New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-11-30
BARON ALBERTS SONS
pri-Gegea Position of the V''"""
Rotbscbilds at The Court Of Vienna

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potbscb;lds at the Court Of VIENNA
..-,--. .,,a r,a~on louis Rothschiid- VIZ"
=, .-.vv-vorl, Yesterday from kuIoP ,ror
- 80 Kaiser Wilhelm II, are tie sons - Of
90. 7othsch!lG head Of the Ausu 80 nsn,o
- International banking mouse e.h r)raeoon
- ave both Of them officers OF ~" cavalry Of
regiment. one cf the crack oo'I osition and.
.-,s.-,a, army Their father IT, nxcep-
NHe = lS'' -'- - ,beir own. is altogetie, -
u eSS' -.-,,o.e society. For Baron -NiDel -
uohA' III ,bership OF the jewish id'' 49, -.
spite o ~, 80 the Austrian great woriu a-iu
rsgs,,ed everywhere. even oF eonsIitv
It's aristocfacE' --,aror as a mark or special
McreoFei, -, ,non him some years ago anu
faToF' ,I'- o,S unmarried brother NathameI'
~ I,oxn as "Natt. patents %
Ip-s,.r,, which endowed them with Ii'e s"i'-e
fahs"Ae', -oc.,;ves at court as If they pos
4 sixteen nobiBary quarte'lles anu
sesS'- - ,ha Crusaders. instead OF spFlhs'hS
,~+,.enth century ghetto or FRANKFORT.
- ,.r-,s of these patents baron A'Ue'' '"'-
- so,bar were entitled 10 appear at court. ioI
-. ., stale occasions. that IS 10 say as o'iieiaS
- Lrs he rank OF Privy councilor-out also
=, "a. more Intimate court functions IN I"o''
hey became thereby members q tue i''''''4'
cour; circle. ...- ,,ro
-. ~ tie grant q these altogether eXcep-
,;onsl patents accepted the two oarons soclaily'
- US due largely 10 the now widowed Princess
Pauline Observation-Disclosures. who for the last tnlr'S :
<orr wears has been lie most powerful inquire OF
-. vienna grand monde. in the ten years she
ecu ~ Paris as wife q the ambassador When
Napoleon III was On the throne she saw a
great ceal u the french Rothschllds ana 1851
AL her u-e1uG.ces wiki regard 10 the JEWISH
race Ra~g7 Al2aocse RothschiIc was austrian
,.,rs,,, r-r-e-s,. and was therefore brought con-
husband,
,ba Austrian Ambassador. The princess found in
-es-c-ass Alphonse sister Of Lord Rothschild. a
cultured beautiful woman, OF the most supreme
Ia..a vino was a great favorite at the Court
of The Tuileries They became warm friends, and
a. is rrpored that the Rothschilds, by taking
..bs-ge Of the financial affairs Of the prince and
,,rincess 1T a moment when they were sadly in
,ol, 81 ozyrg 10 the trfghtful extravaganza which
.rAss{ed O. the court Of Napoleon III, saved the2
rroro tina, ruin which has now overtaken the Am
bassador's younger brother and heir Prince Pau
lIetternich.
r-o,,r or five years after the return of the Rich
ard Meter lchs 10 Vienna, Baron Albert, Of the
Austrian branch OF the Roihschild family, married
his cousin Bettina. daughter Of the Alphonse
r2ofbscililds ri Paris. Princess Pauline Meter
rjch WHO had known Bettina Rothschild from a
child al .'sris and who had always been very fond
% ber -aaE charge of her when she TO
Vienna IS a bride. both FOR her own sake and for
TIE sake Of her old friend Baroness Alphonse
RothschiiG. introduced her everywhere. chaperoned
her and induced all the members of the great
arisocracy TO receive her. At first the great world
did this for the sake Of Princess Metternich, but
soon # developed a pronounced liking for the
charming little Partisan baroness. and she was
not allowed TO experience any Of that pronounced
prejudice which the old Austrian nobility had un-
Ill then manifested toward The members OF her
race.
The grand monde found in young Baron Alber
p. who Wi
,ong fair side whiskers and silky mustache. hail
,7artcd IN The middle. and we'll bred manners
looked much more of the typical Austrian grand
eeieneur than the fnancier and when. about twelve
years ago, Baroness Bettina died rather suddenly
leaving a family Of six children. she was sin
cerely rnourned by that most exclusive society OF
al Europe. Of which she had become so general
:svorite.
Princess Pauline Metrernich was very kind to the
,rorherless children. 1t is due 10 her that
the boys were able 10 secure commissions in crack
cavalry regiments despite their Jewish faith and
Il IS under, her chaperonage that Baroness Bet
tlras only daughter. the now eighteen-year-old
Valentine Rotaschild. is about to make her debut
81 society.
Inride-taily. Princess Pauline learned TO know
Baron Aihert's elder brother Nathaniel very well
indeed as the princess was always getting up
charitable entertainments and inaugurating phil
orthropic enterprises. Baron Nathaniel. who is
3 bachelor was able 10 render himself of the
-trnost assistance 70 her. Indeed he before long
BECAME 50 indispensable q member of her en-
iourage THAI she was wont Iaughingly 10 describe
HIN as her 'Haus5u6e." all the members Of the
arstocTacy 81 Austrian Poland having a Jewish
faster who attends 20 the purchases necessary
;or me household, and who IS always at hand to
eo;ain everything that is wanted. It due
20 her influence that he founded many splendid
charitable institutions Austria. and until he
become Invalid q year or 50 ago and was
obliged 70 Withdraw altogether from society. she
was Wont to 60 the honors for him at the superb
entertainments fer which he was so celebrated.
Tie home II Baron Albert Rothschild is one of the
most Beautiful palaces n Vienna on the Hougasse.
Let add that this cordIaty of the Austrian
great world toward the Viennese Rothschilds does
7lot extend the other members Of the Jewish
20 the "haUIe finance" Indeed. both the
father and the sisters OF Baron Albert we're kept
without the PORTALS OF the old aristocracy. whose
thresholds they never allowed 20 cross. It
may De remembered that Count Tassilo Festeticz
preferred bitterly to Offend King Edward when the
latter vas Prince of Wales. rather than permit
ne late Baron Hrsch TO become a guest at Tolna
Is member Of the Irinces party. Yet Count
Festet!cz never showed any reluctance 10 meet or
entertain the Albert Rothschilds.
LADY CONSTANCE 4 MOTHER