The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-05-09
THEIR MISSION IS
DOING GOOD TO ALL
New York Couple Who Are TAX
ing Short Vacation Visit
Salt Lake.
j. G. STOKES AND WIFE
MAKE BRIEF VISIT HERE
Know No Law But Love for
Fellow Beings Who Are
Helpless.

u am glad to see you. sir. and shall
always be glad 10 meet newspaper men,
because they have always been my
friends and always helped me in my
work." said j. c. Phelps Stokes, son Of
Anson Phelps Stokes. the multi-millIon-
aire OF New York, who with his bride,
is registered at the Knutsford,
Aiding the Unfortunate,
II Will be recalled that this young scion
OF a great and wealthy family, grad
uate OF the highest schools. and n tray
clcd and polished man OF the world, vol
UNFAIRLY forsook the high road of fash
ionablc life. and went into the lowest OF
New 4ork's low hounts dcVottng his
talents and money TO finding and aiding
the outcast and human failure, wherever
and whenever he could,
Docs Good for Goods Sake.
WIseacres and even newspaper para
graphers made sport Of him and his
work but, being spurred on by the no
blest of lmpuiseS-dong good Tor good
sako-he passed by the rIdlcule and la
bored day and night TO help the helpless
His breeding and former environment
were no drawbacks. for he was actuatcd
by the holest impulse possible To the
human heart-thc saving OF men from
themsclycS-and so the dark recesses oil
tenement districts found him, cheerful
and cheering, and thousands of poverty
stricken "shut-ins" thanked God for this
mans kindly heart and helpful presence.
Met All Kinds of People.
In this chosen work of his life, Mr.;
Stokes came In contact with all sorts and
conditions OF men and women, and found
others of both sexes, who. like himself,
were giving their lives and services to
lift the fallen. Among them was beau,
tiful girl OF Jewish descent, who mad
thrown the charm and sweetness of her
young life into the maelstrom of sin and
misery about her, and was as n beam
OF sunlight In the forbidding hyways OF
meaner Gotham.
Weds His Co-Worker.
"A fellow feeling makes us wondrous
kind and 1t proved true In tins case;
Mr. Stokes saw her great sacrifice of
time and labor; saw the true woman In
her unselnsh, good works among the
great heart that was In her. and loved
her for the good she did. On her side.
she saw the noble nature and manly pur-
pose of this young man, and as they; To-
gether, wrought for human good. with no
thought OF reward other than con-
science void of offense to God or man,
liking grew into love. and love united
them In common bond OF Fellowship
for service They were married and all
the tinselcd heartleSsncss of New YORK
400 turned on him and assailed his bride.
The papers took II up and wounded them
mercilessly; the sacrcdotal and ecclesias-
tical mountebanks. with rancous ana
strident voice attacked them. and 1t
looked as II he must capitulatc before
the storm of protest,
Did Not Know Man.
They did not know the man, nor the
world he lived In. Above them, as the
sun Ia above the clouds, he pressed on In
the even tenor of his way and passed
them all by.
Through all sorts OF abuse and I'm. I'm,
pcrtinencc he so lived and worked that
he gave the lie to his detractors and won
the esteem and admiration OF all good
men and women everywhere
Saving the Lost.
They are yet in the work OF saving the
lost not by prayers, empty of ycarnlng
or preaching filled with ideals unattain-
able but with united hearts and hands
doing things and getting results IN reJu-
venated and reconstructed lives OF men
and women who rise TO call them blessed
On Vacation.
Il and my wife are taking a short va
cation and are just In from Los Angeles
done by good men and women to allie
yiatc distress and help the fallen. thy
wife is charmed with the Western coun-
try, and but for the more urgent caIl IN
the East where so many need our help.
we might live among you. we also haVe
large mining interests here and else
where. and / have been looking them
Guests of Frank Knox.
Mr.. Stokes and his bride were the
guests of President Frank Knox OF the
National Bank OF the Republic at din
ner at the Knutsford. as Mrs, Knox is
just now In Los Angeles. Mr. Knox is
an old friend OF the Stokes family. and
spoke In the highest terms OF the young
bride, and the grooms great attachmcnt
10 her. He said. 'lf ever man and
woman were given to good works for the
sake of good eurely Mr., and Mrs Stokes
are the ones There is no limit TO the
good they do. and the best OF II all is
they find their reward in their own
hearts Thev are living examples of gen
ulne altrutstic life
Love for Humanity.
They know no law but love of their
fellow beings who are helpless and needy
and that comes very near the ChriStlike.
Their call to work Is as the poet puts II:
For the cause that lacks assistance,
For the wrong that needs resistance,
For the future In the distance,
And the good that they can do
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