New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-10-03
NNE ROTHsCHILD'S LIONS.
MEMORIES OF BALzAC. SUE AND HUMBOLDT
IN THE SALON.

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~ AN opeca II 1t could be introduced into one
sh,nld La Juiver ever become old-fashioned the
,ntrodncticu iato it of Al exact imitation of the
..r.mcnv in question would completely revive
,otsrest in it, All the children OF the Jewish
achools which the Baroness patronized were
present aad as the native aptitudes Of tneIr race
FOR music have been well cultivated. they supple
Eented the choiIs admirably In chanting tue
PRAYERS and hymns The Grand RABBIT. Zadoc
Khan, preached the sermon. But think he rather
exaggerated the charity of the late Baroness, aud
attached too much Importance 20 her domestic
virtues However be spoke Ia the presence OF
sons, nephews, nIeces and in short OF all the living
descendants OF her grandfather and father-in-law.
Meyer Amsche Rothschild. OF the sign of the Red
Shield in the Judengasse of Frankfort, there was
great weeping while he preached. There we're
parts of hla discourse which were elevated and
elevating. In the name of the Rothschid family
he promised that all the INDECENT Jews and
orphaned Jewish children present would be
looked after for the sake of the late Baroness.
The concluding prayers were chanted and were
of q mournfui grandeur. In memory OF the late
Baroness. her sons have given to the District
Mayors $24, 900 to be distributed among the Door
OF Paris and the interest of 100000 is to he
devoted to fund to help poor and decently con-
Quoted jewish families to pay the rent of their
tenement lodgings vhen from causes which
they have no control they fall into arrears
The posterity Of Meyer Amschsl Rothschild
includes the Naples, Frankfort. Vienna. London
aud Paris banking families, which have been
marrying in and in since 1873 and doubtless are
descended from ancestors who married in and in
for centuries before them. The members who
married out of tie family Baron Gustave. the
husband of an Ansp ach. q Lorraine Jewess; his
daughter VINO is the wife OF Baron Lambert. q
Belgian Jew; the second daughter of Baron Al
phOnse Rothschild. now Madame Ephruss the wife
of an Odessa Jew; two daughters of Solomon Roths
child of Frankfort, who are respectively Duchess
de GramOnt and Princess de Wagram; the
Countess Of Rosebery aud tue Honorable Mrs.
Cyril Flower who are English Roth schilds; and
leopold Rothschild Tho Of Lord ROthschildl.
VINO is the husband of Itanan Jewess named
Perugia.
The late Baroness James Rothschlld as have
said. was born in the JndengIs of Frankfort and
the substratum of her whole being was GermanO-
Judean. She a frau rather than dame. had
solid rather than brilliant qualities. but was
initiative and shrcwl. that she was soon able in
q superficial kind of way to conform to Partisan
social usages, and without ever acquiring French
polish she caught enough of the tone Of Paris TO
enable her to preside over salon without being
ago She was then newly married to her uncle
James and at drst hyel In a small detached hou,e
in the Rue d. Artois. As great iortuucs were at
that time rare in France. her drawing room became
a centre where not only wpr4h opors of tie golden
calf met. but the celebrated of the day
assembled. especially those who did not 20 IN for
Right Divine" monarchy aud ultra Catholicism.
Her husband close-hahded, hit he never
checked her expenditure. which. II 1t was on a
liberal scale, was not extravagsnt. Eugene Sue
NJ gnet, THEIRS RossnL MeyerDeer. Wilhelm
Humboldt, who Ambassador here. and his
brother Alexander. often went to spend their
evenings at the house of the opulent Jewess
Balzac was brought there by NJ. and Mme. Emile lie
GIrar,n. and diSliked greatly the Baron. james
Rothschiid, whom he held up TO contempt as
@Nucengen" the banker. in several OF his novels.
The Baroness was hall afraid 10 make Bdlzac feel
thoroughly at nome. She was herself incapable OF
approaching his grnns, and rs he ia lked long.
loud and vigorously aud dressed badly she
afraid, dand yism being the fashion both among
"s society" and literary nen,that he might be thought
vulgar.
: Lamartne de Musset ano Mgnet
dandIeD Mignet was thought handsome and
elegant enough to he sent by Louis Philippe To
Spain to a conquest OF his wife's niece. Queen
Christina, and draw her completely To the e"e OF
France. Just as Lord WhitwOrth was sent 10 Russia
10 get around Catherine tho Great and detSch her
flom French PHILOSOPHY. Victor lingo himself WAS
a; that time most careful about his outer man
BaLac, the bo saw the Baroness was IN
comfortable. became more exu6ersDL l.anartlne
has left u sketch OF him, which shows tlat u the
hostess thUrns the men OF talent whom she
had gal hered round her were -ujov ing the grand"st
intellectual treat that could be Afforded them
The nOvelists brain Was powerfully stlmulated by
the circumstance have mentioned, and be who
wrote With sncb difficulty improvi-ed IN the most
astonishingly brilliant way. and 10y his niSSnetc
power comp-lled attention aud kept IN willing sub
lection the minds oil those who listened that were
capable OF appreciating Ills IDEAS
have had a most graphic verbal account of the
sorees at Baroness James kothschilds from
nOnOgenanan lady. certain Madame Mason'
whose husband Was sixty yosis ago Curator "i the
Luxembourg Sbr says there something OF
Baroness Nucengen IN baruno-s James hoths
child, Tut that every who read Ia -acs
Ccmed,e Humane" recognized Nucengen ~
Baron James who spoke French with atrociOus
German accent Baroness James ashaIne. o.
her herman cousins who were then hardly present
able but did not seem aware of the vulgarity 81
her uncIe-hushsnd The balzao drawing room
brought in change in the character OF rams
salons which Madame NaiSOp, who RENE mbers the
touch 10 verSaton aud tlt-fof tat repartee
oil the SALONS of former days. Thought depl0rabie
The beca'ne temples OF tc'iiu'u. anu palaces
for the display of lions of hne tUilerts ~ and costly
Jewels Light gay bandin"Vs and amiabio ana
wIrty cl.iLchst banIsho'i frpm them People
Met show oil and not To afford fuaut tai pleasure
In, pornpous money bag talk,d biz about politios
md debates In the Chamber, sod the literary or
diplomatic lion. not wanting To lie thrown INTO Tue
shade tried to talk the others down Madame lie
Girardin pOstu ed muse aud held uP hand
and het arm IN way to he = ways on view $40
was a ~-lcoue guest OF Madame kothschid
because sir pmiod the salon of the kuo Lsntto- to
which baroness James moved from the Rue
dAr;ois--iu the weekly chroniqu- which She wrote
for FRESNO li"nr rOsred separately for long
perluas AT BARONESS Jani-s's When a lion was
ruaring unless happened tn be Balzaci the lady
OF the hOu-- sign W her Otl7 guests to keep
siehcc. Just 49, II a prims DOM. wore singing. or
List OF Chopin playing th- piano.
Eugene sue oxil-d from the salon of the Rue
I.aiitte Tor preaching that uobUiy had right To
suDrituIty long ANY needed what was
Necessary To suh"lstonce Ch"toaubIiADd himself
the sub-ct of his mOn"loxu-a He delivered
them With harsh seut+ntionsues- IT war be who
ead when tb~ rafY- that tn WAS too promo To aolf
Qualification repeated {" him. am accused Ol
being -gutIstical Bnt ! have al A. # we're III
OernaJ hooI-salO"a where each Que. not 10 I've
snOtheirG bv his DrIgLbOTS tobacco smoke. blows