New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-09-26
DEAD AMID HER MILLIONS.
PERSONAL No1Es OF THE BARONESS JAMES
ROTHSCHILD.

ROTHSCHlLD.
r~,ow rHy REGULAR CORRESPONDENT OF TIE iMnsn"i
IFRoN i"I " PARIS, Sept. IL.
Tho death of the aged Baroness James koths-
.h;ia - maensed by the Jewish press here into an
.,-.r, of capltal importance to the human race.
CT wos plain. good old woman. with much OF
-, as (;ermau 10 the under stratum OF her char-
w.. "a had 40 little respect for posterity or for
h.rown blood as 10 marrv one OF the physically
,,o., h,deous although not deformedi. the most
,rloar and ID every way the mostrepulsive members
- 81. financial world who was to boot her
own uucle and old enough to be her father
chs was a daughter of Baron Solomon Rothschild.
what WAS good about her was her absence of afiec-
..t;on or OF purse PRIDE and her capacity to gain
,,sdom a, wears rolled on. She affectionate
,,o,ber mother-in-lsw, grandmother and grand
uotbey-in-law and was revered by all her descend
ants Tho late Baroness resided at Boulogne Sur
Seine IN the summer throughout her wldowhood.
Her villa there Mt the gates OF Paris so that
n she was taken Ill her doctor. her favorite sick
nurse Nine Blum. the Grand Rabbi, Zadoc Khan.
and her children could without Inconvenience
10 themselves come 10 her. In the winter she
occupied house at Cannes. large enough to
serve as q barrsck. The whole Rothsohild
kitb and kin fitted into II. Baron James in the
latter years OF his life built her villa in the Ave-
nue. de Messne, standing IN large piece OF ground.
and made a donation Of it to her. When he died
abe had it pulled down and tenement houses built
Oh the site of the residence and garden. She did
not relish the idea of locking up in fancy prop
ertv vast sum OF money. The ground was bought
BY Baron James for go cents yard. and 10 now
worth about $50
The first time ever saw the late Baroness James
Rothschid was at Lady Cowley'a She was very
plain. had . fattened down face OF the Jewish
kind and on under lip as hanging aud heaVy
as II she were born Hapshurg The last time
Jaw her was at q soires at the Due de Broglie's
gwen by him in honor of the Shah. Her eyes were
90 weak that she but dImly. remember her
saying that she believed the most OF the Shshs
diamonds were false, which it turned out
thew were Her manner tranquil and there
was certain dignity in it's repose Soon after this
soiree she was operated upon by Dr. Meyer
for cataract. az the age of eightyfour. She sent
fee of 500 900 to the ocuist. and gave in token OF
+hankfulness large sums of money TO jewish
schools Balzac portrayed her husband In many OF
his novels as the vulgar. sensual, insolent and
from socia point of vtew-ridlculous baron de NJ
cengen. But the Baroness de NucenCen, daughter
of "le Pere Goriot" another character of Balzac's
novels was not the Baroness James RothschIld.
The wife of Nucen gen was bourgeoise Goneril OF
Regain whereas the late Madame RothschIld was
a most afectionate relative to everv one be ong-
lug TO her: and good certainly predominated over
evil IN her disposition. In early life she had a
very mean habit of not paying any one she en-
poyed until asked for payment. which was always
done with reluc .ance and after long waiting. Her
ioea was to gam on the money due to them the
interest Inch would accrue on IL through deferred
pavment. remember in my youth feeling quite
ind gnant with an English lady, whom she had
employed to teach some grandchildren English,
for her CO waIdce in not sending in the bull at the
end OF each month and fir My asking for prompt |
payment The lady was miserably poor and the
wife of a paralvzed husband. She had four chill
dren. none Of whom was at an age TO do anything
The Baroness James new this But. as the lady |
i'm question was not Jewess she had not much |
feeling for her distress. Indeed she. did not often
open heart and purse to Christians needing her |
bounty The Baroness Alphonse. who was at once
her first cousin. nece-n-aw. and daughter-in-law |
and IS English bred IS better than thus inasmnch
as she sometimes gives with fine llberality and |
without ostentatlon to Gentle charities.
Baroness James Rothschild was the first unbap-
tized Jewess ever admitted to French court.
After Rothschild and, Byron said. his fellow |
Christian Barring" contracted for the great loan |
which the Government Of Louis XVIII was obliged |
10 contract TO pay off the war indemnity claimed |
BY The Aimed Sovereigns her name was submitted |
10 the Duchesse d AngOuleme. then the senior |
Princess IF the House of France for presentation.
" F. donc!" cried the Duchesse; y" scratch her
name Marie Amelie W no had good deal of Italian
craft and saponaceousness. not only admitted her
70 her court, but courted her. Sac was bosom
friend of the Duchess of Orleans. mother OF
the Conte de Paris. but was altogether out 0f touch
with the Empire. II replaced the family of Louis
Phi ppe. And then the Empress was frivolous and
more deEsntly or perhaps. aggressvely Catholic
"A ia n
Je wish instincts, jewish ways. or to the race Of
fin.ties of the Chosen People inasmuch as she
male a Hebrew OF the Hebrews-the Able
Bauer ex-cerk of the ROthschilds. and at
all times Que of their wlre-puling agents
her chaplain and confessor. may add parentheti-
csuy that, " hen tue Empire fell and be conld get
nothing more ont of Christianity. he reapsed to
Judaism and now entertains his Jewish brethren
Al ga, dinuers with very queer stories about his
exalted lady penitents during the Empire. What
the Empress objected to In the Jew was his hos
tillty to the Catholic faith. although II keen OBJ
Der yer she would have seen that the ntra-Cath-
pics. Royalists and Jews are very ready TO play
into EACH Others hands Mires aud Cardinal An
tone Ii pulled the same financial cord. 1t was to
ruin MIres that old James Rotnschlld made his
o erk. Bauer who was an mpudent, push
ing fellow. with good deal OF
animal beauty, enter holy orders. |
brother of Bauer was under Marfori In Queen |
lsabe las household. and having also animal
beauty was a IA vorlte Of that sovereign. TO Mar
forts great satisfaction Isabella recommended
the abbe 10 the Empress Eugsnie. to whom be be-
came so indispensable that she took him with her
70 Egypt and up tho Nile 20 the first cataracts, 1t
Was SAID that b. did secret service work under the
CLOAK of his ecclesiastical garb for Protestant
Prussia both before aud during the siege of PARIS
In the la ter period he played snowy part IN the
ambuIahces which enabled him occasionally to be
IL contact with the GerInan advanced posts.
In The closing years of her life the Baroness
james hOthschlld WAS constantly and most aifec-
tlOnately looked after by her two daughters the
EafOness Nathaniel mOther OF the bbOphile
Baron James. who In supposed to have commit ted
suicide nNe wears back and the Baroness solomon
The Oh lady had long suffered from govt, which
effected the bronchial tubes and which prevented