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| can take to herself the credit for the
setting of such a fashion as "the
week Lady Rothschild un-
| doubtedly made the Friday night to-
Monday-morning visit in the country
| the diversion it now is for theEngl1sh
aristocracy. From the art1stocracy II
went to the middle classes and thence
| to the lower, so that her ladyship has
practically done a kindness to the en-
tire nation Tring park is occupied by
Lord Rothschild and his family only
two months out of the year, but the
great show place is open for weekend
house parties almost year in and year
out. Lord Rothschild delights to gath
er his political and business friends
about him on these occasions, and
everybody who is anybody" some
time or other attends a Rothschild
weekend party.
Lady Rothschild is the frequent
hostess of royalty both at Trfng park
and at 17S Piccadilly, the magnificent
town residence of the family adjoining
Apsley house, the home of Wellington
But no matter what the occasion, Lady
Rothschild maintains rigid simplic-
ity Of dress. Her favorite evening cos
tune is grey satin, wolfe or chiffon, and
her jewelry rarely exceeds two pieces.
One of these is a diamond spray hair
ornament, and the other a string OF
pearls. The pearls fitting closely
about the neck are Of great value, and
are graduated until the center one is
reached. 1t is huge pear-shaped
thing and is one of the many priceless
gems Of the Rothschild family.
Lady Rothschild shares one taste in
common with the king of England.
Her favorfte flower, and Lord Roth
schild's as well, is the Malmaison car
nation. This carnation is frequently
used In decorating the kings private
dinner table On one occasion when
the king and queen attended a ball
given at the Rothschilds' town resi-
dence, Lady Rothschild used her in-
genuity and contrived decorations
which the then Prince of Wales said
were as beautiful as anything he had
ever seen in a London house. Bloom
ing peach trees were planted"
throughout the mansion, and both the
color and scent of the blossoms were so
accurately reproduced that it. seemed
as if one were in a peach orchard.
Lady RothSehild is famous as a friend
Of the newspapers. Although she never
on any occasion permits the publica-
ton Of her photograph, she goes out
Of her way to give desired Informal
aion. In her unwillingness to have
her picture go the rounds, Lady
Rothschild is like all the ladies of the
RotnSchlId FAMILY. Lady Syb1l Grant
was not photograph ed in any news
paper until just previous to her mar
rage, when she yielded to the pressure
brough to bear on the family.
Lady Rothschild is a devout attend
ant at a modest house of worship in
Bayswater, and when recently some of
the brethren collected the Jewish
hymns written in late years they dedi :
Gated the volume to Lady Rothschild.
Her ladyship is fond of walking about
London and often takes the tube
down town and thence a bus to "the
CITY," where some of her charities are
located.
He Collects FIeas.
But above society and above chart
ty. Lady Rothschilds particular hob
by is her son, the Hon. Walter Rothsz
child. This young man, who will
some day be Lord Rothschild, is no
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lover OF smart society. He is said to
look like farmer, and certainly he
loves country pursuits better than
town. He, too, enjoys his fathers well
equipped dairy at Tring, although his
own famous geological museum takes
precedence Of the dairy The Hon.
Walter is a great traveller and has
personally collected strange animals
from all quarters of the globe The
latest addition to his museum is an as,
sortment of LOCO strange heas. He has
onered $4,000 for a peculiar specimen
OF the flea family, known as the Arctic
lea, hitherto uncaught by any Eng
I1shman. Mr.. Rothschild long since
commissioned an Arctic whaler to hunt
Tor this little insect, and when the
captain of the whaler returned flea
less, sent out an expedition for the
SPECIAL purpose of ea-catching. That
expedition is still en- route The flea is
found on the Arctic fox.
The Hon. Walter RothschiId, in be-
tween his flea-caching, is a member of
parliament. He is the man who boldly.
wore white straw plug hat" in the
mouse one day, and, to the amazement
OF all the rest Of the house, continued
the use of it throughout the summer
session. Although a young man of
great activity, the Hon. Walter
Rothschild is not strong. His delicate
health has made it necessary for him
to travel great deal, and in the an
nual trips he makes to the south of
europe and other civilized countries,
his mother is his companion. Lady
Rothschild, however, does not accom-
pany her son. when he goes animal
hunting and f1ea-catching.
Tr1ng park, greatest of the residences
OF the Rothschilds. was built by the
present Lord Rothschild to suit his own
fancy. 1t is a mammoth building.
square and comfortable. 1t is stored
with art treasures, although the most
precious Rothschild pictures are in Pic
| adilly. The Conservatives and the pri-
vate zoo are Tring parks claim to
highest distinction. The zoo. next to-
the Duke of Bedford's, is the finest coll
lection of its kind in England. TIE
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need the entertainment. with the same
lavishness of hospitality as is given
to the most important person who
comes there, Miss, de Rothschild has
but! to Ikea poor girl who comes with
in her notice, and presto! she has in
vited her to Waddesdon manor for a
change of air and needed rest. A'cer-
tain chorus girl, neither very talented
nor very beautiful, once attracted Miss
Rothschild's attention. She sent, be-.
hind the scenes, got acquainted with
the girl and took her home with her!
She has ever since stood the girls
friend. Unlike many of her wealthy
family. Miss de Rothschild INDUCES in
little public charity. She doesuFher
.kinfnesses to individuals.
Then there is the beautiful Mrs.
Leo Rothschild. She is of Italian
birth, but she has taken to English
life enthusiastically. She is -s1nore
strictly a society woman" than Lady
Rothschild. She was the chaperon Of
Lady Sybil Grant when she made her
debut as Lady Sybil Primrose, and now
that her sons are grown fine young
men, she is seen about with them
great DEAL She dresses in what some
one has termed ga neat unobtrusive
style" Mrs. -Leoss skill as a rider is
proverbial, and, ASA patron Of the opera
She has no superior in enthusiasm.
Many -merican wemen who during the
English meeting Of the International
Council of W6ineH were entertaineas at
the Tring park garden party by Lady
Rothschild. will Remember that Mrs.
Leo, the persepifeatfon of dainty face
sands figure, stood by Lady Rothschild
all afternoon and shook hands with all
the guests.
Lady Battersea is better known as a
philanthropist than any of her Roths-
child kinsworIen. This Is largely
because of her association with the
National Council. of Women Workers,
an organization Which brings her into
touch with alt.kfntls and conditions of
educational apd1 -philanthropic enter
prises. Her work is a trife less dis
tinctly Jewish than is that of Lady
Rothschild, whose racial instincts are
notably strong
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nal servitude, that is any term involv-
ing confinement for over two years,
were put to such improbable occupa-
tions as picking oakum or breaking
stones. The secretary feels that all
prisoners are not hopeless cases, hence
his new scheme. Young men serving
their first period are to be kept under
special observation and If it is found
that the criminal instinct Is not strong
ly developed in them they will be
taught some useful trade which may
help them to become respectable citi-
zens on their release. Habitual crimi-
nails will also De put to some useful
occupation by which they will be no
longer burden on the taxpayer and
If they show no disposition to reform
they will be kept in prison for an in
definite period. This feature Of the
scheme is drastic because it will need
a special act of parliament to put it in
operation.
1t is quite like the Hon. Akers-Douglas
to tackle promptly on entering a new
department the biggest difficulty con-
fronting that department. He is a
hard-headed, plains speaking, plain
looking man, who, like Mr.. Chamber
lain, always has had the reputation of
getting things done. r At first commits
sioner of works, he gained respect by
a vigorous policy escepially with re-
gard to factories and sanitary inspec-
ton. AS home secretary he has the
prerogative of reprieving or refusing
to reprieve condemned criminals, and
the way in which he has used it has
strengthened the good opinion held Of
him throughout the country.
He used to be a soldier and his
soldier son, whose South African rec
ord IS unusual, inherits his fathers
military zeal. Mr.. Akers-DougIas is
Justly proud of his boy, whom luck as
well as valor seems to attend. At
Magersfontein he was shot in the
sleeve Of his tunic and his belt was
torn completely off by a bullet, and the
young man remained unframed
Mr.. Akers-Douglas comes Of a fam
lily known for it's charity and general
good works. The home secretary
himself, while man of strict sense Of
duty and answering purpose to act
for the good of the state, IS touched
with much clemency in the discharge
of what Is often painful business. He
is so punctilious. about his work that
he frequently looks in on such places
as Scotland Yard and other institu-
lions relating to criminals, to see to
things in person. and many stories are
told of the way In which policemen on
duty, failing to recognize the home
secretary, sometimes refuse him en-
trance.
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Square. She has now, however, gone
with her family to their place in the
country near London. and will have a
number of house parties. Mrs. Hig-
gins eldest daughter, Miss Eloise
Breese, is making quite a stir since her
recent debut. She Is an excellent talk
er and an extraordinarily good horse
woman. The younger Miss Breese will
be out soon and Mrs. Higgins boy,
who comes between the sisters Is now
of age. Mrs. Higgins is as strictly "in
1t" as any American woman In Lon
DON She Is an intimate friend OF
Lady de Gray, Lady Charles Beresford
and others of the opera set" Until
her marriage with Mr.. Higgins five
years ago, the then Mrs. Breese. rich
and pretty, was besieged with offers
of marriage. Her vogue In Rome and
in Paris was one which smart people
remember. She could have had a title
many times over had she desired it.
But instead she came to London and
met again Mr.. Harry Higgins, solicitor,
musician, devotee of the opera. Mr.
Higgins was sutton of his wife while
she was still Miss Parsons. His love
lasted and after her first marriage and
many years of widowhood, Mr.. Hig
gins, himself a widower by then, re-
newed the suit and won.
Mrs. Higgins is sister-in-law to that
clever lady, Miss Polly Higgins, whose
dinner table talk is the admiration Of
all who hear it. Miss Polly has long
since passed matrimony up for good.
She delights in being a maiden lady.
She lives alone in tiny little house
on the borderland of Chelsea. But
she has great friends, notably Lord
Rosebery and his daughters.
Lady Constance Mackenzie, whose
recent polo playing in the United
States won her the admiration of all
beholders, has reached India in the
course of travels. Lady Constance ex-
poets to return to England in the win
ter and will then go to America again.
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EDWARD HAS YANKEE
ASA MOTOR EXPERT
Oliver Stanton Likes His JoE
and Becomes a British Cit.
izen by Choice.
Special Foreign Service.

Special Foreign Service.
LONDON, Sept. 5.-ProbabIy Their.
is no one Of the men who come into
close touch with King Edward who
could, II he would, tell more interesting
|, thlngs about the sovereign than his
majesty's American motor expert Oil
yer stanton. Being motor expert" to
the king means that Mr.. Stanton NOT
only selects and buys Edward Wis
motor cars and inspects them every
Few days to see that they are in perfect
running order. but that he FREQUENTLY
goes with his majesty on his motor
ing trips and generally advises the
sporting sovereign on all points in
connection with cars. In fact. wera
MT. Stanton a nobleman, like most of
the members of the royal household.
instead of democratic son Of the
great republic, he probably would be
called lord high motor councillor. or
something of that sort
what must make Mr.. Stanton's "fob"
especially interesting is the kings in
tense enthusiasm over motoring When
following a sport of which he really is
1ohd, the monarch likes so far as pos
sible to throw royal etiquette to the
winds, and the fOrmalities between
MN and his motor expert are said to
be very slight. Mr. Stanton often
drives the king on his flying trips
between London and Sandringham and
Windsor-being one of the only two
men besides his majesty's hired chauf-
feur, who have had this honor. The
other is the Hon. Scott Montague.
member of parliament and editor of a
well-known English motoring maya
zine. By the way, Mr.. Stanton was
arrested the other day for driving one
of the royal cars faster than the law
allows. The king, however, was not
along this time.
Properly speaking, Stanton is not an
American now, for he recently took out
his naturalization papers and swOre
fealty to his royal employer. This,
however, was not because Mr. Stanton
was tired of being an American, but
because he wanted to join the English
Motor Volunteer corps, a recently
formed military body in which the
king has taken a lot of interest.
From this 1t is evident how far Mr.
Stanton is willing to go to please his
illustrious principal" On his side, the
king feels as warmly toward his Amer
lean man Of the motor as he does to-
ward his latest American man of the
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versy" now raging in this country no
member Of the Brisish cabinet has
been more talked of lately than the re-
Gently appointed home secretary, the
Rt. Hon. Aretas Akers Douglas. In his
capacity as head of the department Of
the government which deals with
criminals, Mr.. Akers-Douglas has just
laid before parliament a scheme re-
garding the treatment of wrong doors
which he hopes will solve a problem
that has been for years agitating the
minds of his predecessors. He is going
to try and reform the criminal classes
SO as to make them both within and
without the prison useful citizens.
Hitherto prisoners, irrespective of their
antecedents, who were sentenced to pc
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speech and big of brain. Gudula
Schnaffer Mayer, mother of the first
rich Rothschild, started this fashion in
the family. She was a good old lady
who lived in a back street in the
Frankfort ghetto long after her sons
were striding on toward fortune. Back
of her house, still preserved, is the
little shop where her husband COM
meneed the business that formed
foundation for her sons great enter
prises.
Frau Gudula could never be induced
to leave her home among the Jews of
Frankfort, and she held a tradition
unto her death that if she waXed proud
and ambitious as her sons waxed rich,
their luck would turn and the money
leave the family. So she made her
self. comfortable, and lived on alone in
the house where her children We're
born. She did Smany charities and
mixed freely among the important peo-
pie of Frankfort who became, as years
passed, the friends of her children.
But she made them accept her as she
was, or not at all Her fashionable
daughters-in- came in their car
riages TO the ghetto and the old lady
worthy mother of so valiant a house
let them in herself, and let them Out
again. Frau Gudulda was known
among the chosen people Tor years
mothers of Israel. The name so gen
orally applied to her during her life
time, Mother Mayer, chung to her
memory.
Mother Mayer, who never knew the
gentler title "Rothschild" (Red
Shield adopted as it was by her sue
cessful son from the sign that hung
above his first business house, has be-
queathed many of her fine qualities to
the ladies Rothschild of today. Those
born Rothschilds are women of much
the same type as she. The present
baronS wife was his first cousin, and
there is no more Jealous worker for
poor Jews in London than she. By
curious coincidence the women who
have become Rothschilds by marriage
have numerous traits of character in
common with those of the Rothschild
blood.
All Shy of Publicity.
1t is common saying that there
never was a mean tempered woman in
the entire Rothschild family. This is
strikingly true of the British branch.
For amiability and royal tact, England
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Battersea and Mrs Eliot Yerke Of
the younger generation of Rothschilds,
Lady Crewe and Lady Sybil Grant,
the daughters of Lord Rosebery, are
the leading lights. The mother of
these ladies was Hannah Rothschild,
who was tremendously rich; and, fur
thermore, there is general supposition
that Miss Alice Rothschild, who in
herited her vast wealth from the kings
friend, 'Ferdy"4 Rothschiid, will leave
it to the 'Rosebery girls" Neither
Lady, Spewe, nor~Lady Sybil Grant Is
beautiful, but they are clever, good
natured women, who, like Lady
-Rothschild,s have "a genuine repugnance
to publicity of any kind.
Then there is pretty Mrs. Give Beh-
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Conservatives belong particularly to
Lady Rothschild and the DAIRY ~ 80 -
baron himself Tring park is one =. q
circle Of Rothschild' residences fu LI.,t
along the boundary line between E Ter
fordshire and Buckingham. Inc AdIn-
fly preserves it's clannishness phenone-
nally. Five of their palatiai country
residences are within a few miles Oh
each other
+ Knows Her Own Mind.
Miss Alice de Rothschild. who In
her1ted her vast wealth from her Drotn-
er,- the late Baron Ferdinand de Roths-
child. is perhaps the cleverest OF the
2Rothschild women. She Is wit and
an after-dinner speaker OF no smaLi
reputation. Good-natured enough she
Is to a degree. Miss Alice has tongue
that spares not. Since her brother
death, she superintends the running OF
her vast estates with a sharp hand that
keeps the place and the servants in
strict order. Miss de Rothschild takes
a walk about the grounds of Wad-
desdon manor every morning when she
Is in the country She carries q lit
tie trowel with her, and when she sees
an offending weed son the instant digs
lit up. Her dress is always simple. She
is a plain elderly lady and clothes con-
Germ her little. With the exception of
the least ornamental of evening gowns,
Miss de Rothschild's wardrobe consists
principally Of straight sack" coats and
short skirts. *
- Miss Alice de Rothschild was much
criticised in the neighborhood of Wad-
desdon manor at the time of her BROTH
er.s death for doing away with what
was known as open day" at the manor.
Baron ''Ferdy," who was as od-nat-
ured as he was rich, let the country
to, enter the house and grounds one
day a week. Miss Alice believed that
more benefit is derived by selecting
ones guests and entertaining such as
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LIVE MOUSE BAIT CAUGHT HIM.
How Persistent Angler Fooled a Willy
Trout.

Trout.
If you know where there's q big trout
! and you want him" said a wilderness
fisherman to a Sun CORRESPONDENT "i1Isf
get a young field mouse, hook it lightly
and let 1T swim naturally over the big
fellows retreat.
Il have just returned from a three
weeks trip in the Fish pond region af
Jackman and know that this will work
There was big trout lying beside some
lily pads at a point where a cold brook
flowed into Little Fish pond that made
me envious.
L tried every fly in the book and ]
hshed at early morning noon and night
put never with response to my flies
Often the big fish would come clear OUT
OF the water and gather in a June fly or q
miller, but copy of that same ny with
a hook attached had no attraction fol
7 even resorted to the 'barnyard
hackie the angle worm and live Insects
and l put them right under his nose
But they were regarded with lofty dis
"A day or two before we left I hap
pened to unearth a field houses nest
and there were several tiny youngsters
there. They were smart enough to scamp
er at lively pace, but not to escape,
and we gathered four of them up. more
out Of curiosity than anything else.
While looking them over il occurred
to me that they would make a tempting
morsel, scurrying across the water, and
SO that evening at sunset l went out to
the big trouts retreat, hooked one OF
the little mice lightly through the back
and let him down gently on the water
at point so that he would swim directly
over the spot al which the big trout re-
peatedly rose. The mouse swan like a
duck. but ne didn't swim far before the
big trout came clear out of the water
and sank with the bait in his mouth
When we landed him 1 found the hook
deep down in his throat. and l am conf
dent that he just couldn't wait to mt
that dainty mOrsei in contact with mis-
digestive organs. The fish tipped the
scales at five and a half pounds. and in
spite of the fact that l am a fly fisher
man, I'm rather proud of having out
Witted that crafty old fellow New
York Sun.
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sister, Mrs. Eliot Yorke. are ardent
workers in the cause of temperance.
Miss Alice de Rothschild, also a cous
in of Lord Rothschild, is spinster of
the family and persona grata with the
queen of England. She is what Is
known as a thoroughly good sort, al
though famous neither for the suavity
of Lady ,Rothschild and Mrs Leo"
nor the public philanthropies of Lady
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West Indians Max starue

MOBILE, Ala, Sept 4-Letters of Aug.
Is and 10 from Georgetown, Grand Cay
man, report the damage by the hurri-
cane of Aug. II much worse than first
reported One writer says:
IF the inhabitants are not afforded
relief every one will be starved in week.
The stock of food is small. Show this
letter to the newspapers that tEey may
let the world know of the condition of the
island and the people. If any subscrip-
lions are had in Mobile 1 shall be glad
to distribute them to the needy"
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what is a baby?" IS asked. and then
the following complicated definition Is
given: The prince of walls. a dWeller In
Lapland. the morning caller. monday
crawler. midnight brawleT. only possession
that never excites envy, a key that opens
the hearts Of all classes. the rich and the
poor alike, in al countries: a stranger WITH
unspeakabie cheek that enters the house
without a stitch to his back and is re-
received with open arms by all.
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Special Foreign Service.
LONDON, Sept. 5.-Ever since the
name of Rothschild became great in
the world of finance, the three
branches of the family in Germany
France and England have had an i'm
portant distinction in common. The
Rothschild women Europe over are.
and were generations ago, good to look
at, kindly of disposition, simple of
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folk than any similar function ever
held in London.
Invented the "Week-End."
Lady Rothschild, wife of the head
of the Rothschild family In England,
has achieved one success as an en-
tertainer which places her quite out
side the rank of English hostesses.
Not even the Duchess of Devonshire
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knows no superior to Lady Rothschild.
Mrs. Leopold Rothschild is a close sec
ond to her sister-in-law, the baron's
Wife. Lady Battersea, Lord Roths-
child's cousin, and a daughter of the
late Sir Anthony de Rothschild-sh
who is president of the National Union
OF Women Workers-dispenses charity
enough for the entire Rothschild con-
hecuon' and both she and her lovely
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horse-little Danny Maher, and II
Stanton should get a nasty spill from a
motor car, as Maher did not long ago,
Edward VIII probably would be as So
hcitous concerning him as he proved
in the case of the jockey.