Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-11-07
RICH MAN WINS
YOUNG BRIDE BY
AID OF CHILDREN
Paterson MiIIiOnaire's COurtship
Conducted by His Sons
and Daughters.

PATERSON, Nov. Unique in the
record of courtships is that of aged
Lewis Levi. a retired millionaire shirt
manufactures of this city, and Mrs.
Nellie Frankel. an attractive widow Of
New York. They ere to be married
next Sunday afternoon by Rabbi Leo
Mannheimer. of the Nathan Barnert
Memorial Temple, at his home, ass
Twenty-ninth street.
What makes the case unusual is that
Mr.. Lewis two sons and four daugh-
ters are in favor of the marriage.
When they learned of their fathers
love for the widow they straightway
expressed their delight, and when he
appeared doubtful of the outcome of a
proposal from him, who was so many
years her senior, the children consti-
tuted themselves a committee, waited
on Mrs. Frankel and proposed mar
riage to her in her fathers home.
Mr.. Lewis wife. Rebecca, died sew
eral years age. His sons and daugh-
ters are all married, and as the years
went by the retired millionaire became
more and more lonely. He is fond of
travelling. but he returned from several
trips mourning that he had had to
enjoy the sights and pleasures of
European travel alone.
He had known his prospective bride
since she was a little girl. Mrs.
Frankel was. in fact. the school chum
of his daughter, who is nov Mrs. j.
Samuels, and lives near her fathers
mansion at Twelfth avenue and Car
roll street. The girls were together al
the Convent of Visitation. in George
town, d. c., and long before her mar
riage Mrs. Frankel had made many
visits to the Levi home at Paterson
The late Mrs, Levi held a genuine af-
lection for the girl.
Daughter Made Proposal.
/ II was to his daughter. Mrs. Samuels
that Mr.. Levi first made known his
growing fondness for Mrs. Frankel, a
fondness different from the paternal
affection he had held for her in heI
girlhood. She is now 3S. And it was
Mrs. Samuels who urged her father to
press his suit with the young widow
assuring him that his affection was
returned.
There was only one drawback APP.
parent to Mrs. Samuels. That was
that there was another sutton in the
field. This was a much younger man
in fact, a man of about Mrs. Frankel's
own age. He had not the wealth oil
Mr.. Levi, but he was well to do.
Mrs. Samuels sounded the widow re
garding her regard for this sutton, anc
when she learned that she had nj
so informed her father and he
brothers and sisters. The children
then decided to become ambassador
on behalf of their father.
Mrs. Frankel did not immediatel!
consent to marry him. She asked 70.
a few days to consider the offer, ano
it was about three days later that Mrs
Samuels was called to the telephone
1T is Nellie. dear" the voice said
And | have decided that If YOU
father cares to honor me by making
me his wife, | am willing. And so II
be your stepmother. too. We little
thought of anything like this when we
We're at school. did we. DEAR"
Call Up daddy and tell him and
make him happy cried Mrs. Samuels
and this Mrs. Frankel did.
No Marriage settlement.
1t was stated that a marriage agree
ment had been drawn up, by which
Mr.. Levi settled 500, 900 on the widow
besides an income of 1880 a year. But
Mr.. Levi emphatically denied that last
night.
There was no such financial trans
action, none requested, none Thoughts
of. | have known Mrs. Frankel fol
many years. She has been a great
friend of my daughter. of all my
family, and held the highest esteem OF
my dead wife. I have seen her de-
velop from childhood into splendid
wimanhood,' he said.