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he is naturally very tower Of strength
to Jewish institutions.
Youngest of Baron's Children.

| lie Is a very tOWcE VI sUtuStu
to Jewish institutions.
Youngest Of Baron's Children.
He is the youngest of the five children
of Baron Lionel de Rothschild, who was
the original. it may be remembered, of
Sidonia in Lord Beaconf1elds famous
novel, ''Coningsby.'' His brothers, Lord
Rothschild and Alfred de Rothschild, had
been with him a few moments before
the outrage referred to was attempted,
and, indeed, 1t would appear that the man
now in custody had no especial enmity
toward the object of his attack. but was
Indifferent as to which of the brothers
he fired at. His two sisters are dead,
the "Evelina Hospital for Children being
| memorial to Baroness Ferdinand. I'm
like many members of his family. Leo
pold de ROthschild married outside of it,
his wife being a daughter Of the late
Achille Perugia of Trieste.
The favorite home is Ascot. near Leigh
ton BuZzard. 4 beautiful dcmesne where
they more than once entertained King
Edward in style of princely munificence.
Mrs. Leopold de Rothschld is a lady
of keen intelligence, with a turn for
practical philanthropy which has led to
the development in the village close by
of an excellent scheme for training in
arts and crafts. They have three sons
one Of whom Mr.. Lionel Nathan Roths-
child, sits in the house OF commons as
member for the Aylesbury division of
Bucks, the seat formerly held by his
cousin. the Hon. Walter Rothschild.
Gives Attention to Business.
Mr.. Leopold, with his two brothers,
daily attends at the headquarters of the
Rothschild business in st. Swithins Lane,
in the very heart of the city and back
! Of the lord mayors Mansion House. New
Court wi of bI1cj ic
situated, has been occupied by them since
the day that the English branch of the
firm was established. In that narrow
thoroughfare Nathan Meyer Rothschild,
the founder. took up his residence when
he arrived In London. and he lived there
for the rest of his days. being brought
home TO it. in fact. after his death
on the continent. 1t has been but little
altered since his time, for no firm pur-
sues such conservative methods as does
that of the Rothschilds.
Apart from Ascot, Leopold de Roths-
child possesses the Palace House. New
market, which is his racing headquarters.
and he also owns a charming place, Gun
nersbury Park, at Ealing, London SUBJ
urb. The grounds of the latter house are
very fine, and they contain a lake which
he is in the habit of throwing open to
skaters on the rare occasions when we
have ice in London.
Paneled Inn Coming to America.
Although nothing is to be done about
the beautiful paneled room Of the Rein
deer Inn, Banbury. which is now being
removed for conveyance to America, it
cannot be said that the authorities and
the antiquaries had not due warming
More than a year ago the newspapers
gave an illustration of the room with the
news that it was about to be purchased.
letter appeared recently in one of the
London papers from an English anti
quarian, in which he said he was very
glad that the famous room with it's treas
ures of oak was going to America, where
1t would be appreciated and treated with
the reverence and care it deserved. There
was not sufficient love of such things
among the rich in England, he said, to
preserve 1t to this country.
An idea OF the extent to which old Eng
fish interiors are being transferred to
A :I,,;nds a,i is given by G. J. Charles in
book recently published by George
Newnes. Mr.. Charles is an expert in
English woodwork who has been engaged
for twenty years collecting chimney
pieces and paneling and reconstructing
them in new homes He has received his
chief encouragement from America, with
the result that England is becoming less
Old England and Boston less New Eng
land. Soon the American poets will be
asking: What does he know of Tudor
England who does not Euclid avenue,
Cleveland. and East 9th street, New
York, known
In this book are twelve plates of beau-
t11ul paneled roOms-Tudor billiard rooms.
El1Zabethan coy dens and so on-owned
by discerning and wealthy Americans
through some of their mullioned dia-
mond-paned windows one can perceive
skyscrapers and guess the hurried life
outside and downstairs Even the wealth.
lest American cannot buy a haunt of an
Client peace in New York In his lucid
and interesting text Mr.. Charles makes
teriors of many old. English inns There
are many of them still left but yearly
they are diminishing in number through
transporting Journeys.
Sale of Old Church Attempted.
An attempt to sell an old church in the
heart OF London, however, has led to
sympathetic protests and the sale has
been abandoned. For it's site alone it
should be worth something Two thou
sand yards of the underground railway
cost 100000, or ESQ an inch ant
when 1t comes to bricks and mortar on
don is the most valuable city in the
world Somerset House, in the Strand. al
oullders estimate only. is good for half
miilion any time. Some months ago st.
PAUL was reckoned to sell for eIO.O(O-
600. '0'
Westminster Abbey is hard to value.
leisured expert. having infinitely in
spected it, risked the opinion that &C
cording to current auction prices its stone
contents alone would realize ESQ., 600. 900
If put up in lots. Fancy the auctioneer
saying: Now. ladies and gentlemen, we
will take the Plantaganets." The en-
frances to Hyde Park cost 100000. a
good fraction of which would be recover
able on sale. Those 900 miles of sew
ers that traverse London absorbed over
fS.OOO.OO0 in construction. To buy the
old pipes one should be a millionaire.
At Disposal of Princess Royal.
I hear that King George and the King
of Norway have placed Barton Manor in
the Isle of Wight and Appleton Hall in
Norfolk at the disposal of the princess
royal. The princess wished to return to
Mar Lodge, but her old home is so init
mately associated with the late Duke of
Fife that her physicians have persuaded
her to live elsewhere-at any rate, for
some time to come. The princess has the
cho.ce, therefore, Of two Of the most de-