Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-05-15
THE ENGLISH RoTHscHILDs.
s~e4eristics of the Parent Heads of the
Financial Family.

E2a~n.eteristics of the Parent Heads of the
Financial Family.
! Some ten years ago old Baron Roths-
eAiId passed away full of years, leaving
tehind him a gigantic fortune. His
fhree nephews. Nathaniel, Leopold and
Alfred, sons Of Baron Lionel Roshs-
child. inherited the city business, while
his vast riches In cash, lands, house
property and securities were for the
must part ~bequeathed to his daughter,
the Countess of Rosebery. The three
Eaud0n R~othschilds of to-day bear lit
-aes resemblance, either in face, form
or business habits. to either their late
father or uncle. The elder, Nathaniel,
EkteIy created Lord Rothschild, is a
~fxrseeing man of great business ca
p<city. and under his guidance the
great house still maintains it's supre-
MACY In the world of London finance.
He is, however, a mar who devotes his
~astentiOn only to great enterprises,
znd consequently a vast amount of
minor business OF a very profitable
nature that used to be executed by the
Rothschilds has of late flowed into
ether channels.
His Lordship excels as a diplomatic,
and his relations with G~ladstone's Gov
!ernment during the Egyptian affair
were close and invaluable to his house.
Simple British taxpayers who paid
amy attention to the part England was
playing in the Khedive's affairs for a
year Or two previous to the slaughter
ing of the heroic Gordon at Khartoum
Eaundly asserted that her expensive
Interference in Egypt would I'VE
have been pushed SO far but for the
vast interests of the R~othschilds and
their clients there at stake. The head
of the firm does not inherit his uncle's
hive of sport. He neither breeds nor
nnns thoroughbred race-horses, and is
rarely seen in the h~unting-feId,
ttfough in a perfunctory ann he
still keeps up the famed pack of stag
hounds. His counsel in financial mat
ters is highly esteemed by Her Maj
sEty's Government and his life, like
thai of his predecessor. is devoted to
money getting. More Jewish in APP
pezrance than either of his brothers,
his character and habits more clearly
indicate his Hebraic origin.
Alfred de Rothschil1 is also very ir-
regular in his attention to business in
eesThe Lane He is not generally
credited with any particular aptitude
for playing the great game of finance,
hnt has charge of the routine business
0f the firm. Almost any morning on
the stroke of eleven hisneat brougham
may be seen pulling up at the corner
@f Cannon street and St. Swithin's
Lane, whence its elegantly-attired
eEner proceeds on foot to his Office.
He is a handsome man. of medium
stature and dark complexion, and his
features are only slightly Indicative OF
His Semitic origin. La private life he
II something OF a svbarite; his taste in
works of art are highly cultivated; he
K liberal patron of some of the first
painters of the day, and IN ardent and
discriminative collector of old china
and bric-a-brac.
leopold de Rothchild does not re-
semble his brothers either in his feat
ures or mode of life. The younger
brother takes but little part in the
Business of the great house, and rarely
puts in IN appearance in St. Swithin's
Zane. He is a somewhat delicate
hooking man, of fair complexion, with
&mild, kindly face. A liberal patron
Of the drama. he Is rarely absent from
his box at the opera or his stall at the
theater on first nights" and he num-
hers among his friends many of the
leading members of the profession.
He is in the Prince of Wales set, and
is on terms of intimacy with the heir
race-horses hat Leopold de Rothschild
Is, perhaps. best known to the
English people. While lacking
his late uncle's enthusiasm in
his pursuit Of the national
sport of Britons. he maintains a large
stable of thoroughbreds at Newman
ket, where he also has a residence,
and it may be fairly said that there
IRE no colors ore popular on the turf
than the Rothschild blue and yellow.
One estimable characteristic of the
English Rothschild may be noted as
the common possession Of each of the
three brothers. Their charity knows
no iisait, their sympathy once enlisted
ON behalf of a worthy object. Their
names are " missing from any
public subscription list, while their
private benevolences are aver dis
pensed with open hand and prssum-
ably cheerful heart. - Phi[adel pLia
Times.