Daily British Whig (1850), 29 Sep 1906, p. 15

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LY28 Fra, Lp pers 3 Et ; he Lloped. trouble of trying on new clothes like ordinary people, for all his things are made by the same skilled hands, who can fit him to the fraction of an inch. MILLIONAIRE SOCIALIST. Sequel to Yankee"s Marriage With Girl Cigarmaker. Phelps Stokes, the young million aire, whose marriage with Miss Rose Pastor, a former cigarmaker, created widespread interest last year, has caused a sensation by aunouncing himself a convért "to socialism. He wrote recently to the secretary of the Independent League, with which he has hitherto associated him self, announcing that he had decided to sever his connection with that or ganization because its ol were not ~ sufficiently radical, and stating that. he intended offering. his services to the socialist party. In the letter he denounces the pres- ent capitalistic system, the unjust treatment of men and women workers, and :the monopolization of land and the whole machinery of production for the purpose--of private gain and the maintenance of the idle and luxurious: Socialism, he asserts, is the only rem- edy for existing evils, Although he is a millionaire Sov eral times. over, and has large busi ness interests, Mr. Stokes, since his marriage, has lived in one of the slums of New York, working among the poor, conducting extensive charities, and devoting his entire wealth to the benefit of the masses. In this he has the enthysiastic support of his wife who is en before her. writer on topi betterment of the dy self-educated, and w . rriage a. wellknown connected with the A Judge's Joke. London Tribune. "Her Christian name is Handel," explained a witness at West Ham." "but she didn't like it, and took up Apnie instead." "Most people," oh- served the magistrate, "prefer handle to their names." thich, considered judiciously, would appear a brilliant sally. USED ROUND THE worLo| Baker's Cocoa and Chocolate Made by a scientific blend- ing of the best Cocoa beans grown in the tropics -- the result of 126 years of suc- cessful endeavor. WALTER BAKER & 00. Lt BRANCH HOUSE 88 St. Peter 8t., Montreal, Can. Re NEARY - TASCRILS; ARC J EARN AR or i Mullin's, pes i Jel Su; Prono tamer: Orde recsived at MeAuley's: book stom. © 3 | Get Swillt's Seranton coal at Swift's

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