The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-04-10
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own world, he finds that tho golden
touch OF "Croesus" again spells ALL

touoh OF 'CroesuS' again SPOTS all.
But 1T is not as a very successful
playwright, who has received largo
sums in royalties from his former
plays. that Baron Horny Rothschiid
has achieved his principal note. but
as a physician, and as one Of the
leading specialists In Europe on the
subject Of childrcn's maladiss. Forty
one years Of age. he is the author OF
many medical and scientific works,
which have attracted much attention,
he's founded and endowed hospitals
and asyluns for crippled and ailinG
children all over France. many OF
them at seaside resorts and has in
Paris n very large private hospital and
clinic of the most to-date char
acter. OF which he is the head physt
clan, which he constantly attends when
in the French capital. and where the
young patients are all treated wholly
free of cost. He is the editor OF the
Revue d'Hygiene ct de Patholosic In
fantllc, published in Paris, and has
done for the principal French cities
much the same work that Oscar Straus
has done in this country, towards pre-
viding wholesome milk for children.
His philanthropic and scientific work
has been recognized by the French
government by the best6wal OF the
Order Of the Legion or Honor.
Baron Henry is likewise an enthusi-
astic automobilist, and under the
pseudouym OF ''Dr. Pascal" won the
motor race from Paris to Vienna. fie
is also on record as having made a
wonderful trip of 1000 miles in the
extreme South OF Algeria ana Tunis,
traversing country in which there
were no roads.
Some time ago Baron Rothschild de-
livered before tho Academy OF Mcdi-
cine in Paris. an address deserving
careful attention In America as we'll
as in Europe, and consisting of moth
Ing moro nor less than a warning AZ
TO the germs Of ualadies which are
too frequently transmitted from the
, Orient By textile fabrics and curios.
the baron urging all purchasers of
such goods from tho Orient to subject
them TO tho most careful disinfoction
before placing them in their rooms.
lie cited numerous cases OF diseases.
notably dysentery. eto., VIII ch had been
imported from the Far East into fam
/ HES In Europe in this fashion.
How necessary is this warning. may
he gathered from the fact, which l
mentioned several years ago in these
! letters, that whenever n RICH 8Ioslem
/ died In Persia, Central Asia. Morocco,
/ Egypt or Turkey, his body is, In ac-
/ cordance with his dying request. al
I most Invariably sent to Mecca or
Medina Tor final burial. The convey
/ ance Of tho body, which Fortunately Is
81 most expensive process. is effected
/ for the most part by means or caneIs,
and for the trip the corpse is always
wrapped up In several Of the most cost
/ ~ and valuable OF the rugs and prayer
} carpets of the deceased. When tho
sacred caravan Of tho dead. composed
I OF hundreds of caIrels, each with a
I coffin or two hung on either side.
! reaches its destination at the holy
| place, Mecca or Medina, these rugs be-
| come tho perquisites OF the people who
! have had charge of tho caravan. and
| who realize large sums of money by
| their sale. Eventually they find their
way into tho bazaars OF Smyrna, Carlo,
/ Alexandria and Constantinople. and
! from thence to the houses OF the rlcn
/ in Europe and America.
II may readily no imagined that
/ rugs, no matter how beautiful or ar
/ tistic. that have been used TO cnvelop
the infected corpse OF some old Mos
lon during a camel back trip of Sow
! cral weeks across the desert under
! Arabia. are not precisely calculated
! their European or American purchas-
! ers. In the last, many an epidemic in
/ Oriental cities has started In the
f., baZaars. or rather iii that portion or
I tho latter devoted to tho sale of rugs,
| and many is the time that the author
! tiles havn been compelled TO smut up
f. the carpet bazaars, just on this ac-
1 count.