Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-05-04
THE HOUSE OF RoTHsCmLp
Late Lord Was the Power Behind the
British Throne.


1t may be said and with truth, that
in the passing away of Lord RoCh-
child a great man has fallen this day
in Israel" Nathaniel Meyer Roths-
child succeeded to a great heritage,
and used it nobly. The world knew
him as a financier and as a philan-
thropist His people knew him as a
father. society bowed before him as a
leader. Kings invltcd him to their
councils, and with it all he was a
modest, serene embodiment of good
nature with a heart swelling for his
fellow-man. There never was the
smallest need among the poor that he
was not conscious Of; he studied their
wants from no lofty point he went
among them, sat among them, heard
their woes, wept with them like an
other Caesar, and chased each from
their thresholds. Peer as he was, he
lived among the poor Of his people,
and i'm the London Ghetto he was as
well known as the chief rabbi himself,
and probably better
AS a man of the world and Of so
ciety Lord Rothschild occupied a po-
sition unique and almost unpreced-
ented. Sir William HarCourt, pound
ing Arthur Balfour from the Liberal
side Of the House Of Commons, for
got all his rancor at the Rothschilds'
table at Tring, the country home Of
the financial magnate, and, sitting
next to his political opponent the
brilliant couple cracked many a joke
over the walnuts and the wine.
In the late lords early days Benja-
min Disraeli, afterward Earl OF Bea>
consfleld, spent many happy evenings,
more especially on such occasions as
the celebration Of the Jewish Pass
over. which was gone through at
Rothschil1's with all its original
beauty. Disraeli used to join I'm the
hymns which are part Of the service,
and chuckled with glee that he had
been able to remember tunes and
words that he had acquired before he
was taken by Banker Rogers and bap-
tized at St Andrews church, Holborn.
Lord Rothschild detested any kind
of ostentation. No one ever knew him
to display any kind OF jewelry. His
watch was Of silver, his shirt studs OF
the commonest variety of pearl, his
necktie preferably a deep red, just TO
please the Socialists, perhaps-be-
cause he took an absorbing interest I'm
all phases of human thOught-and his
cop hat was generally OF a most de-
plorable aspect. He liked the brier-
root pipe filled with tobacco strong
enough to send young collegian
frantic.
He was president OF the London
United Synagogue, an organization
which finances and perpetuates ortho-
dOX Judaism; he was president OF the
Jews Free School, in which nearly
1000 children Of the poorest class are
educated; he was officer and chief
supporter Of hundred -or-lt may
ia thouSand-of benevolent and bene-
ficient schemes and associations for
benefiting humanity on the Day OF
Atonement he stood up in the Cathed-
raj Synagogue Of London, the Great
Synagogue. and conducted the after
noon service Of the sacred Day OF
Atonement intonIng the prayers with
all the knowledge of a rabbi His
piety was as intense as his application
of the plea of human brotherhood.
And ne was the power behind the
British throne. Victoria, Edward
and, later. George, consulted him
trusted him and relied upon his honor
his world wide experience of men and
affairs. not merely because his com
mand Of money was powerful and
made him so, but because he under
stood, among other things, how TO
use his money for his countrys good
The influence of the Rothschild
wealth was never directed for adverse
purposes, and Nathaniel Meyer Roths-
child was one of the highest exponents
Of altruism.--New York Times.