Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-12-06
LORD ROTHSCHiLD.
Modest Ways but Lavish Generosity
of Great Jewish Finsncier.

Ii can safely be asserted that l"N
personalities have left their impress
upon our Jewish communal life AS has
Nathan Meyer first Baron RothSchild.
Sec the great financi"r making a
round of the East Side synagogues on
every Kippur afternoon ana mark TIL
hundreds Of corelioionists who proud
:. walk in his train! 81
True it were lar more in keeping
with the Solcmnry Of the day had
they remained within the confines OF
their own chcvras. Iiut apparently
the opportunity Of walking in the steps
If a live Jewish peer ana 4 nlillionlir"
lnany times over - boot is rresisitbir.
They offer him 4 mitzvah az tn"
free services. See the great cunGr"-
cation rise as one man while this
quiet graybeard mounts the impro-
viscd almcnar and listen while h.
reads the Haphtorah faultlessly
have often watched this most un-
assuming OF men making his way I"
st. SWithins lane from his palace in
PicCndilly at ~ o'clock in the morning.
His modest coach threads its WA
through the maze If vehicles around
the gray old Mansion House. and you
EIay observe how this endless stream
vl traffic is IL once brought I"
standstill by the constable on duty :"
that Lord Rnthschills cquirag" may
pass along unimpcdcd.
At Tring in Hcrtlordshr" Lord
Rothchild i, master OF L wonderfully
beautiful dcmcsnc Of too acres. Her"
he is indeed looked upon as n king
I'll" railway port"rS at TrinS arr ready
to accord him the privileges Of
ruler. Eut the quiet IMAM with the
black bag slips into the train without
Il fuss.
His wonderful house in fashionable
Piccadilly, the facade Of which every
American visitor makes q point Of in
epccting, cost fortune Ii STANDS on
the most expensive ground in Lon
don. It's beauties include wonderful
marble hall. with a double staircase
that is the envy of half the famous
hostcsscs of this great metropolis. His
lordships flunkcys, men Of gigantic
stature and perfect proportions, have
no parallel in the homes Of the elect.
They are described as sons Of Anak."
Strangers wandering across Tring
Park are continually reminded that
nearby is the unrivalled geological col
lection Of Hon. Walter Rothschid. his
'ordships son ana heir and me Of the
most Noted naturalists Of modern
times. Here are kangaros. cassp-
varies. rhcas. oatrichcs. zcbraS-of
which Hon. Walter has driven q team
nor" often than oncc--and even
stranger animals from other climcs
that are not 20 be met with outside
the gates of the compctest zoo.
Although it has been rashly stated
that quite half of the animals exhibit
cd at our fine geological gardens are
the Hon. Walters property, it is the
fact that this ardent collector is IL the
habit of sending much Of his surplus
live stock to Regents Park Many
are the stories that cluster around
Lord RothSchild'S hcir-talcS that have
to be swallowed with the rrovcrbial
grain of salt. 1t is true. howcva..that
Tring Park is tho Mecca Of the
NaturalistS OF the world.
HaDDy is he who has the honor to be
invited to luncheon at New Court
Tho choicest viands are placed before
him and tho Rothhschild courtesy is
manifested in a score of ways In
rariably tho visitor is asked to take a
cigar. an invitation that means box
Of fifty or hundred Of choice
brand His lordship is held in es-
pccial reverence by the omnibus
drivers and conductors of the
metropolis. 10 whom he presents a
brae" IF plump pheasants every Yule-
tidc,-Amcrican Hebrew.