Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-10-26
THE King OF MONEY KINGS.

Heart OF Gold and Fortune of Millions
Baron Emil Changers Bank and
PrinceIy II ONE in Paris-Charity, Art,
Business and Hospitality.
one of the most wonderful men in Par
is. saws a Paris letter to the New York
Morning Neus, is Baron Emil d Erlanger.
The great fnancier, who has vast inter-
ests in America-be thinks nothing Of
building railroads costing millions Of dol
lars in the Southern States all the way
from Paris-is a very yOuthful-lo9king
man, Of fine figure, with an open, honest,
frank and vet shrewd face, so different
from the usual appearance Of moEeyed
men that it is almost impossible tOrealiZe
be is the famous banker. He has won
derful blue eyes-great, light, gray-biue
Orbs that fix upon you with a calm, pen
etrating look and read you INSTANT!
through and through. Baron Granger
if ne were not one of the greatest bankers
in the world would be a celebrated artlst'
Every night OF his life, after his dinner,
he spends a couple of hours with his
faYOrite instrument, the violin, Wnlch ne
PLAYS with such pathos and tender and
true artistic feeling as TO make 1t speak
in his hands. He speaks English like an
American, and half a dozen languages
besides.
The Baron is half an American. He
married the loyeliest and cleVerest Of
American girls-Niss Slidell, but Oh! i
must not allude to the Baroness, who has
the greatest and most genuine dread OF
newspaper publicity. Nothing makes
her so unhappy as to be mentioned in the
newspapers. but the trouble is that the
Baron is always doing some noble and
generous action which brings his name
before the public so that the name Of Err
LANCER has become a household word in
Paris. Ii an artistic benefit is gotten up
II. d'Erlanger is the first to take cou-
pie of boxes for s., 900 10000 francs). If
cholera or any other disease makes its
rayages. his purse is opened Immediately.
His heart seems to be continually gong
out to all those in need. His nature is 50
gentle and kind that he cannot bear to
wound any bOdy's feelings, and his oldest
friends have hardly ever heard him utter
an angry word. He IS one Of the happiest
men, if there is such thing as happiness
in the world. He is intensely absorbed
in his business as well as in his artistic
pursuits, and has no time to worry or
brood over imaginary wrongs, always
taking life cbeerfully as it comes. His
domestic relations are delightful. He has
four splendid b0ys-nO daughter-on
whom he dOtes, and all OF whom give
seeks no society: whatever society he
has-as you Will find dukes and princes
and the greatest of the land at his table
comes to him,
His tablet Baron Erlanger probably
gives the best dinners in Paris. His table
supplies come 20 $50 day, and, without
keeping a yacht. or fOur-in-hand, or COM
hitting any Of the eXtravagances Of our
modern milliCnaires, he manages TO spend,
without the slightest attempt at ostenta-
tion, from $3.50, 000 to $lG0, 009a year. But
the table is laid every night for twelve.
Eight trained men-scrYautS wait at din
neT. and the entire establishment is the
perfection Of elegance and comfort. The
Baron lives in the heart of the busy part
of Paris, No. 20 Rue TaItbout. He adj
heres to the Old-fashioned mode Of resid-
ing in his business place. One side of his
house is the banking establishment and
the other his residence. You 60 up to the
N~v-a YOUR coupons cashed and to
The ri il 70 leave W. card for a social
visit. The Baron has only 10 run .nFou@1
a short han to 20 from his lunch back to
his office.
The house is marvel of artistic beauty.
The drawing room IS perfect bower OIL
flowers, plants and shTubbery, and the
master-wO rks Of painting on the walls,
selected with the most exquisite taste,
make it a thing Of beatty as well as a joy
forever. Millions must have been spent
on the Barou's gallery, and yet if you
we're to meet him in the midst of all this
splendor, you could not but contrast the
amiable modesty of his manner, and what
seems almost like the shyness Of his de-
meanor, with the airs anu assumption Of
others who are pigmies compared to him
IN means as we'll as in intellect.
Indeed, the Baron is, intellectually, a
giant. His fathe, the famous Baron
d,Erlanger, of Frankfurt, who founded
the house, gave him O moderate amount
OF money with which to start branch in
Paris. and from this small beginning he
has established the banking house which.
next to Rothschilds', is probably the rich
est in Paris. He often makes single ope-
rations netting S250,00O to $5OO,UO0. And
vet he cares very little for money beyond
the comfort and pleasure and benefits
which his family, his friends and those IN
need can derive from 1t. lie seems TO
know everything. His financial opera
lions have been so varied that he car tell
YOU. to the mmutest detail, the Inside"
machinery Of newspaper, a railroad,
coal mine or a diamond field, and knows
as much about the cost OF press as
patches as he does about the price OF
loan. He has a perfect genius for affairs,
and it is a common saying IN Paris tnSt
s.everything ne touches turns to gold"
The history of the fortune OF the En-
LANCER family is very interesting. 1t is
another illustration of the strength of
honest and intelligent competition. The
late Baron Erlanger, Of Frankfurt, the
father of the Paris millionaire, started
with next to nothing. He was wonder
fully shrewd and clever man, and had the
good fortune OF possessing in his sons
Emil (now in Paris) and Louis, who
| carries on the old house in Frankfurt, able
! associates in his great work, which was
nothing less than to break down the
monopoly of the Rothschilds. No loan
| could be brought out without the latter III
| Germany. Now the Erlangers have es-
tablished a dozen different banks, all Of
which they control, and which compete
! with the Rothschilds successfully for
every loan that is brought out in Europe
have forgotten, in describing the home
| life of the Baron, to speak of his lovely
/ villa at Deauville. 1t is perfect gem by
/ the sea. The house, which he purchased
/ from tie Duke of Morny, is fairly set ~ -,
roses. Everything speaks of the artistic
| Cd eft n tho