Last month there died in London a remarkable lady: who made her mark {in business in' the days of" Queen Victoria and was at the same time a recognized authority on. Iiterature-—Mrs. Flora "She was the daughter of Mr. Ezekiel Joshua Abra hham of Bombay, the. granddaughter of Sir Albert Sussoon and, eventually, the wife "of "Mr. Solomon 'Sassoon who, dying young, left her a widow with three children. For ten years "in Bombay and London—she mane faged her late husband's Important business with great success." Dally [she was to be. found at her desk [dealing with Indian and' British brokers. Tu an appreciation of her! talents" a correspondent. writes "to the Times":
She had been educated in the tradl-Mterature, ier enensette a Hebrew bible wat astonishing, ard then a verse was quoted she could lett at once te Dosie there ras tobe found. 'She wes Ikewise welt Scquainted' with" Bngush teratore, Shakespeare she often quoted. pre ferably" passages revealing Biblical {ntiucece!"Unsual "was "also har Knowledge of Jewish law and tradi ton. She was perfectly conversant pitt the "Rabbinical sources" which began to study from her earliest Joubert abe wan iTemeiy modest, though her" person-
specially when she wore sig fore here mains "ly {igen and the seven strings of pears tvhlen' became, famous, Mrs, Sassoon displayed the philenthrople munidcence which is go mark-oda. feature of Jewish character. Her son, Mr, David S, Sassoon 15) collector' of rare manuscripts.
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