She left.
the country for London in 1882, and
there attended the Jewish Free school
from the age of seven until she was
nine. The family emigrated to Cleve-
land in 1891, and the girl, then twelve,
years old, went to work in a cigar fac
tory rolling cigars She remained there
until 1902, when she came to New York
to accept a position on the Jewish Daily
News. She achieved quite reputation
with the readers of this newspaper in
series of articles entitled t'Just Between
Ourselves, Girls Miss Pastor has also
written number of poems and short
stories which have appeared in the
Jewish Review and Observer Of Cleve-
land. e.. w..
Cleveland, April 5.--The wedding will
take place in the latter part of July, ae-
cording to information given out by
friends of Miss Pastor. Mrs. A. Wiener,
of this city, said of Miss Pastor: THE
girl possessed remarkable ability. The
Cleveland Council Of Jewish Women
took much interest in her. She left
here about two years ago and before
leaving was employed at some factory,
where do not recall. Mr.. Stokes evil
IDENTIFY appreciates the girls capabili-
ties. She has been supporting her
mother, sisters and brothers for some
time"