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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (April 16, 1905)
lb Millionaire Will Wed Ghetto Girl J. G. PHELPS STOKES ANNOUNCES HIS ENGAGEMENT TO RUSSIAN JEWESS REARED IN DIREST POVERTY This Is Portland's Fastest Growing Store Unquestionably the Givers of the Best "Values j Third 9k AfojrfJ&o'&f,s THE SUNDAY, OREGOyiAff, PORTLAND, APRIL 16, 1905. New Tork World, April 6. X G. Phelps Stokes, son of Anson Phelps Stokes, the banker, of 229 Madison avenue, and a descendant of four Colonial Govern ors of Massachusetts, Trill be married on July 16 to Rose Harriet Pastor, a child of the Ghetto. Although born to the purple, Mr. Stokes Is by choice a worker on the East Side, and it was there he met his bride-to-be. Seated on an Iron bedstead in a hall bed room of the University Settlement, on El dridge street, the young millionaire mem ber of New York's most exclusive clubs told last night with infinite pride of his forthcoming marriage to the talented girl whom he described as "a child reared In the direst poverty." She Works in a Cigar Factory. In order that she' may live over again the days of her childhood in Petticoat lane and Frying Pan alley. London, where she was many times saved from literal starva tion and "death from cold, the girl -who will soon, by right of her husband's name, be entitled to a place among the bluest blooded matrons of this countrj't is work ing in a cigar factory on the East Side. Her fingers are skilled to the trade, and none of the girls in the dark workroom accomplished more yesterday than she. Mothers and fathers, whose highest am bition is to choose for their sons brides who will at least swing level in, the bal ance of "birth and social qualifications, -will be Interested in the cablegrams received by the young couple from Mr. and. Mrs. Anson Phelps Stokes, parents of the bride groom. The'y are abroad at present, and forwarded the following message from Tunis, Algiers: "We most sincerely congratulate you, and wish you all joy and happiness. Give our love to Rose." From Mr. Stokes' brother and sister, Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Phelps Stokes, came the following message: , "Loving congratulations." By word of mouth over the telephone, Mr. Stokes listened. to his uncle's greeting last night: "Good for you. old follow. I wish you all the happiness in the world." Mr. Stokes and Miss Pastor are now planning with all the . joy and hope and fear of young lovers for thefr first, home In a three-room- tenement on the East Side. "Light and as much freedom from dirt as circumstances permit are the only re quisites on which we will insist." Mr. Stokes said last night. " There was one who received with mingled feelings news of the betrothal. He Is J. I. Zevin, literary editor of the Jewish Dally News, who has been sponsor for Miss Pastor since her arrival In this city two years ago. They were seen much together before Mr. Stokes met the girl. Mr. Zevln's coworkers were wont to ask him in friendly raillery if he Intended to marry his young ward. At these ques tions his face would light up with a ten derness accentuated in those who are af flicted with a physical Infirmity. How Zcvin Received the News. Zevin made his home -with the Pastors. The family consists of the mother and six children. Miss Rose is the eldest, and has t boon the bread-winner since she was old enough to work. Zevin "was devoted to the education of Miss Pastor. 'He observed her progress with the keenest satisfaction. His friends noticed a change In his man ner a year ago. They were with him in his office when the betrothal of Mr. Stokes and Miss Pastor was announced late yesterday afternoon. They urged him to speak. With' flushed face and a feverish glow in his eyes, he snatched his hat and hurried ly left the office. "It will all be known In time," he said, as he passed out of the door with halting step. Instant silence fell on the little' group, which heard his words. Definite plans have not yet been made for the wedding. It will probably take place either in the Stokes' family residence on Madison avenue, or at their country home in Lenox. "From one viewpoint it is not accurate to speak of an engagement taking place or of a marriage to come," Mr. Stokes said last night. "According to a theory of unity of souls. Miss Pastor and myself liave been married since last October. Our ideals, our 'tastes, our lives were blended when we discovered that our souls were as one. I wish it distinctly understood that my family shares with we the hap piness which is mine. My mother has never seen Miss Pastor, but my sister Helen and Miss Pastor have known each other for more than a year. Our match, if you call it such, is based on worth, re gardless of accidents of birth and environ ment. Self-Taught Poetess. "Miss Pastor was reared in direst pov erty. She worked for 11 years In a ciga'r factory, rolling tobacco and thus earning sufficient at times to keep bodies and souls of her family together. While thus en gaged the nobility of her mind developed. The only education she ever had, except that self-taught, was obtained during brief sessions in the public schools of London. She has been without food for days. Here are some verses which she wrote one day when bread had not passed her lips for 48 hours." Mr. Stokes took a leather case from his pocket, and, with all the tenderness of a young lover dwelling on a treasured token from his sweetheart, displayed the follow ing verses: FEEDING THE SPARROWS. Little sparrows, take your fill Of crumbs from off my window-sill. I know you look to me for food Look to me for livelihood; And I cannot keep thecrumb From such little creatures dumb. ' So now pick them off -my sill Little sparrows, take your fill. Take your fill then, 'chirp your prayer; Thank the One who gives His care. Gives His care, and gives His love, 1 Pours it from His heart above. My last crumb I feed to you; I pray the Lord to feed me, too. For Fm so hungry, birdies sweet. And no one gives me bread to eat. The crumbs you pick were laid away From bread I ate e'er yesterday. Since when I have not tasted food. But "He will care" and "All Is good." My heart Is full, my table bare; Tet "All is good" and "He will care." ' ' v .'! .1 ..'. 0 . t . t .' - : Rose Harriet Pastor, a Child fe U - '-'J of the Ghetto, Whom J. G. Phelps Stokes, New York f X Millionaire and Clubman, Jk Vv Will Wed. Xt y ' So. little snarrown fair vnnr fin Of crumbs from "off my window-sill. The beginning of Mr. Stokes romance was laid on the East Side, as was that of his sister. Miss Caroline Phelps Stokes, who was wed in June, 1903. to Robert Hun ter, head worker of the University Settle ment, where Mr. Stokes now makes his home. About a year ago a young Jewess of no ticeably rare attainment called on Mr. Stokes to obtaitf an Interview for the Jewish Daily News, He was Instantly at tracted by her beauty c,intellect, and sev eral days later sent for her. He had learned her history from her employer. Miss Pastor was born in Apgustovo, Su walk, Russia, in 1S79. Her parents, Rus sian Jews of the lowliest station in life, moved to London when she was 7 years old. The father died and the family came to America, settling la Cleveland. O. There, when Rose became old" enough to work, she got employment rolling "sto gies" In a tobacco factory. She was an assiduous reader, and at the age of 15 gained considerable fame among .her her friends as a writer of verse. A. H. Fromenson. one of the editors of the Jewish Daily. News, received In reply to a request from subscribers for opinions a letter from Miss Pastor. He said yes terday It was the most remarkable letter he had ever read. He corresponded with Miss Pastor, and eventually brought her to New York to take a position on his pa per at $15 a week. Her family was like that of thousands of others among the East Side poor. Soon-ter the first meeting with Mr. Stokes, .Miss Pastor was Invited to dine at the University Settlement. She be came interested In the work, and there after was seen much in the company of Mr. Stokes. Their courting was done while engaged In missions of mercy among the East Side's poor. She held views which were not indorsed by orthodox Jews, and among these was Included her belief that Intermarriage between persons of different race and religion was not In terdicted. It was not Intended that the announce ment of the betrothal should be made pub lic at this time, but rumors of his love for Miss Pastor convinced Mr. Stokes of the advisability of making the announcement last night. He requested that the present residence of Miss Pastor be withheld In order that she may continue her work In the cigar factory without annoyance. Miss Pastor knows full well the meaning of the changing of her lot from that of a working girl to that of a millionaire's bride, although she will not enter society. She asked permission of Mr. Stokes to re enter the trying conditions In which she passed her childhood. He granted the re quest, and she loft the Jewish Dally News two weeks ago to work in the cigar fac tory. Unless there Is a change in her present plans, she will continue the work until a short time of her wedding day. To Marry Probably on July 16. This has been set tentatively for July 16. her birthday, when she will be 27 years old. "It will be her rebirth," Mr. Stokes said last night. "It will also mark a new epoch In my life. I will then retire from the University Settlement, and after our honeymoon will return to the East Side to live. We will devote our time to mis sions among the poor. Our honeymoon will be spent abroad. First, we will go to London, and the district where Miss Pastor-spent the terrible season of her child hood. I will visit there her relatives, especially an uncle, who several times took her to his home, although he was bit terly poor, and saved her from starving. Later we will go to Switzerland, more for the absolute quiet which will enable us to live for a time our simple lives than to view mountain scenery." Mr. Stokes is a graduate of Tale, '92. He is a member of the Knickerbocker, University. City. Yule. St. Anthony and Nineteenth Century Clubs. He Is presi dent of the Nevada Central Railroad Com pany, the Woodbrldge Company, the Hay man Company, and treasurer of the Wyllls-Company. He is also a member of the governing boards of several of the most prominent civic societies and phil anthropic national organizations. His brother, Anson Phelps Stokes, Jr., entered the ministry three years ago. after his graduation from Yale, and Is now secretary of Yale University. One of Mr. Stokes sisters is the Baroness Halkett, who obtained a divorce from her husband in London three years ago. SCHOOL GEOTTJKfDS BEAUTIFIED Pupils Attending the Holladay Build ing Do All the Work. The efforts of the principal and pupils of the Holladay School have resulted In the grounds being beautified. About 500 choice rose bushes have been set out In the courts and along the sides of the building, and work has been done which would have cost about ?250 had it been paid for in cash. A month ago Principal Hadley started this work by asking the pupils of the higher grades If they would give an hour's time in spading up the grounds In the court on the south side of the building. Sixty pairs of hands went up, and in accordance with this plan 60 boys, with spades over their shoulders, marched single file up to the building on a fixed day and turned loose on the ground. In an hour the work was com pleted. That was a starter. All the pupils of the big 19-room building took hold. Each room was given a certain amount of work to do. One set a row of roses In front. Another took the side, and so on, until the court was fringed. Along the sides next to the sidewalks the same thing was done. Here each room set out so many feet Jn choice roses, until the en tire building is now surrounded with roses, all the work being done by the pupils and the janitor. Professor Hadley is highly pleased with the result. He re gards the work accomplished an excellent object lesson to the pupils, besides beau tifying the school ground. Now each classroom watches Its particular row of roses with jealous care, and woe to the youngster that steps on the beds. Pleads Not Guilty to Forgery. When arraigned before Municipal Judge Hogue yesterday on a charge of forgery. W. P. Hallowell entered a plea of not guilty, and his case was set for hearing Tuesday. He is said to have passed sir forged checks here. He was brought back from Stockton, Cal.. for trial. At the re quest of Deputy District Attorney Haney the defendant was placed under $2000 ball, and In default was sent to the County Jail. Decoration for Madame Patti. PARIS. April 15. The rank of knight hood In the Legion of Honor has been conferred upon Adelina Patti (Baroness Cederstrom). Want to try an experiment? ' Then take any one of the hundreds of I new medicines on the market. I They come, they go, and are! soon forgotten. gj Or want to be cured? f Then take a medicine that i has been tested and tried, generation after genera tion. A medicine that has been a household remedy for sixty .years. Ayer's gg Sarsaparilla. Intelligent, tfioughtful people are relying more and more upon his old standard preparation. 3xa by the J. C. JLrrr Co., Lowell, Hut, Aiwa xtaufsnnri or PS SKILLS for coMtifttioa. ATJtR'S AGUE CUtt-?r Mtltri &4 &C Six Shopping Days Before Easter An Easter Glove Sale .The Gloves we place on sale to morrow at $1.00 will compare very well with those sold elsewhere at $1.50. In' two-clasp style all the new Spring shades, of brown, tan, mode, gray, navy blue, beaver and black and white. Every one of them worth, two ordinary days in merchandising to us worth three, to you, because of the phenomenal values offered. We wish to emphasize the word value and define its true meaning as used in our announcements. The foundation upon which this business is built is value-giving the best quality and the greatest quantity for the lowest price consistent with modern merchandising. Such has been our method of winning the confidence of the public, and such will always be our plan for holding that confidence. The Easter Pretty, dainty neck dressings that add the finishing touch of be comingness to the Easter gown. Lace jabots, stocks and turnovers, all inexpensively priced; re markable values at 25, 50?, 75& $1.00. 8r Buys Shirtwaist Suit Silks tliat are : sold all over this town at $1.00 and $1.25 This is the most remarkable Silk offering vrc ever made. That means that it is the most remarkable Silk offering ever made in this city. Say; what ivc might in this announcement, we never could properly- rise to the occasion of describing their exquisite beauty, superb quality and wonderful value. There are upwards of 30 different colorings and designs to choose from. The small, neat effects, dots, dashes, pin checks, etc., are most plentiful. All are two-tone"d in color browns, greens, sharkskin, gray, blue and reds. All are of a soft, pliant weave. . In addition there are some very handsome plaids. Value of these silks is from $1.00 to $1.25, on sale tomorrow at 85 3 For Women's and Misses' Tailored Suits that sold for $7.50, $13.50 Some twenty-odd "Women's and Misses' Tailor-Made Suits one, two or three of a kind made of blue and brown Clieviots, plain and fancy mixed colorings; in belted box, Eton and jacket styles; sold heretofore at $7.50 to $12.50; on sale tomorrow at the closing out price of 5.90. Allover Embroideries Special 75c We offer for tomorrow a special purchase of Allover Embroideries, 18 to 22 inches wide, in designs especially adapted for shirtwaists, at the very low price of 75. Nowhere else can window hangings and drapery materials be bought to such good advantage as in this store. "Best values" always. 8o? for Nottingham Lace Curtains, j 3 yards long, 40 inches wide, button-hole edges, new patterns, white only; worth $1.00 to $1.10. $1.40 for Nottingham Lace Cur tains, 3yz yards long, GO inches wide, button-hole edges, new pat terns, white only ; worth $1.75 to J . $1.90. Colored Grenadine Curtains in the new cross stripe designs, 3 yards long, 40 inches wide, choice of yel low, green, blue, tan and red; ex- . cellent values at S1.25, 1.50, $1.90, $2.25, $2.75, 2.95, $3.50. Bedding Proprietors of hotels and rooming houses and housekeepers also can al ways find bedding here for lessrmoney than elsewhere. Sheets 36c Tora and hemmed, soft, strong muslin, 72x90 inches ; special tomorrow at 36 Pillow Cases 9c Tom and ironed, soft, strong muslin, 42x36 inches; special tomorrow at 9 Comforters $1.19 Full, double bed size, top and lining of figured silko line, filling of pure white cotton; special tomorrow at $1.19 Blankets $1.39 11-quarter Cotton Blankets, new tan shades, wool finish; $1.65 values at $1.39 Pillows 98c Fancy ticking cover, all feather filled, 3M-lb., 19y2x36 inches; $1.25 values at 98 76-inch Unbleached Sheeting, spe cial 15 most in Dress Goods "Giving Best Values Always" has placed this store in the van of Dress Goods selling in this city. The items that follow further emphasize our supremacy in Dress Goods matters. Correct styles, dependable qualities and lowest prices always. $1.00 for $1.25 quality Mohair Dress Fabrics, plain colors and fancy designs, fully 90 pieces in the lot; $1.25 to $1.40 values at $1.00 50 for 65c qualitj of plain col ored Sicilians, 42 inches wide, a cloth intended to retail at 65c to 75c per yard. $1.39 for $1.90 quality of Mo hair Sicilians most effective designs and colorings of the season brown, gray, tan, 46 inches wide. 83p for $1.00 quality fancy gran ites, serges, casildas, herring bone and wiltend suitings, all new materials, all the new shades, 4S inches Avide. $1.75 for $2.35 quality of Priestley's cravenetted mohairs, rainproof; the new browns, olives, myrtle and blues, 5S inches wide. $1.25 for $1.50 and $1.65 quali ties of crepenette, readora crepe, finetta cloth and French serges; full line of colorings in each, 50 to 54 inches wide. Tiiree Black Goods Specials For novelty mohair dress fabrics, everv yard bears the imprint of B. Priestley & Co., which is a guar antee of quality. These come in crispine, anita, granitian weaves, 42 inches wide; real $1.00 quality at 79. 98c at 98. 65c Black Lusteir, 40 in. For novelty mohair sicilietta -plain ground with raised silk embroi dered pin dots, checks and floral designs. This fabric has a beau tiful satin luster, sheds dust and lint, 46-inch; real $1.25 qualitv 80c Black French 'Voile, 33 in. 60c Black Panama Voile, 38 in. 85c Black Venitian Cloth, 39 in. 65c Blk. Cord Nuns Veiling-, 38 In 85c Black Granite Cloth, 40 in. 47c en's Wear Commence buying your Fur nishings here at the earliest possi ble moment, Mr. Man. The sooner you do, the more you'll save. 25 for all -silk Ties, Windsors and Four-in-Hands, "1905" or "Lewis and Clark' 1 embroidered on the ends. 50 p for men's new Spring Golf Shirts of percale and madras, light and dark colorings; real 65c values. 50 for men's best grade of Bal briggan Underwear a real 65c value. 75 for men's Shirts made of fine fast black mercerized sateen, cut full width and length. All the new laces for Spring wear are here in broad variety, and as al ways prices here are much less than elsewhere. New laces for yokings and entire waists in cream, white and ecru, priced from...:..o0i to $4.50 New Oriental net top laces for sleeve trimming, 6 to 9 inches wide, very many new and pretty designs ; prices from 20? to 85 Embroideries Values to 3 5 c Fine Nainsook Embroideries in dainty floral and scroll designs, 6 to 11 inches wide; real 35c values at , 17 7c Two Underwear Specials "1 n -01 Women's XcJvs Extra-sized Sleeveless Vests Worth All of 25c "Women's extra size sleeveless Vests, fine bleached Swiss rib, neck and arm bands silkine taped, 50 dozen of them; 25c values on sale tomorrow at 15 Wash Goods Our Wash-Goods section presents a steadily changing scene. Every day something new is shown to replace those that have been sold. Satin Stripe "Wool Ohallie 35c An entirely new assortment of these very popular fabrics. Imported Voiles 15c A most popular fabric that we show in a full line of colors. Silk "Warp Eoliennes 50c One of the daintiest, filmiest dress fabrics shown 36 inches wide. Galatea Cloths 15c A fabric that is always in demand over 50 ne,w patterns. Dainty Silk Mulls 15c These in a complete color range. New Lawn Batiste 10c "White grounds with large floral designs. 30-inch' Madras 11c A full line of new stripes, all colors fast. 10c Outing Flannel 7y2c Large variety checks and stripes. 15c India Linens- 11c Sheer, fine quality, great value. Linens 39 for 50c quality of 62-inch Bleached Union Linen Damask, new designs. 49 for 65c quality of 60-inch Mercerised Table Daiiask, superb quality and pattern. 75c for Bleached 'Damask Table Napkins, 20x20 inches. $1.00 for Bleached Ifamask Table Napkins, 20x20 inches. M J I I I IBM Por Women's Pirne Lisle Thread Vests and Pants Worth 63c "Women's high neck and long sleeved Vests Pants made in umbrella style, tight at the knee; a" splendid wearing qual ity, all sizes, tomorrow at 45 Three Hosiery Specials 9Q For "Women's Out-sized StocMngs That Are Worth 40c "We offer tomorrow womcu's out size stockings, plain or lace lisle, fast Hermsdorf black, welt and rib tops; 40c values at 23 Itef Por Women's OG White Sole Stockings That Are Worth 20c nn- Full seamless, fast black, bleached, split soles. 18 for boys' Armor Strength Stockings, fast black, 2x1 rib; extra special knees and feet. $g.00 Women's Boots $Q,5 and Oxfords The success of the Easter Gown will be more pronounced if you wear with it a pair of our Sj53.o0 Shoes. , They give the finishing touch to the elegance of a fine costume. They are to the feet what a "Worths creation is to the figure they give the wearer an air of refinement and good taste. ThGy are distinguished in appearance, faultless in fit, pronounced in style and unsurpassed in. durability. In all wanted leathers, black and tan, light and heavy soles, welts and turns, Trench, Cuban, concave, military and common-sense heels. Same styles at $3.00 but not of so good a quality. $9 OK Women's White Waists Worth Fully $3 Four distinct styles entire front of allover embroidery and tucks, back tucked, sleeves aud cuffs tucked, front and back ornamented with embroidered medallions of dotted Swiss, front, collar and cuffs orna mented with diamond-shaped embroidered medallions the fourth style lias four bands of very open embroidered insertion with tucks in be tween, the back tucked in clusters; sleeves also tucked from cuffs to elbows. 48e Jap Eimonas 65c Values at Women's Kimonas made of fine fig ured lawns, white grounds with large Japanese figure, in light and dark blue and pink, trimmed around collar, down the front and at cuffs with plain lawn; cut very full; real 65c values at 48 Fine White Skirts Very Special $3.25 for Petticoats of white nainsook, with 16-inch flounce of cluny lace and insertion. $4.50 for Petticoats of white nainsook, with 20-inch flounce of embroidered edging, insertion and tucks. $2.95 for Petticoats of white cambric, with 15-inch flounce of Swiss embroidered edge aud insertion. $2.75 for Petticoats of white cambric, with 16-inch flounce of Mechlin insertion .and edging. $3.50 for Petticoats of white cambric with 20-inch flounce of medallion pattern Valenciennes laca in sertion -and edging and tucks. $2.50 for Petticoats of white cambric, with lS-inch flounce of torchon lace, edging, insertion and tucks. $3.25 for Petticoats of white cambric, Avith 16-inch flounce of "Val." lace edging, insertion and tucks. $3.25 for Petticoats of white nainsook, with 13-inch . flounce of "Val." lace, embroidered beading and ribbon. $3.25 for Petticoats of white cambric, with 15-inch flounce of Swiss embroidery and tucks. $2.50 for Petticoats of white cambric, with 20-inch flounce of Swiss embroidery and hemstitched tucks.