The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1878-01-23
jew AND GENTLE.
A Rebuke to Religious IntoIer nee

New York World
On the 80 n of November last the Reform
er and Jewish Times VI this city printed the
following editorial paragraph:
The report that a daughter of the Rothchilds
iseng grd in msrriogs TO Christian Is author
itativ-Iy denied In priv % letter recently
received FIR 'm London the X thchiid fami y
are strenu usy up sed q MAJ riage out u
the It'll. aud since the daughter Sir An .
thnny II thchild married the Hon. Eli {
Yurke. she has been viItualy ostfacised by
her relatives. The Rothch,l los are everywhere
Orth dox Jews, and the most liberal supp 1T
ers of The synagogue.
This paragraph. it seems. found its way
across the Atlantic aud was read ut Frank
fort by the Baroness Charles de Ro' hchild,
the motherin law of Sir Nathaniel de Roth
child. of London. from whom it has drawn
forth a letter which, we are informed, will
be published in the Rsformer tomorrow, to-
gether with some Comments on the recently
announced engagements OF Lord R)sebery TO
Miss Hannah de II 'thchild, written before
the letter of the Baroness de Charles had
been received. The baroness letter is as fol-
lows:
FRANKFORT -oS-MAIN. Germany,(
Dec. p, 1877. !
To the Editor of the Reformer:
As member OF the family OF Rothchild,
Baroness Charles de R9thchild thinks IL advI-
sable 10 notlce snort paragraph when APP
peared I'm the Reformer and Jewish Times of
the 30th of ovemb-r.
Although the marriage of the second dsugh-
ter of Sir Anthony de KOthchild VITA The Hon.
Eliot Yorke may not have met with the entire
appreciation of some members of her family,
still, instead of being virtually ostracissd bE
her relatives, she continues TO be received by
them all. whe her IN Eng and or on The CO IT,
nent with he same kindness and affection a.
before her marriage. Ii Is tn be hoped that be-
ing liberal supporter of the synagogue does
not preclude llb8Tality Of thought and seu IT,
ment, and also that the ROthchilds, rs rule,
are not so blgoted or so narrow minded a. to
diSOwn any member who Chooses TO deviate
from the beaten path. Leaving all to follow
thedic ates OF their own conscience, they show
no difference To those who may differ Ia opin-
ion or I'm prac Ice Religion is between man
and his God, and needs no human tnter.er-
ence.
In connection with this excellent letter it
may be- worth while for us to revive de-
lightful old London story of the Baroness
Lionel de Roihchild, the mo her of Sir Ma
thaniel. Some twenty years ago when Car
dinal Wiseman presided over the Catholic
church in England, he had occasion to con-
suit with Baron Lionel on a matter of bust
ness, and for that purpose accepted an iuvl-
tstIon to lunch at the baron's seat of Gun
nershury. While the party were at luHch
Engl sh lady. the wife of a cabinet minis
ter. called On the bTOness. who went ont
and asked her to join the party at lunch, ex
planning that the only stranger present was
the cardinal. The ministerial lady drew
herself up rather coldlY and begged to be
excused. as she "msde il a matter of priDci-
pie never knowingly to break bread with a
Romish priest" The baroness: with the
sweetness of SIN les, assured her how sorry
she was tn have wounded her unwittingly
and added. You know. my dear, am not
a Chris ian and so can't be expected 10 enter
into those feelings"