The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-12-06
RICHEST CHILD IN WORLD.
Miss Rockefeller Holds the Title
Other Wealthy Tots with Millions.

Denver Times.
The other day a baby was born-like all
other babies so far as one might be able to
tell merely by looking at her, for this one
happens to be a little girl.
The only unusual thing about the birth of
this baby is the fact that she is the richest
baby ever born in any country. To all OF
which she naturally is sublimely innocent
after the manner of babies.
Some day she will awake to the. fact that
she is Miss Rockefeller and that she is
heiress to 1922, 100000.
She is the infant daughter of John D.
Rockefeller, jr., and his wife, Abbie Aldrich
Rockefeller. There is possibility fate may
take away a few of her many millions. Her
aunt, Mrs. Joseph G. Mccormick, daughter
of John d. Rockefeller, ST., has no heirs.
She has millions in her own right. Then
William Rockefeller's only daughter. Alta,
who is childless. may add her millions to
those of the new Rockefeller baby.
The sum total of all that the baby may
be expected tc inherit reaches the figure OF
s322, 10000, which may be appreciated the
better by comparing 1t with the national
debt Of the country which has been piled
up in years of war and In the development
Of the country. The debt is ss6s, 457, 241.
When this baby came into the world
she weighed nine pounds and two ounces
If instead of using the usual weights there
had been gold dollars placed on the opposite
side of the scales 1t would have taken
just 2.750.62 Of them to balance her.
If all her prospective fortune had been
placed on the other side of the scales it
would have required 1920 babies OF her
weight to balance them.
or all the rich babies, the Rockefeller
baby stands first, as the following list of
heirs ard heiresses OF to-day shows:
Rockefeller heiress .......... 1922 800 900
Clarence II. Mackay.......s........ 100, 900 900
w. A. clark llI...................... 100000
Zimmerman baby (Manchester). 10000 600
Harry Payne Whitney, jr....... 3O,O000O0
Consuelo Vanderbilt baby. 5000 900
Virginia Fair baby Vanderbilt). 1OO,O0OOOO
People before have heard of babies born
ture has descended to a score of little NOR
tails who have been distinguished because
OF the greatness OF family if because of
nothing else.
The Rockefeller baby has both the great
ness of riches and the greatness of family
The Vanderbilt, Aston, Whitney, thinner
man and Clark babies may have the power
or commercial wealth to give them stand
ing In the world, but the Rockefeller baby
has this, and besides 1t the power Of the
worlds greatest business Organization, the
Standard Oil Company.
Through her father, in time to come Miss
Rockefeller may have the power to dictate
the price of oil the world over She NAV
become the mistress of the greatest fleet in
the world-a feet of oil tank steamers
greater than the combined fleets of Eng
land and Germany To her may fall the
control of the greatest and best producing
copper mines of the world and of other
great Industries.
Senator Aldrich's daughter, the mother
of this richest of babies, was an extremely
wealthy woman in her own right, and be-
came a woman of worldwide notice when
she Joined her fortunes to those of the
Rockefeller family.
John ID. Rockefeller. jr.. at the time OF
the marriage, was the richest young man
in the world. He is serious, religious and