Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1883-06-14

The MARRIAGE OF DAUGHTER OF THE
ROTHsCHILDs IN PARIS.

49, - $500
It is fact that any gathering Of Tout
Paris nowadays. writes our Paris CORE
spondent. is also very largely gathering
Of Tout Jerusalem, for the Hebrew ele-
ment In Paris is large and very wealthy
one. Just now Tout-Paris is particularly
interested in Tout-Jcrusalem. and the
marriage of daughter Of the
famous Jewish banking house OF the
Rothschild is the lates. topic Of converse
ton 10 the fashionable world. The mar
rage of Mile. Beatri,a, de Rothschild, the
second daughter Of the Baron Alphonse
de Rothschild. to Maurice Ephrussi, was
announced to take place some time
ago. but the negotiations for this
union between representatives OF the two
wealthiest Jewish families in Paris have
been in progress for many months past
say negotiations. for the marriage of a
Rothschild is matter of as great impor-
lance in the world Of fashion and finance
as the marriage of a scion of royalty is in
the diplomatic and political world. The
Young Jewess whose marriage has lust
taken place is young lady of nineteen
summers. who is considered one of the
most charming brunettes in Partisan socie-
Nv. MOlDcT, tHC DdTOutSS ttiDuDbsC
de Rothschild, was for many years a
celebrated beauty, and the daughter bears
q striking resemblance to her. The young
lady Is also one of the most noted "sports
women" of the capital, passing half her
time in riding or driving, and the other
half in talking horse" 1t is more than
probable that It was the similarity of their
tastes in this respect that has formed
Al bat tho fsrrr .. Man'a
noble conquest" is also the fairest friend of
Maurice Ephrussi, whose colors, marine
blue and yellow are well known on the
French turf, where he recently won in per-
son. with bis bay mare Loguique, the
gentleman's handicap at Chantilly. The
Ephrussis are, like the Rothschilds. Jews.
and OF foreign origin. The father of the
four brothers. Michel, Maurice, Earnest
and Ignace. began life at Odessa in very
moderate circumstances. A series OF
lucky grain speculations enabled him to
retire from the grain business with an
enormous fortune. Then be came to Paris,
founded banking house. and brought up
his sons as Frenchmen. He was gathered
to his fathers few years ago, and his
sons have cut the shop and set up as gen
tlemen OF fashion.
Michael Ephrussi, the present head of the
family, is the husband of the neice of the
great composer, Meyerbeer. lie is one
OF the celebrities OF the turf, his breeding
horses being among the finest in France,
and his horses appearing at all the inn
portant meetings in this country and in
England. Ernest Ephrussi collects pic
lures and art curios. while the claims OF
Ignace Ephrussi to fame rest chiefly upon
his skill in the art of fencing The husband
of Mile. de Rothschild is now in his 30th
year. He cannot be SAID to be a hand
some man, but it would not be Just to call
him ugly. lie is somewhat under the
average height, and has pale, rather
delicate looking face, with features of
very marked Salvonic type. His dress is
always in the latest fashion, and he looks
his best when on horseback, but, though
he is a skillful horseman, his style of rid
ing would not be thought much of any
where outside of France. Besides these
four brothers, there are two sisters.
both married to leading pillars of the
synagogue in the Rue lie la Victoire
1t has been noticed that OF late years the
Younger branches of the Rothsrhldes
frequently marry outside of the family,
which would seem TO denote a change in
iuc iVt StNtIdi
generations required all the members of
the family to marry within its limits. 1t
was only little more than year ago
that the daughter of the Baron Gustave de
Rothschild married Mr.. Lambert of
Brussels; one OF the ladies of the Frank
fort branch married Mr.. Goldschmidt of
that city one of the English Rothschilds
is now Lady Rosebery of London. and
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the Duchess de Grammont and the other
three ladies are, believe, the only cases
of daughters of this family who have
married outside of the faith OF their fathers.
The origin of this famous family of jew
bankers is too we'll known for me to say
anything about it. 1t was only about the
beginning of the present century that it
began to spread itself out from Frankfort
where the foundations of its fortune had
been so solidly laid. To-day it is as firm
~ established in London and Paris as in
Frankfort, and there is not a capital or
city Of any Importance in Europe in which
it has not counting room. 1t is no
exaggeration TO say that it holds the
purse strings OF Europe. and that its head
is the king OF the Jews, and the Jew to
Wuou the hinSS vi CnTlsteuuOnl are
forced to go whenever they wish to
indulge in the expensive amusement of
war. The father of the Baron Alphonse
de Rothschild, the present head of the
Paris house, and his brothers came to
Paris and opened counting room in the
Rue Lsfitte toward the end of the first
empire. He was backed by good many
millions, but his fortune was very tar
from amounting 10 the 1900, 900, 900
francs which the house has now at its COM
mand.
The Baron Alphonse de Rothschild is a
well-known figure on the boulevard. where
almost any fine afternoon the stranger
may pass a somewhat portly and English
looking gentleman. with gray side whis-
kers, and he will certainly see nothing in
his appearance that will lead him to sus-
pect that he is in the presence of the head
of a banking house that controls the mon-
ey markets OF Europe from London to st.
Petersburg.
The family is now quite numerous in
Paris, and the dowager Baroness still re-
sides In the mansion adjoining the bank.
which has been the Paris home of the
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