The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1905-04-19
MISS PASTORS WOOING
Life Story ci Millionaire Stokes
Poor FIancee.


Met Her Lover, the Wealthy New
York Charity WOrker-sent to Ia
terview Man She VIII Soon Wed,
She Dreaded Meeting Him Her
CheerfuIneSs InexhaustibIe.
Life is a riddle of which love is the
answer Thus wrote Rose Harriet
Pastor of New York, the Russian jew
ess. cigarmaker and settlement work
er. in visionary mood some time ago,
and the other day her expression as she
spoke of J. Graham Phelps Stokes, the
millionaire settlement worker in New
York, her ideal man, whose promised
wife she is. indicated that she had
found the answer, says the New York
Herald.
This girl. full of enthusiasm, of fine
aspirations and of innate culture and
goodness, coming from one extreme OF
the social scale, has met by one of the
strange chances of fortune Il man
equally earnest, sincere and filled with
devotion to mankind from the other
extremity OF llle Scdle.
"Our souls met, and we knew that
we belonged to each other" The man
and the girl use almost identical Ian
guage in describing the conditions I'M
der which they entered into their pres
ent relation. Each protests against the
use of the conventional word engage
ment' to describe this relation. You
NAV call it affinity if you wish, said
the girl. II do not give it name"
Tired though she was with seeing
many persons, a light shone in Rose
Pastors face as she talked of the life
that is opening before her Simple and
cordial in her manner, she seems to eX-
meet the same qualities in those with
whom she talks. She is not beautiful,
but there IS that in her face which at
tracts and holds attention and inter
ests as mere beauty would not Her
hair is the most striking thing as one
first looks at her-auburn and full of
waves and lights. She parts it, EN-
phasizing her low, broad brow
Her eyes are brown, and her face
lights up in a wonderful manner as
she talks. She wore a dark skirt, a
white shirt waist and a white collar,
with a touch Of brown that toned IN
with her hair and eyes. 1t was a cos
tune such as she might have worn to
her work. Once when she was about
to pose for a photograph she excused
| herself to change her dress. Her pa
| tience and cheerfulness were mex
haustible. All day long she submitted TO
photographers, sketch artists and in
reviewers. Her life was as an open
book, and all who cared might turn 10
the chapter in it where her worst con
dition was recorded.
Quite at her ease, without embar
rassment, apology or boastfulness
Miss Pastor, sitting in the simple little
sitting room of her fat in the Bronx
district of New York, told her life
story.
II was only three years old when
left Russia" she said, but l think
can remember a little about it, just a
very little faint shadow of remem
brance. Then there was London
where we lived in Whitechapel and
were very poor indeed. | learned tC
read there, and when | was nine years
old we came to America. We lived IL
Cleveland and when | was clever
and a half years old l went to work IL
tobacco factory, rolling tobacco fol
cigar-always that for twelve years
| 7 fn
! came in and sent me home. L did mo-
| know why then, but l do now. 1t was
because | was too young to work ID
Factory. But it was not long until
\ was back at the work. l was not un
| happy. am never unhappy at work
lone day a boy lent me Les Miser
/ ,abIes' That took hold Of me in a won
:, derful way That boy was the son of the
owner of the factory. His father Sent
4 him through Yale. He went back tC
ICleveland, opened a law Office, and
while waiting for clients wrote The
| Fugitives,' which was brought out last
year.
at will be two years next July since
I came to New York, and soon after
came l went to work ON the Jewist
Daily News The first interview tc
which | was assigned was one with
Mr.. Stokes. / did not want to do it
l pictured him as old and stiff. My
editor insisted When I was told thai
/ he was out of town / was delighted
You will have to go again. said my
/ editor. Again l received the same IN
formation that he was not IN town
and was relieved. An interview was
| arranged however, and as l went to
keep the appointment 1 met Edward
King and induced him TO accompany
! me.
when l met Mr. Stokes said, oh
| I 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 on
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