Evening star., 1923-10-18
By THE MARaUIsE DE FoNTENoY.

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When the late Lord Rothschild. first
OF his family to win a British peer
age died. in 1915. he left a very re-
markable will. according to the terms
OF which he bequeathed the bulk of
his vast fortune, as well as his share
and partnership In the old-esta blished
Arm of N. NJ. Rothschild & Son. OF
st. Swithin's lane. in the city. not to
his eldest son Walter. hts successor
in the peerage and In the family
haronetcy, but to his second son, the
Hon. Charles RothschiId whom he
also appointed executor of his will.
He likewise provided that on the
death of his widow his beautiful
country seat at Tring Park. in Hert-
fordshire, as well as his town man
sion in Piccadilly. with all the Won
derful art treasures it contained,
should go to Charles, and directed
that he should become the head of
the English firm Of this great finan-
aial dynasty. having previously OBJ
tanned the consent thereto Of his
younger brothers. the late Leopold
and Alfred Rothschild. both of whom
survived him but are now dead.
1t is this Charles Rothschild. re-
gartied by all the entire family IT
England and on the continent as Its
ablest fnancier. who committed sui
eide on Friday last at his beautiful
country place. Ashton Wold. in North
amptonshire, by cutting his throat
with his razor the coroner's inquest
bringing to light that he had been
suffering from melancholia, and the
Jury returning a verdict to the effect
that he had taken his own life while
in fit Of temporary insanity.
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This Is the second suicide Of the
Rothschi1d family since it achieved
international fame and pre-eminence
in international finance, more than a
hundred years ago. The first tragedy
of this kind was that of Baron Oscar
Rothschild. the youngest and favor
lite of the FIVE sons of the late Baron
Albert Rothschild, the head of the
Viennese and Austro Hungarian
branch of the family. Young Oscar
was sent, accompanied by tutor, or
rather a mentor, to travel In the
United States and Canada by way of
completing his education While in
Chicago he fell In love with beauti-
ful girl of German birth. They be-
came engaged, and shortly afterward
oscar returned home to notify his
father of his engagement and to OBJ
tain his consent to the marriage.
But the old baron had already been
warned of his boys fnfatuation. and
when Oscar tackled him about the
matter and, with. the object of over
:omtng any parental reluctance. SUBJ
mitted to him some perfectly conven-
tional portraits of his lovely hancee,
the old baron suddenly confronted
him with one which he had received
from some enemy of the girl, and
which represented her in tights and
n the abbreviated skirts of bal
lerina. and which. as it subsequently
turned out, she had worn at some
purely private theatricais given by
the girls school at which she had
completed. her education in Chicago.
The old baron would not listen to any
exclamation. He insisted that the
girl was an actress. or rather ballet
dancer. and declared that no son of
his should ever marry any woman
connected with the stage.
In the meanwhile the girl and her
mother had crossed the Atlantic and
were waiting at Hamburg for their
invitation by Oscar to come to vienna
, in order to make the acquaintance OF
his family Finding it impossible to
induce his father to listen TO any sort
of reason or explanation, he left for
Hamburg. joined the girl and her
mother there, Informed them that ne
! was obliged to break off the engage.
&; ment and then returned to his notel
/ there and blew out his brains. His
[atneT never FcCONCtCu Ai ioiti NiAs
/ pf the death of this, his favorite son
which took place In October. 1910
| Three months later-that is to say, In
February. 1911, having put his entire
/ affairs in order. he died. according to
his family and friends. of a broken
/ heart. but, according to public and
I persistent rumor at the time In VI
! anna. of an overdose of choral, swal-
{ lowed with the intention of putting
1 IN end to an existence which hac
become unbearable.
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| The late Charles Rothschild, whe
took his own life last week, was edu-
/ Gated at Harrow and took his de-