Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-27

is feature Of the house. The late Baron
| Ferdinand Rothschild lived in a fairy
| palace at Waddesden, which his sister
| Alice still inhabits. having inherited a be-
quest of E4s.OO0 year for the purpose OF
! keeping 1t up. Mr.. Leopold lives at Halton,
| Lord Rothschild at Tring and Mr.. Alfred
| inhabits a bower of beauty at the end of
| Hill street, but nobody ever wrote an adj
vertisement of the Rothschild possessions.
Strict retcence about the private lives of
the partners in the New Court firm has
| always been the rule of the family.
The wealth lavished Sir Ernest Cas-
sells various houses has attracted attention
in socialist circles. as the rapid acquisition
of immense riches~as the result of money
dealing stimulates the desire of the ex
tremsts to tax wealth so acquired. 1t is
not long since Sir Ernest Cassel was clerk
In Mr.. Bschoffheim's Office and today he is
| a muiti-milllonaire, as the result of adToit
arrangements in high finance. The king
dimes or lunches with Sir Ernest Cassel at
the Villa Belle Fontaine at 8arritZ al
most daily. and he Is said by those who
are acquainted with the hidden current of
events to exercise a greater influence In
political matters than any cabinet minister.
He frequently has financed the king and
often put him on to a good thing" in the
money market. When Lord Butte exer-
cised one-half of the influence at the court
of King George which is now welded by
Sir Ernest Cassel the people were indig
nant. Times have now changed and the
clever financier who possesses the ear or
no jealousy except among those who regard
property robbery
Episcopal Church Landmarks.
When the bishop of Ely has sold his
episcopal residence In London (Which the
London Gazette last night announced that
he had been empowered to do there will
only be two Of these residences left here,
Lambeth Palace and London House, Lam
beth with its weather-beaten old walls by
the riverside. very castle-lke and rambling
in outline. does not admit of any thought
of alienation. If the archbishop did not
want 1t for himself, the bishops would lead
a riot, I imagine against any proposal to
sell it, for the Lollards Tower is arranged
now in flats, which are lent by the arch
bishop to mpecunious and bachelor bishops
who want Judgment in town. 1t has a
sound of ecclesiastical feudalism. this
auartering of subject lords In the over
lords castle. AS for London House, where
else should the bishop of London have his
episcopal residence? 1t is a good town
house" sandwiched a little gloomily be-
tween Lord Derby's house and the Duke OF
Norfolks long-fronted house in the south
east corner of st. James square. But you
are fortunate II, passing by it any day.
you catch a glimpse Of the bishop. The
duke you may see easily enough, paying
off a hanson at his door or striding off
somewhere on foot with flying coat tails.
But the bishop Is a darting person.
There was not so long ago another epis-
copal residence in the square. 1t was
Winchester House. on the opposite side of
the SQUARE. but It has been part of the old
war office for many years. 1t was the
residence of the bishop of Winchester re-
Gently enough. though, for it Is said to
have been the house from which Bishop
Wherefore set out for the ride that was
his death in July, 1873. The bishop OF
Elys house, which is now to be sold, Is
one of the good family mansions OF Dover
street that have now all passed to other
uses. Private hotels and superb dress
makers made the first invasion. After
them came clubs the Bath Club is In a
house that still has the Neviil arms upon
the staircase). and especially the feminine
clubs of late years. The Sesame. the
Ladies' Athenaeum and the Empress are
there and there have been others more
fleeing The bishops house was the last
survival and perhaps he would have gone
| sooner but for a feeling that he might be
| accused of restlessness. For 1t is the sec.
| ond time that an episcopal residence OF
| Ely has been given up. and twice within
$50 years is rather restless for bishoprlc.
| This time no such mark will be left upon
London as the older house left In the name
| of Ely Place, Holborn.
The site Of Ely Place and gardens must
| now be worth millions. 1t was in Ely Place
| that John of Gaunt died. and of the then
| adjoining gardens Shakespeare speaks IN
Richard III:
"My Lord of Ely when was last in Hoiborn'
saw good strawberries in your garden there,
do beseech you send for some OF them.
There would be greater difficulty In grow
| ing strawberries in Holborn now than in
cutivating roses successfully in the Temple
gardens-which is declared to be impossible.
Lord Newton's Reform Bill.
Lord Newton, the author Of the bill for
| reforming the lords. though only the sec
! ond peer, is the head Of an old family,
| the Leghs Of Lyme. Of whom a good story
| is told. Queen Alexandra, when Princess
| Of Wales was looking over the visitors
| book at Marlborough House before she had
| mastered the intricacies OF the proper pro-
nuuciation of English names. On coming
to the entry in which Lord Newton's
mother had inscribed her name in some
what difficult caligraphy. her royal high
ness inquired of the equerry, What a
funny name-who is Mrs. Leg of Lamb?"
Lord Newton, who has been in diplomacy,
and is a good golfer would need all his ad-
yantages to arrive at success WITH MS re-
form bill for the general opinion In the
upper house is that Lord Newton does not
carry sufficient weight to succeed where
Lord Salisbury and Lord Rosebery have
failed Lord Newton's manner gives the
impression to many persons that his con-
seriousness of superiority Is imperfectly
concealed.
Tncanny pets are still the vogue In so
ciety Last year monkeys were in fashion,
this season frogs are to be the rage So
ciety ladies prepared to pay as much
as ego for the rare Amazon river frog,
and doubtless Mr.. Jamrach, the natural
list, will be equal to the demand. Snakes,
of course. are always popular. beautiful
Gaiety actress. Miss Poppy Hammond. has
already been photographed with live pet
snake curled round her neck
One well-known lady, Mrs. Arthur Cado-
gan, has even kept a python and she fire.
quently wore snakes as bracelets. Lizards
and tortoises, tethered by gold chains, may
be seen in many west end drawing rooms.
Ladies go shopping with monkeys in their
muffs and pet snakes have actually been
taken to the opera
Freak dogs Of the toy-terrier type are
pampered to an indescribable extent. Some
of them have been clothed in fifty guinea
sable coats and 90 guinea chinchilla
sacaues. They wear jeweled collars cost
ing anything up to a hundred guineas,
diamond bracelets round their forepaws
and earrings of solitaire pearls and they
eat off silver plates
The tube" railways still spreading
under London. Early next month an ex-
tension of the City and South London rail-
way from the Angel to Euston will be
oneued for traffic This will leave five