New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-06-24
TOPICS IN PARIS.
THE Observation-Disclosures WEDDING
CORNEILLE-M0RNY.

The great Hebrew wedding was the fashl0naDe
event of last week 1t is extremely rare for Roth
schild to marry Jew who is not of the family. Inc
new son-n-aw of Baron Alphonse, the head OF the
banking confidently founded by old Meyer An
selm Rothschild, is NJ. Maurice Ephrussi, OF the
Russo Israelitish clearinghouse and corn-exporung
firm of Paris and Odessa. He has many brothers
and first cousins who are still young men ana
though intelligent belong to the monde which is
enthusiastic about the balet-girl Dukes terpsl-.
chorean performances. They are known on the turf,
have admirably equipped yachts are patrons oil
musicians. and above everything else are enlight-
ened amateurs of decorative and fine arts. Maurice
and his brothers are Bonapsrtists. Alexis, their
first COUSIN who is amiabe. unaffected and very In
teigent, IS Republican and an intimate friend OF
Cernuschl. He has an unique collection OF old
English ceramics. He helped to organize IN 1878
the Retrospective Exhibition at the Trocadero and
got up for charitable purposes the now now open at
Ecole des Beaux Arts of Les Portraits dun
Steele"
The Ephrussis are immensely rich. Beatrice
Rothschd has welded Maurice for love no
less than for money and vice versa
Beauty is an unusual endowment in the
Rothschld family. Marrying in and In
has aggravated hereditary ueliness But somehow
the bride of Maurice Ephrussi is extremely pretty.
She is slender and has 1.-the harmonious figure
In riding habit she appears to most advantage,
and she often dons to ride in the Bots with her
mother. The Duke de Morny used co dance attend
ance on her there, when he was the lover OF the
ill-starred Feyghine, aud he probably might have
obtained her hand if that wild-souled and warm
hearted actress had not shot herself in his drawing
room. Madame Maurice Ephruss has regular
and delcateIy shaped features. The Jewish type is
not too strongly accentuated unless at the corners
of the mouth and in those lines which separate the
cheeks from the upper lip True, the expression is
harshly sardonic and indeed Mephistophelian. And
yet the lips are rosy and gracefully curved Nine.
Maurice EDhrussi is not only accomplished but
erudte. She was cTammed at school to begin with,
aud then acquired taste for the intellectual pabu
lum with which her young brain was stuffed.
believe she can read the Georges with perfect ease
in the tongue in which Virgil wrote them, and
know that she obtained second aud first-class
teachers diplomas after passing examination at the
Hotel de Vile.
Naturally. journalistic scrbes whose bent it is to
"bless every man possessed of aught to give" have
taken advantage of this wedding to laud the Roth
schds. MedIocrity is the salient feature of tho
banking dynasty which Meyer Anselm founded,
and to which he gave the name of the red shield
which was the door of his fathers old curiosity
shop in the Judengasse of Frankfort. The Roth
schlds are not exactly minded. but their in
tellects are of poor quality, and outside OF bank
ing and pawnbrOking speclaties they are very
mediocre. When use the word pawnbrokiDg, 1t is
to signify their capacity to appraise old pictures
old books, old silver and articles Of yertu
in general Every Rothschild, male or
female, will in an instant tell the market value
of any thing within the domain Of high or decOra-
tive art and he or she can also make shrewd guess
as to the capacity OF piece of brica-brac or old
lace, painting or a statue, to rise in price. Nor
are there any better judges Of horsefesh than the
Rothschilds.
One of their virtues Is to bear fortunes favorngs
with moderation. They are also fond of the har-
ness 10 which old Baron james trained them from
their youth, and are as regular in their business
habits as if they could not afford to be idle. Every
day the three brothers who direct the Paris firm and
are sleeping partners in the Frankfort, Vienna,
London and Naples banks are in their office from
10 tod
They are good family men. All Jews are. But
il is the verest fustian to talk about their gcner-
osity to the poor On the contrary they prone
to take advantage of necessity, and are not ambi-
tious Of shining before the world as philanthropsts
Old Baroness James Rothschld who was the niece
as well as the wife of her husband, is good woman,
and really charitable. But she is an exception in
the family. When her children and grandchildren
give something for nothing it is to Jews. And they
are not remarkable for their kindness TO distressed
Israelites The old Baroness was not at the we'd
ding She is eighty-fve years old, and requires the
warm temperature of Cannes to keep body and
soul together.
Baroness Alphonse Rothschild was brought up in
London She is an aunt of Lady Rosebery and the
Hon. Mrs. Yorke. Her family consists of Bettlna
who married four or five years ago Albert Roth
schid Of Frankfort Beatrice, now Nine Maurice
Ephrussi; Helene, and Edward. who is a student
at the Lyc6e Condercet The most symDathyin-
spring ofshOot of the family is the Gustavian
branch. Baroness Gustave is a largehearted
woman and frank of manner. Her maiden name
was Anspach. She is Alsatian Jewess.
Her husband was IN love with her and had some
difficulty in obtaining his fathers consent to his
marriage with her. Charlotte their eldest daughter,
became last year Baroness Lambert of Brussels.
The other Paris Rothschilds are Baron Edward.
son of James; Baroness Nathaniel. his
sister, who Is the widow of cousin;
Baroness Solomon, another WIDOW,
who lives in palace which she erected on the site
of Gudius mansion IN the QUARTER Beaufon. and
was such bad nelghbor to Nine. Balzac and Bar
ons Arthur and Edmond, the sons of the late
Nathaniel. Baron Adophe, who lives in the Rue
de Monceau, belongs to the Neapolitan branch. He
sold his interest IN the Naples bank for 100000
OO0f.
Nobody was admitted to the synagogue in which
the religious nuptials were celebrated who was Lot
invited by the Rothschild and Ephrussi families.
Two thousand invitations were issued. What with
the throng and the flowers the atmosphere was suf-
locating the long trains caused such dust that
it was impossible to see three yards ahead.
All the hgh-class Jews and Jewesses were present.
A pew was reserved near the seven-branched can
destick for NJ. R6nan and his family. Clerico-
Monarchists were numerous. Israel and the Pope
are now on excellent terms and the children Of
Jacob are now well-inclined to make COM