The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-05-13

the hand Of Maurice de Hirsch in that of
| the lady, and left the room without a
word. Thus the young people were be-
trothed. The union was blessed with an
| only son--the idol of his parents-as
| handsome as his father; he survived un-
III manhood, a good sportsman, and of
brilliant abilities. After his death Meth
| er the baron nor his wife were ever the
same again-and to that great and ire
parable loss may be attributed the bent
which Baron de Hirsch developed late in
llfe-the task of raising up the down.
trodden Jew, and giving light and hope
to millions of his prosecuted co-religion-
lists. To this end he devoted his vast
wealth; some people say not wisely
Those in his confidence on this matter
believe that the colossal ideas of the
baron and his wife are destined to sur
vive, and that even more valuable than
the gold which was laVished on the
dumb and inactive Jewish Colonization
association and the innumerabe Jewish
charities in all parts of the civilized
world, and especially in Russia, was the
indestructible idea to which he and his
widow, when he was done, devoted their
later lives and fortunes.
The baroness was gifted with an in
tuition and good sense on the outbreak
of anti-Semitism in Russia and France,
which left her under no illusions. Wri-
ting to me before a recent visit to Rus
STA, she said, Il think you can scarcely.
realize how very dreadful the state of
things is at present worse than 1t ever
has been, and quite hopeless unless re-
dress comes from the crown and from
the law" And later on, after | had Wis
tied the new Russian minister Of the in
terror, and again conversed with M
the occupation of San Nun bay prov
Pobedonostoff; and had reported to her
the result, she wrote:
I'VE Jews are, alas! only too much au
fat of the doings and the state of things
in Russia. and have only too positive ev-
idence of such. For half a century it
has been tried to open the eyes of the
authorities, but they will not see, and I
have very little hope for the future A
very sad and tangible effect of the Fran
co-Russan friendship is the rapid
growth of nti-Semitism In France.
Twenty-Five years ago 1t was absolutely
unknown there. We must bear with 1t
and hope for better times"
Such was the spirit of the woman who
is dead. In all her relations of life there
was sweet reasonableness and sanity
of Judgment, combined with secret
prodigality of benevolence of which
tens of thousands have experienced the
direct benefit. The world will never
know or as a whole, the vast culmina-
ton of good deeds that stand to her
credit-probably nobody living knows
the whole truth mob will ever know
it.
Only month ago the world had |
learned that the Emperor of Austria had
conferred the title of Baron on NM. Ar
mold and Raimond de Forest-the adopt
ed sons of the baroness and her husband. |
The great wealth which may fall to the !
elder is in hands worthy of the tradi-
tons of their adopted parents.
BY the death of the Baroness de |
myriads have lost friend; the |
world is poorer; for her life was eloquent |
of a goodness that broke the bonds of |
race, creed and language-London
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