The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-27
ROTHSCH|LO GIVES MILK ID TIE POOR Is Making Good Use of His
 Great Wealth IS ALSO A PLAYWRIGHT France Is Not Afraid of the Spirit of Her Ancient Monarchy-M. cIem-
 enceau's Generosity to
 the Pretender.
IS ALSO A PLAYWRIGHT
BY MARQUIS DE cAsrELLANE.


 Paris, October 26-t Special Cable)- Baron Henri de Roth schild is now
 making of himself such a distinguished
 Parisian personally that it gives me a
 very good excuse to speak of him just
 at present. The grandson of the great 1 founder of the famous banking firm, he is possessed of a huge fortune; not
 so great of course, as those of the
 prominent American millionaires, but
 still considerable enough to enable him | to undertake the works and actions
 that he prefers. He has, in the first
 place, placed his fortune at the service l of fine work of philanthropy, and al- l though still young. has created the l charity known as La Goutte de Lait,'' which enables the poor to obtain the
 purest and most wholesome milk for l price.
 The sufferings of humanity have moved him so deeply that he has de- 1 termined to devote himself to the task | of decreasing them, and we see this l young man, for whom life was full of 1 smiles give himself up to the study l of medicine in it's most arduous phases. At the same time that he was gain
 ing the doctors degree he set out in 1 search of a method of obtaining a cure 1 for cancer and presented to the Acad- 1 emy of Medicine of Paris a considera I ble sum of money in order to help 1t to | make experiments toward finding a l remedy for the dread disease But his | indefatigable energy has not stopped | here, but has found fresh outlets. From l tho sphere of philanthropy he has pass I ed to those letters and the arts, and | we find him in turn a writer of novels | and dramatist. His last book, Re | factions Life" is in all hands and | it Is announced that during the coming | winter the Comedie Franchise will pre- | sent a play of which he is the author, and to which he is now putting the l last touches at Ca sablanca, of all places | in the world. For Henri de Rothschild I Is not merely philanthropist and llt l terateur: he is above and beyond all 1 these-a patriot.
 As soon as he learned French blood | was flowing in north ern Africa he took l there a military hospital at his oWn | cost. When we add to all this that pr. | Henri de Rothschild Is the husband of | one of the most beautiful women in | Paris society, it will be readily under stood that of all Frenchmen he Is one | of the most useful to his compatriots, | and one of the happiest among us. l For those who still think that France regrets her ancient kings, and is capa-
 ble at any moment of placing herself | again under their sway, may dedicate
 the following few remarks:
 1 Before leaving on his last cruise in the l North Polar regions the Due d'Orleans | desired to have the marriage of his sis | ter, Princess Louise of France, celebrated 1 on French soil: namely. at the Chateau of Random, which belongs to the Countess l de Paris, his mother. He, therefore, sent l one of his friends to inquire of M. Clem- | hat t,. Ia
 for permission to come to France and be 1 present at the wedding ceremony he would be granted a safe-conduct | M Clemenceau did not hesitate mo- | ment not only did he promise to grant | the desired permission, but said he would l be happy to do so, and thus give pleasure I to the small number of French people who have preserved their tenderness for l the monarchy.
 l The premier added, He is a very fine fellow, this duo. I will decorate him as | scientist, if he likes" Such is the
 amount of fear inspired by the pretender | in the repu Jlican party. As a matter
 of fact, it was decided that the mar riage should take place at North Wood | on English soil. There, at any rate, t,Ie
 Due d'Orleans may play at being sov- | ereign, and may dine in gala clothes with
 the Order of the Holy Spirit round his
 neck.
 There have just come to France from England three persons, a mother and her | son and daughter, who are as remark | able phenomena as Mile. Christine, the | woman with two heads of twenty years l ago. Four hundred and eighty pounds for l two children of 13 and Il years-such is l the weight of Wilfred Westwood and his | sister Ruby. ~ They were born in New Zealand and now Parisians are marvelling over them | a wonder which is not decreased when | 1t is known that their mother, Mrs. Vest I wood, Is little woman of rather under l average size, and of quite ordinary weight. She is very proud of her two children, who, in spite of their size. are | well built and well proportioned. l The two children are very lively and gay, and are fond of playing with dolls.
 and of getting up to all the tricks of 1 childhood.
 | A very great French lord, the Due de 1 Richeleu, Is about to marry Polish lady also of high lineage, namely, Prin-- | cess Theresa Radziwll, daughter of Prince and Princess George Radziwill. Princess George (nee Branicka). owns the greatest sugar refinery in Russia. | and an immense fortune. The French | public will, when 1t learns of it, be great 1 ly pleased with this marriage. which has | only just been arranged, which united the l representa- tives of two such great fam l flies. The Radziwlls and the Branicki
 have. as a fact, made a good many all l dances abroad
 l enjoy unique position in French so- ! ciety.
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