The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-04-09

both among the Rothschilds and the Eng
fish nobility The family life of Lord and
Lady Rosehery, however. was almost
| IDEAL, and she won the regard of all her
husbands friends and held it till her
death.
Although the Rothschilds are received
on practically equal terms by the arstoc-
| racy of every European country except
| Russia, the English members of the fam
| lily have risen highest in the social scale.
| Yet IL was not until about forty years
| ago that the political disabilities of the
| Hebrews were removed in England.
| The late Baron Lionel Rothschild, faith
| er of the present Lord RothschEd, under
went long period of humiliation in con-
| sequence. Four times running he was
| elected to Parliament from the city, be-
fore he was allowed to take the oath
| or participate in legislation, and for six
teen years he sat silent outside the bar"
A bill allowing Jews to serve as members
| OF Parliament without taking the oath n
| Christians was passed in 1863
The present Lord Rothschild followed his
| rather in Parliament and sat for twenty
| years In 1868, when he was raised to the
| peerage, he was succeeded by his cousin
| Baron Ferdinand Rothschild, who. al
| though connected with the house at Vicn-
ma, is naiuralized British citizen
/
| N. NJ. Rothschild & Sons. Lord Roths,
child is the nominal head of the concern,
ana ne takes an active interest In all it's
| greater transactions, but his brother Al
| fred, is the financier and "city man." He
Is director in the Bank of England, and
| In one way and another is interested in
| nearly every financial institution of i'm
poriance in London Alfred has never
married. Leopold, The third brother, who
| n aft ial
of Mrs. Arthur Sassoon. Lord Rothgchfld
| himself followed the family traditions and
married a cousin.
The home of the London branch is an
| unpretentious structure in ST Swithin's
| lane, which is only eight feet wide From
| seventy-five to 100 clerks are employed, in
! GLIDING score of women, chosen, for the
| most part, because of their uglness. The
three brothers reach the bank al about
1920 a. M, lunch together at 2 o'clock and
| remain till 70 Z o'clock The furnish
ings of the bank are The plainest posi-,
| ble-just about what you would look for In
| the chief financial institution of an Ameri-
can town of 1900 inhabitants All the
clerks lunch daily at the expense of the
| house.
The homes of all the English Roihs-
childs are magnificent in the extreme Lord
Rothschild has a town house of unusual
size, but he lives chiefly at wonderful
Pring Park, in Herts, within sight of the
famous Chiltern Hills.
Alphonse de Rothschild is a member of
| the Beaux Arts and governor of the
| Bank of France. When in the French
| capital he lives IN the splendid mansion
in the Rue st. Florentin that was once
| Prince Talleyrands home In 1893 Alphonse
| lost an eye through an accident while
shooting, and his life since then has been
much embittered. His country place IS he
| Chateau de Ferrieres. where the old Kali
| ser Wilhelm and Bismarck stayed while
| Paris was being besieged, and where. in
| September, 1870, Jules Favre shed bitter
tears when valnly seeking to make terms
with the Iron Chancellor.
| Twice the Socialists of Paris have ct
| tackled the head of the French branch of
the Rothschild house. They We're thwlrt-
| ed on the first. OCCASION in 1913, by Il e
| cleverness of old Baron James, to whom
| a delegation paid a visit and announced
that the time had come for general dvis-
ion of property. He received them pleas
antly, made no objection to division. and,
after performing a short mathematical
calculation. said:
81 have estimated my personal fortune,
and have divided the sum by 100000 rep
resenting the present population of France
1 find that each of you, in case of division,
would be entitled to exactly francs,
which take pleasure in handing to YOU"
Nonplussed for the moment, they took
the money and went away, and the old
baron used to take great delight in tell-
ing the story.
The second attack was upon Alphonse,
and il took a more coWardly form. In
September, 1895, a letter containing some
explosive substance was sent to the Baron.
He was at the seaside, however, and the
letter was opened by a clerk, Jodkowtz
by name, a Polish Jew. He was thrown
down by the defamation, but not serious
ly hurt. Curiously enough, Mr. Jodkowitz
at that time had charge of the Baron AL
phonse's charitable disbursements, which,
) like the gifts of every member of the
family, are exceedingly large.
II is estimated by those who know most
about the Rothschilds wealth that it ag-
gregates more than a thousand millions,
and that the American investments are at
least SEQ, 100000 The Belmonts are we'll
known to be the American agents of the
Rothschilds, but the relations of Morton,
Bliss & Co. to the great European bank
ing house are also understood to be ntI-
mate. The Rothschilds's American in
vestments include large holdings of rail-
road stock and bonds, breweries in Roch-
ester. St Louis and Cincinnati, and, in
fact, all sorts of property which seem
certain of yielding profit.
1t is related of Nathan Rothschild that
Wnlle MS cnarlueS were as extensive as
those of any of the present members of
the family. he used to like 10 give secret
~. and that 1t was his custom to walk at
night through the pooer quarters of Los-
don and slip coins into the hands of any
he met who seemed to be in need of mon
ey. on these occasions he invariably has,
tened away without giving the recipient
time TO thank him, it being superstition
of his that It was unlucky for any one to
show gratitude.
The original Rothschild owed a great
deal to his wife, the mother of the five IA
nous brothers. She was frugal and wise
and he advised with her whenever he had
an important project In hand. She sur
vived him for many years and died at the
age of 96 in 1S49. In spite Of the filth and
discomfort of the old Frankfort Juden-
gasse and the great wealth Of the family,
she insisted in occupying the old house,
which had been bank as well as home as
long as he lived and it was her custom to
sit in the door all day long knitting socks.
She and her husband were buried together
in the old Jewish cemetery, and on the
tomb of each s a little pyramid of gray