Evening journal., 1905-05-03
MISS PASTOR WOOING
Life Story of Millionaire, Stokes
Poor Fiancee.
WORKED FOR YBARs,N A FACTORY

Met Her Lover. the wealthy Nc /
York Charity wOrker-sent 60 Ir-
terview Man she WIN soon we'd,
she Dreaded Meeting Him He.
CheerfuIness InexhnustibIe.
Life is a riddle Of which love Is the
answer" Thus wrote Rose Harriet
Pastor OF New York. the Russian Jew
ess. cigarnaker 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 ideaf 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 aud of innate culture and
goodness, coming from one extreme OF
the social scale, has met by one OF the
strange chances Of fortune a man
equally earnest, sincere and filled with
devotion to mankind from the other
extremity Of the scale.
"Our souls met, and we knew that
we belonged t0each other" The man
and the girl use Utmost identical Ian
guage in describing the conditions un-
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
may call II affinity II you wish siiid
the girl. 81 do not give it a name"
Tired though she was with seeing
many persons, 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-
pect the same qualities in those With
whom she talks. She ia 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-
phaslzing 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 toued In
with her hair aud eyes 1t was a\eos-
tune such as she might have wornNo
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.
haustlble. All day long she submitted to
]
tervlewers. Her life was as an open
. book, and all who cared might turn e
) the chapter In It where her worst con
; dltion was recorded.
Quite at her ease, without embar
rassment, apology or boasufumess
Miss Pastor, sitting In the simple ittl'
sitting room Of her fat in the Broni
district OF New York, told her M
4 story
Il was only three years old when
left Russia she said, but ! think
- can remember a little about It. just
; very little faint shadow OF remem
brance Then there was London
where we lived in Whitechapel an'
were very poor indeed. learned 4
read there and when was nine year
I, old we came to America. We lived fl
Cleveland, and when / was clever
and a half years old went to work II
e tobacco factory, rolling tobacco TO
8 clgar-always that for twelve years
{ "When l first went to work mai
came IN and sent me home. l did no
know why then, but do now. II wa
because / was too young 20 work In
. factory. But It was not long until
- was back az the work. was not u1
happy. l am never unhappy at worh
zone day a boy lent me Les MiseI
!. ables.' That took hold OF me IN wor
; derful way. That boy was the son Of th
g owner of the factory His father sen
p him through Yale. He went back
Cleveland, opened a law office. an
= while waiting for clients wrote Th
Fugitives, which was brought out las
II year.
1T will be two years next July sine
Isl l came TO New York, and soon after
8 came / went 20 work on the JEWS
p Daily News. The first interview
which | was assigned was one wit
Mr.. Stokes. / did not want TO do
1 pictured him as old and stif. NJ
Il editor insisted. When / was told thu
o he was out Of town / was delightel
a You will have 10 go again. said m
i editor. Again / received the same Il
formation that he was not In tow
" and was relieved. An interview WI
y arranged. however, and as I went
3 keep the appointment / met Edwal
e King and induced him TO accompar
D. me.
N when / met Mr.. Stokes ! said, o
Ie l did not know you were like that al
we fell to talking of many things tn
\, interested us both. In showing n
&. around the building we stepped out (
n TO a balcony, and as we stood lookiI
x down on the people l noticed his e
h preston and thought how much
OF looked like Lincoln, the same kind
3 beautiful homeliness.
y "As we have come to know each OF
1e er better we have simply planned o
OF lives together; that is all there is to
n I do not expect to change my way
living in any radical way. We will 8
b. an apartment on the lower east side,
ut we can find ore there with lig
p, enough. That is the only luxury '
In shall insist upon.
pt ''I hope TO write and to work qui
nd as much as I ever have done, and n
~ Stokes, OF course. will carry on (
- -.,,,o ,,-orlr bo hos boap doing n