The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-09-27
BarOn James Rothschild.E

Baron James Rothschild, and great many other
celebrities, are at Winbad, which bids fair to
become the most fashionable watering place in
the world. correspondent of the Stuttgart IL
Illustrated Gazette writes from that place: "a
still vigorous old man, supported by youth,
walks beside the child /; he wears the ribbon Of
the Legion of Honor In his button.h hole, and his
face bears a strong Jewish type. / have often
seen this man. He is the mightiest mortal of our
century. Princes have bowed to him, States,
whole nations, have implored his assistance, and
never has Juggernaut seen as many fanatical
fakrs at its feet as this man has seen powerful
princes at his feet. But the sight OF Baron James
Rothschild fills me with compassion /; he is grown
old very fast of late, seeks a cure of his ills at
Wildbad, and yet have been told, he receives
dsly several dozen business kilograms.
There comes Field Marshal Wrangel-Papa
Wrsngel Strange old fellow He imagines that
he is still quite young when he kisses his hand to
young lady, or pats the cheeks Of a country girl.
Nothing seems to be more distasteful to him than
I'll people with respect The old soldier of eighty
three leaves no stone unturned in order to prevent
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the Third he seems TO suffer intensely, and his
face which, despite his age bears strong resemb-
lance TO the Empress Josephine, looks pale and
racked with pain. Prince Lchnowsky walks past
with basty step he looks as though the saliva
ton Of Europe depended on his hurry, and for
that matter bet that all he is after is to light his
cigar; but everything about this Echnowsky is
nervous ftful and feverish. he broke his arm,
recently, by fall with his horse unter der Linden,
in Berlin. He still looks very pale, and seeks re-
lief at the springs of Wildbad.
Two more different types than those two gentle-
men yonder can hardly be imagined. One Of them
is tail, gaunt, heayy-set, with hard features, a
weather.beaten face and snow-white hair and
whiskers. 1t is the well known British Admiral
Packenhsm. The other is delicate and slender,
slightly bent. with keen, intellectual eyes, and
such handsome, expressive features that his face
makes curious impression on Us. II is Cardinal
Grasselin, the influential dplomatist aud prelate.
The two men are engaged in an animated oonver-
sation which seems greatly to interest third gen.
tleman, who sits opposite to them, and whose eyes
every now and then uy to penetrate the smoke Of
bis papeto and lock wonderingly at the British
Admiral, who chats SO eagerly with the Roman
cardinal. At a distsnce this third gentleman
seems to be thrty,two years old but at every
step, as we approach, at least one year is added
to bis age, so that he must be sixty years old BY
the time we stand before him. II is Count Bloome,
the celebrated Austrian diplomatist. II should
ever be introduced TO him, / should. take the lib
erty of asking his excellency II an old gentleman
does not seem to him more venerable, nay, more
amiable, too, with white hair than with imper-
fectly dyed hair and If the rouge on the cheeks Of
a decrepit old man does not make him look still
older and more Iepusiye.