The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 20, 1903, Page 45

‘Pages 451048 = L | e The SAN FRANCISCO, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1903. WOMEN OF THE THREE BRANCHES OF FAMOUS ROTHSCHILD FAMILY ARE COMELY, CHARITABLE, SIMPLE OF SPEECH AND BIG OF BRAIN Frau Gudula Mayer, First of Line, Sets Wholesome Fashion. —Ever since the 1schild became great of e the three family in Ger- d England Rave t distinction in com- women Europe over fons good to the family who lived e have n - those “of tHE“Roth S RNE Blood ALL SHY OF PUBLICITY. gt there never royalties and rich folk than any similar function ever held in London. INVENTED THE “WEEK END.” Lady Rothschild, wife of the head of the Rothschild family in England, has achieved one succ as an entertainer which places her quite outside the rank hostesses. Not even the chess of Devonshire can take to her- self the credit for the setting of such a n as the “week end.” Lady Roths- joubtedl ly made the Friday-night- morning visit in the country sion it now is for the English From the aristocracy it the middle classes and thence to so that her ladyship has prac- tocrs nt tc lower, done a kind to ‘the entire na- t n Park occupied by Lord Rotk d i family only two months out of the year, but the great place is open for week end house most year in and year out. Lord chts to gather his political friends about him on these fons and everybody who is “any- some time or other attends a Rothschild week end party. Rothschiid is the frequent hostess f royalty, both at Tring Park and at 178 Piccadilly, the magnificent town residence home of occasion, lington. B Lady Rothschild maintains v of dress. Her favorite costume is gray satin d her jewelry rarely One of these ray hair ornament and ring of pearls. The pea the neck ated a huge, and is one of the many d family voile or exceeds is a diamond the other a fitting cl are of great value 1 the center ¢ pear-shaped thing priceless gems in two pleces. about schild shares one taste in cor the King of England. Her fav flower, and Lord Rothschild’s as well, is the Malmaison carnation. This s frequently used in decorating private dinner tat On one the K given g and Queen the Rot i1 Rothschild used her Lad ed decorations which of Wales sald were as g he had ever g peach trees n seen Bloomi thre t the mansi and scent of the blos- reproduced that were in a peach ccuratel ne 4~ " I | | | | | | i | | | | A 27O MMV WHEEE~ | . ZLICE e FOTHSCHILD, v i et HOZDS SHA. I \ - CRNETT T— VS P W e = B LT H e i . Eng anck orchard. Lady Rothschild is famous a r tact Engla friend of the newspapers. Although she r to Lady I ny oceasion permits the publi- * rer photograph, she goes out of | to give desired information. In % mwillingness to X re go H - inds, Lady Roghschild is like all | 7 g ladies of the Rothschild family. Lady / \M W bil Grant was not photographed in any b 77’” . vee - . »er until just previous to her mar- » she yielded to the pressure ve Mrs. » bear on the family the ca DEVOUT WORSHIPER. Miss Alice de Rot a Lady Rothschild is a devout attendant f Lord Rothschi ¥ ter at a modest hc of worship In Bays- j persona grata wi ¢ water and when recently some of the | f England. She is what is known brethren collected the Jewish hymns writ- *F— ~——— — R =3 : od sort, although fam- ten in late ars dicated TS ‘ ,", : ”:\w,( Lady ;,_,,“h_ ‘\,,y,,,“’. ,‘,, 1 ,‘1’-”;( ”mhl':':c”l:::f jla‘:]‘m J ONE OF THE ROTHSCHILD WOMEN OF ENGLAND, WHOSE ACTIVITIES AS PRESIDENT OF THE NA- th i s 8 ady Rothschil hye TIONAL UNION WOMEN WORKERS ARE BENEFICENT, AND TWO OF THE MOST FAMOUS OF THE Leo” mor for the public ship is fond of walking about London and NUMEROUS ROTHSCHILD RESIDENCES Lady Battersea kes the tube” downtown and v G\ ¥ 701 the youn thschil Lady Crewe a 8 aughters of Lord t, the ¢ g lights. The was Hannah was tremendously rich; there is a general sup- jss Alice Rothschild, who er vast wealth from the King's Rothschild, will leave it girls.” Neither Lady ¥bil Grant is beautiful, good-natured wom- Rothschild, have a to publicity of any clever, is pretty Mrs. Clive Beh- othschild’s only daughter, ber kinsman. Mrs, Behreris mother's partner in all labor con- he synagogue. Her wedding t house in Piccadilly a few id to have collected more nected witk a bus to “the city,” r charities But and above charity Lady Rothschild’s particular hébby is her the Hon. Walter Rothschild. This young man, who will some day be Lord Rothschild, is no lover of smart society. He is said to Jook like a farmer, and cer- where some of re located above society tainly he loves country pursuits better than town. He, too, enjoys his father's well equipped dairy at Tring, although his own mous zoological musuem takes pre- cedéence of the dairy. The Hon. Walter is a great traveler and has personally col- lected strange animals from all quarters of the globe. The latest addition to his museum is an assortment of 1000 strange fleas. He has offered $5000 for a peculfar specimen of the fiea family, known as the Arctic flea, hitherto uncaught by any Englishman. Mr. Rothschild long since commissioned an Arctic whaler to hunt for this little insect and when the can- PR tain of the whaler returned flealess sent out an expedition for the special purpose of flea-catching. That expedition is. still en route. The flea found on the Arctic fox. SON A GREAT TRAVELER. The Hon. Walter Rothschild, in between his flea-catching, is a member of Parlia- ment. He is the man who boldly wore a white straw “plug hat” in the House one day, and to the amazement of all the rest of the House continued the use of it throughout the summer session. Although a_young man of great activity, the Hon. Walter Rothschild is not strong. His del- fcate health has made it necessary for him to travel a great deal, and in the an- nual trips he makes to the south of Bu- rope and other civilized countries his mother is his companion.” Lady Roths- child. bowavar. does not accompany her son when he goes animal hunting and flea-catching. Tring Park, greatest of the residences of the Rothschilds, was built by the pres- ent Lord Rothschild to suit his own fancy. It is a mammoth building, square and comfortable. . It is stored with art treasures, although the most precious Rothschild pictures are in Piccadilly. The conservatories and private zoo are Tring Park's claim to highest distinction. The zoo, next to the Duke of Bedford's, is the finest collection of its kind in Eng- land. The conservatories belong particu- larly to Lady Rothschild and the dairy to the Baron himself. Tring Park is one of a circle of Rothschild residences run- ning along the boundary line between Hertfordshire and Buckingham. The fam- ily preserves its clannishness phenomen- ally. * Five of their palatial country rasi. dences are within a few miles of each other. KNOWS HER OWN MIND. Miss Alice de Rothschild, who inherited her vast wealth from her brother, the late Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild, is perhaps the cleverest of the Rothschild women. She is a wit and an after-dinner speaker ‘of no small reputation. Good- natured’ though she is to a degree, Miss Alice has a tongue that spares not. Since her brother's death she superintends the running of her vast estates with a vigor- ous hand that keeps the place and the ser- vants in strict order. Miss de Rothschild takes a walk about the grounds of Wad- desdon Manor every morning when she is in the country. She carries a little trowel with her, and when she sees an of- fending weed on the instant digs it up. Her dress s always simple. She is a TERING FUERFL . WWAHERE G ?:ZJDV fi}%xffw TN Vi 0 Sy THE “WEEK XD —AMERICAN WOMAN IN LONDON DOES SMART ENTERTAINING AT HER PRETTY TOWN HOUSE Mrs. Henry Higgins, Who Was Formerly Mrs. Breese of New York, Is Particularly Popular in the “Opera 8Set.” ONDON, Sept. 19.—Mrs. Henry Hig- L gins, formerly Mrs. Breese of New York, and Miss Parsons of Colum- bus, O., has been doing some smart entertaining at her pretty town house near Portman Square. She has now, how- ever, gone with her family to their place in the country near London and will have a number of house parties. Mrs. Higgins’ eldest daughter, Miss Eloise Breese, is making quite a stir since her recent de- but. She is an excellent talker. and an extraordinarily good horsewoman. The younger Miss Breese will be out soon and onage Lady Constance has endured little The Duke of Sutherland and the Duke of Argyle given up their attempts t& force conventional education upon Lady Constance. Contrary to rumor Mrs. Choate have no up the house they av Cariton House buying a big cou into it this season they are still and with the e eption of weak-ends will remain at home f the pi visits to the Duke and Du ave Embassador ention of g » 50 long oc and Mrs, Higgins' boy, who comes between horough and to Lady Battersea at Over- the sisters, is now of age. strand, near Cromer, were “week - Mrs. Higgins is as strictly “In it” as . ana Mrs. Henry White are at Car any American woman in London. She is an Intimate friend of Lady de Grey, Lady Charles Beresford and others of “the bad for Mrs. Whit friends in Lon well. s health. Mrs. White's are all sorry sine is not s career here opera set.” Until her marriage with Mr. 1i, ane series of triusaphs.’ Tisr @ Higgins, five years ago, the then MrS. (.. Miss Mur Wiite, nbestits Brecse, rich and pretty, was besieged potrome goc o e with offers of marriage. Rome and in Paris was one which smart Her vogue in (imate friend of almost royal ladies. people remember %h@,u;fluld h:(\!\;e had & j Riggely Carter, second secretary of title many times over bad she desired It . 1y eoun b ety e B L e e e raon and met Mrs. Carter has gone to Parip and will v o ” ey iepotmm sgins, salicitar, musician, not be in London much until the late devotee of the opera. Higgins was a nug sultor of his wife while she was still Miss p Parsons. His love lasted and after her _‘‘1thOush the coronation last 3 ably drew to England mor. first marriage and many years of widow- : i 4k than ever before the supply of pond- hood, Mr. Higgins, himself a widower by ) cr £ ms to be unlimi and it is then, renewed the suit and won estimate that 120,000 Americans have Mrs. Higgins is sister-in-law to that A been n ope t summer. The extra clever lady, Miss Polly Higgins, whose - weight of t 1s ¢ dinner table talk is the admiration of ail who hear it Mies Polly has long since passed matrimony up for good. She lights in being a maiden lady. She lives alone, in a tiny little house on the border- land of Chelsea. But the tiny little h is the scene of innumerable gay gather- especially the London owing t visit the Houses Am » the u »t Parllament eral years it has been the mit the public to- the bui day afternoons when the bodf at embassy in desire to de- - ings on atur- s were not in session, but it other ings. Miss Polly Higgins cares naught for dress, but she has great friends, no- v tably Lord Rosebery and his daughters. 2 s, Bovy Lady . Constance Mackenzle, whose re- Since few appen to .be personally acquainted with a real cent polo playing in the United States won- her the admiration of all beholde lord or M. P. the dingy offices under the has reached India in the course of travels, American flag in Victoria street have Lady Coristance expects to return to Eng- Pe¢n Kept hustling. There has been land in the winter and will then go to Nardly a day during the last few weeks ‘America .again. She is sald to have that the number of appiicants for tickets adopted the United States. Its freedom At the American embassy has falien below a hundred. Now a noti e just inside the appeals to her more than any of Eng- . : . land’s ceremonial. Lady Constance jg 40°r informs you "hm he Embassador's heiress to her sister, the little Baroness SUPPIY of tickets for the season has rum Cromartie, who holds her title in Her own ©Ul : right, and who is a “literary lady.” Lady The latest addition to the Duchess of r Bedford’s private zoo at Woburn Abbey is a dwarf pony two and a half feet high. This little creature being taught by her Grace the Duchess to accompany her all over the Bedford estates. It along like a dog, and many p ing it from a distance, think it j collie or some other dog of moderate size, The Duchess of Bedford visits her hos- pital at Woburn every morning and she intends teaching the pony to wipe its feet on the doormat in order that it may Constance evidently intends to imitate i sister in that particular. She is going to write the history of her travels. Both these girls, who have led rather untram- meled lives, are wards of the Dukes of Sutherland and Argyle, and these gentle- men have trembled frequently at the es- capades of Lady Constance. She has al- ways ridden astride and in the most mas- culine attire. At deer stalking she is adept and her hunting tours into the wilds of India are even now exciting the runs young lady's friends. She is still in the accompany her on her rounds of the early twenties. Of schooling and chaper- wards, visiting the patients. S e e e e plain, elderly lady, and clothes concern ever since stood the girl's friend. Unlike her lictie. With the exception of the least many of her wealthy family, Miss de ornamental of ‘evening gogns Miss de Rothschild indulges in little public char- Rothschild’s wardrobe consists principal- ity. She does her kindnesses to individ- uals. 1y of straight sack coats and short skirts. Miss Alice de Rothschild was much criticized in the neighbornood of Waddes- don Manor at the time of her brother's death for doing away with what was known as “open day” at the manor. Baron “Ferdy,” who was as good na- tured as he was rich, let the country people and anybody else who wanted to enter the house and grounds one day a week. Miss Alice believed that more ben- efit is derived by selecting one's guests and entertaining such as need the enter- tainment with the same lavishness of hos- pitality as is-given to the most impor- tant person who comes there. Miss de Rothschild has but to like a poor girl who comies within her notice, and presto! she has Invited her to Waddesdon Manor for a change of air and needed rest. A certain chorus girl, neither very talented nor very beautiful, once attracted Miss Rothschild's attention. She sent behind the scenes, got acquainted with the girl and took her home with her. She has BEAUTIFUL “MRS. LEO.” Then there is the beautiful “Mrs. Leo™ Rothschild. She is of Italian birth, but she has taken to English life enthusias- tically. She is more strictly a “soclety woman” than Lady -tothschild. She was the chaperone of Lady Sybil Grant when she made her debut as Lady Sybil Prim- rose, and now that her sons are grown fine young men she Is seen about with them a great deal. She dresses In what some one has termed “a neat, unobtru- sive style.” Mrs. Leo's skill as a rider is proverbial_ and as a patron of the opera she has ne superior in enthusiasm. Many American women who during the Eng- lish meeting of the International Councit of Women were entertained at the Tring Park garden party by Lady Rothschild will remember that Mrs. Leo. the pers sonification of dainty face and figure, stood by Lady Rothschild all afterncom and shook hands with all the gueata