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only white flowers bloom there. The
garden is now to be the baby's play
ground one in the Walsh mansion on
Massachusetts avenue, Washington
And one in the wonderful "BTiar
Cliffe." the Bar HarbOr estate which
Mr.. Walsh ST., bought from MOntgOm-
cry Sears, the wealthy Boston mer-
chant and gave the young couple just
before his death.
He has-Ught in exclusive Bar Har-
bOr-fifty-siX Shropshire sheep sent all
the way by express from Colorado; one
hundred and fifty white Fabona hens;
ducks and turkeys, a Russian wolf
hound, six blOOded terriers. two great
Danes, a half score of other dogs and
a lot of ponies TO ride when he gets
big enough.
He had private car deliberately fur
nished, to carry him over TO California
or any other place his parents wish TO
take him.
He has an automobile as big as cir
Gus wagon in which is a complete nur-
sery, and il is a brilliant yellow with
of red and black.
He has doctors and nurses and pri-
Vate detectives 10 watch him all the
time, although the necessity or the
blessing of these he doesn't now nor
probably ever viii see.
Most OF the things he plays with and
eats from and sits on are Of solid gold
from the Aladdin-like Camp Bird mine
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part of the school curricula Of all civil
lied nations. Already the subject has
been made one OF those named IN Ila
school law for the state oI Mary land
by act of the legislature
IN commercial way, they claim, IL
is of q practical advantage 20 all doing
business beyond the national borders
scientifically, by oiIerlng opportunity
for an international version OF all
the great scientific works of the world.
For travellers. they state. it is an i'm
measurable blessing, eliminating the
Inconvenience OF having 20 contend
with SO many foreign tongues. Last
year, Mr.. Reed Travelled from northern
France clear through the continent 70
Barcelona, Spain, speaking nothing but
Esperanto. with the Iull establish
ment OF this international language.
they insist viii come a greater amount
Of national INSTRUMENTATION and a
consequent fuller understanding OF the
true brotherhood Of man."
The amount Of Ia Dor involved IN
learning Esperanto" says Prof ". j.
Spillman. Els certainly not more than
one-fiftieth that required 10 learn Ger
man"
"The boy who studies Esperanto"
states Dr.. Lowell Of ROEbury Latin
school. can master IL and any one or
the great national languages In less
time than a boy who does not study
Esperanto could master the same ma
Obviously. brief though it is. the
grammar, etc, Of Esperanto could
scarcely be given in so short a space
as here offered. But passage in the
language followed by the translation
OF il may serve TO convey some idea OF
its simplicity:
"Simpla. fleksebla, belsOna, we're inter
nacia en- siaj elementOj. la lingvO Es-
perantO presentas al Ia monde CiViliZita
la sole veran solyOn de HngYo inter
nacia."
Translated roughly IT reads:
simple, flexible, euphoniOus, truly
international in its elements. the Lam
gauge of Esperanto presents TO the
civilized world the only true solution Of
an international language"
A monetary system has also been es-
tablished with checks drafts. etc. pay
able at any bank in the world. The
unit OF currency is a "spesmilOj," which
equals, in our currency, so cents. In
English money il represents zoos shill-
ings and is cOrresp0ndingly equivalent
TO coins Of a nearly equal value ia other
natiOns-in France, for example, about
two francs. The first check Of this
sort ever received in this country was
sent 10 Edwin c. Reed from CordOva.
Spain, by +. Linarel 1t was for "dek"
(ten) spesmiiOj-five dollars in United
States currency.
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Both Of the parents idOliZe baby Vim
son. ana while their riches enable them
10 employ all the help they need, Mrs.
Mclean insists upon ministering 10 her
baby herself.
His meals wouldn't taste half as
good 10 him If any one else fed him.
She says and from the manner in which
the yOungster rebels against the at
tentiOn OF his nurse when Mrs. Mclean
is absent, she would seem TO be correct.
It's the finest thing ever happened"
declared Thomas Walsh. When the
baby came he was delighted. Hell
have all my millions" he said He did
not live long after. His heroic strug-
gle against death. how he set his at
fairs in order and started on his race
across the continent toward a last hope
and how he died before he reached III
has already been told. Half his great
fortune ne left TO his wife and half 10
his daughter with the provision that
when either or both died all was 10
20 to hiss beloved grandson
That's what makes Baby Mclean the
richest little baby in the world today
Who viii take the record from his hand
and what viii he do with his millions
when he grows up2 There ia DaDy's
hands are the potentialities for almost
unlimited good or evil one hundred
and fifty million OF them. 10 be exact
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the partner Of King Leopold OF Bel
GUM. Almost everything the Walsnes
used in their Colorado home was made
from pure gold out Of the mine. The
estate in Colorado became one OF the
show places OF the nation. When Nc
kinley was President he and Mrs. NC
Kinley had expected 10 VISIT T. owing
10 Mrs. Mckinley's sudden illness IN
California they had TO fOrego the trip,
although Mr.. Walsh had made a mag
nificent album 10 commemorate the eA-
bound in gold from Camp Bird and its
interior was filled with views OF Colo
RADIO painted by world-ramOus artists.
Alice Roosevelt and Nicholas Long
worth went there. Presidents ROOSe-
welt and Taft have been visitors.
The Washes came TO Washington
and took a cottage at Newport. Their
arrival at the capital was unostenIa-
uous They took the nome OF MRS.
Jeness Miller on Pennsylvania avenue.
They bought this house from the dress
reformer with all its elaborate fur
nishings for price named half a
million. During their first winter
they gave few entertainments, except
TO Colorado visitors. In the summer.
Mr.. Walsh went TO Paris as worlds
fair commissioner. Mrs. Walsh select
ed Flora Wilson, daughter of the sec
rotary OF agriculture, and Marion
COCkrell. the beautiful daughter OF the
senator from Missouri, TO accompany
them. The two girls were a great ad-
time thier own daughter was in short
dresses. In Paris Mr.. Walsh gave two
entertainments on a scale 50 lavish
as to make even that sophisticated
city gap. An entire hotel was eA-
gagged and a fortune was signed in
checks alone TO the celebrated artists
who sang. Foreigners were enter
tanned, but Americans were made the
most Of Many fetes were given on
the outskirts OF Paris. which have since
been copied by Americans seeking TO
create sensation on the continent
After the French tour the Washes
returned to this country and Miss Will
son came along with them. While in
Paris the secretaTys daughter had
been tempted 10 live there and study
music. and she returned shortly after.
Miss Walsh went with her, but soon
came back TO America, firing of the
life. Her companion on this occasion
was Miss Fannie Reed, who introduced
the heiress 10 every available man on
the continent.
But like Americans best" said Miss
Walsh; "I'u never marry any one but
an American"
She kept her word. She and young
Mclean had gone to dances together at
Washington and both belonged to the
same merry set. which included Kath-
crime Elkins and Matilda Townsend. She
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who express tin the very tongue
which he invented
For the seven days Of the congress
at Washington an interesting program
has been prepared. Aside from the Sc
TlOus meetings and discussions, a num-
Der OF attractive features have been
arranged, the most unique or which is
an elaborate open air presentation OF
Shakespeare's las Y GU Like It." by the
Hickman Players. The lines have been
translated into Esperanto by DR.. Ivy
Kellerman OF Washington, ID. C, a
member OF the national executive com
mittee of Esperantists. Rehearsals
have been in progress for some time,
and a most finished production is prom
ised.
on the afternoon of Thursday, Au-
gust IS, the delegates viii attend the
baseball game between the Cleveland
and Washington teams of the American
league. But that Is not all The unique
feature of the occasion lies in the fact
that each foreign delegate will carry
with him an official rules book OF the
great American game printed in Es-
perantO. And, sub rosa, ii has been
limited by some that Umpire silk"
O'Loughlin-he of the famous stroke
tub" diction-Wiu be inVeigled into
giving a few of his. decisions in Es-
perantO.
The difficulties 10 be overcome in
making this translation are clear TO
an Esperantist only but an idea OF
the labor involved can be partially CON
Veyed TO the uninitiated. Take the
word strike" for example 1t means
exactly what IL does not mean-despite
the fact thai that statement is a sec
means ito hit and yet, IN baseball,
the word means 20 miss thee ball. And,
again. the word ball" obviously means
single bail-hence, if the umpire
calls three balls" how can that be
true when there is. obviously but one?
OF course these points seem almost
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of his grandfather, and when he grows
larger each of the nurseries VIII De
equipped with riot OF wonderful play
things and toys guaranteed TO make
Kris Kingle's workshop Of our early
days-look like a very Inadequate back
number, indeed.
And ne has all the responsibilities
these millions entail-bEt, thank the
gods of childhood, he doesn't nave 10
bother about these for few years
still.
So one can see that this latest of the
record breaking millionaire babies IS a
very firmly entrenched title holder IN
deed What Will he do with his mill
lions when he grows upy What KIND
of a boy will he be? What kind OF
man? VIII there have been a social
revolution by that time when VIII
abolish the millionaire baby contest
altogether, just as civilization IS aDoI-
ishins the heavyweight prize Ilght rec
ord and others? Who can tell!
Just now, although less than TWO
years old, he is destined for politics
Grandpa Thomas Walsh was very Keen
for this from the moment the stork
started on its way.
It's TO be boy and he's TO be pres
ident some day" he often said. Baby
McLeans parents share in this view.
on, yes! Speaking OF the stork-
Baby Mclean has another unique
standing. When that RoOseVeltian bird
was we'll on its way, quite extraOrdi-
airy precautions were taken TO render
its alighting easy. In the Mclean man
sion a nursery was equipped at cost
of something like S25, goo, ana IN the
Walsh mansion an exactly similar one
was fitted out. II the stOrk should by
chance have picked out either he
wouldn't have made a mistake. No one
was taking any chances on that ba by.
Now, what are the premises from
which this conclusion OF the Gold
Cradle Baby sprang2 Quite as rO-
mantle as his position in the world is
today.
Tom Walsh. as he was known on the
coast, was a prOspectOr. There were
years OF fruitless search for gold.
There came the day at last when hope
died His burrOs had fallen in the des-
ert. and Walsh crawled with the
last instinct OF life, came upon an
abandoned hut. There was water
nearby. The miner staggered back TO
the shelter, and, falling on the floor,
saw a CLEAN of metal" The sight
brought back his strength. and so the
Camp Bird mine was discovered. The
tide had turned, SO rich was the out
put of this mine that al one time a
hundred million in gold was blocked
out.
For years Camp Bird continued TO
pour out its riches. Upon its tide the
Walsh family arose. Walsh became
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n ABLY VINSON WALSH ArLEAN is
ID the luckiest baby in Christehdom
He is the hOlder-up-t OF the
millionaire infant record. and I'm these
days OF Gargantuam fortunes that is
something considerable. OF course, the
emlnence is q ticklish one, and Baby
Mclean may wake up some morning
any fine day 10 find his little nose out
OF joint. Just like Baby Brown, who
was The richest baby" for so many
years until Grandmother Brown left all
her money 10 the fair Sherman twins
his cousins, and Baby Brown had TO
be content with the family heirloOms
and a paitry 100000, 600 or so. Then
John Il. Rockefeller's minute grandson
held the honOrs for a time until his
venerable grandsire became smitten
with the philanthrOpfc fever, and the
Rockefeller foundation left small John
ID. Rockefeller third with only a pitiful
flfty or sixty million dollars.
Baby NlnsOn Walsh Mclean has
$4,000 ,0OO-steadily increasing-from
his late grandpa, the very lOvable gold
mine owner Thomas F. Walsh Of Colo
radO. He has about half as much from
his grandpa on the paternal side. Colo
mel John II. Mclean, capitalism and
newspaper owner. SO il would seem
that the Gold Cradle Baby. as he is
called is rather firmly entrenched in
his record,
Lots of others are striving for the
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record, though. But Baby Mclean. not
yet awake 90 all the good things and
the baG things his position entails, is
not worrying. Back in the good Olden
times there used 10 be one fairy god
mother who waved her wand and con-
Jured up coaches, gOld-trimmed suits of
clothing, jewels and horses and ser
wants and slaves and a pretty princess
and castles. The world has progressed
since then Little Baby Mclean has
l5O,O00,O0 fairy gOdmOthers each of
them minted by Uncle Sam. who brings
him all the things the fairies used TO
have the monopoly Of and viii of course
In time include the pretty princess.
Here are a few of the things the
Walsh Mclean heir has.
/ A solid gold cradle given him by a
king. Here you see Baby Mclean rest
ing comfortably in il and looking up al
bis m0ther-'It does, seem a pity that
tie king who gave il 10 him had 10 be
King Leopold of Belgium, but after all
lots of that mOnarchs wealth was put
10 far worse use.
Five nurseries in five OF the finest
mansions in America. one in the Walsh
estate, a few miles ont OF Denver at
the very gateway Ofsthe *Garden of the
Gods One in the splendid Mclean
palace at "Friendship
Here there is a Brides Garden" made
by Mrs. John r, Mclean for the young
mother OF the Gold Cradle Baby, and
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ago. in4the town of Bialystock. lived
& Polish lad, Ludwig ZamenhOf by
name. He was quiet, modest, stu
dtous hoy, who was much impressed
by the fact that within his own home
town no iess than four languages were
IN current use in different sections OF
the city-RuSsian, German, Polish and
AiddiSh Tie frequent wars and mas
sacres could often be indirectly at
trlbuted 10 this confusion of tongues.
StraightWay he saw the need Of a COM
mon language for his own tOWnsmen.
So he began 20 formulate One-and
this, mind you, when but s or 8 years
OF age!
At 10 he had a group of five or six
companions OF his own. age speaking
sort OF prehistoric Esperanto. But
their largOn was SO strange that others
heaped rldicule upon their heads. Pres
entity LudWlgs companions dropped
off, one by one, returning 10 the COM
Portable speech OF their ancestors, and
he was left alone But he did not
give up. Instead he dreamed his
dreams an over again, and welcomed
new ones, some OF them OF rosy hue
and some Of the deepest gloom.
But he persisted-wOrking, working
ever on the elimination Of long con-
1ugations and declensiOns. conflicting
grammatical constructions. almost ir-
reconcilable root words and the nearly
hopeless task OF assimilating strange
vocabulaTies For fifteen years he la
DufeQs giving The best that was IN him
10 his arduous task. AT 80 he published
"A Plea for an International Ian
guage," in which he set forth the Tudi-
ments OF the result OF his years of
toll With characteristic mOdesty he
signed himself 'Dr Eperanto"-'The
one Who Hopes"
It's value was recognized immediate
ly BY some, but. for the most part. Il
conquered all obstacles quietly and
without ostentation. such eminent au-
thOritiese as Professor Max Muller and
count IOlstOJ became interested.
Gradually il spread over the whole
world, until today its grammar has
been translated into some thirty two
languages and dialects Its adherents
became enthusiastic and each consti-
Juted himself. prOpagandist eager TO
disseminate The glad tidings.
AS mark OF respect and apDreci-
alton, OF The originator they called the
language Esperanto" and him "the
Author. The latter is a title OF ar
lection for such a sentiment is felt
by Esperantists the world over for the
little Polish lad who defied ridicule and
obstacles and tOiled for over twenty
years a. his discouFaging task
DR.. Zahmenhof-yes the same little
boy, simply grown up TO mans estate
and the recognition OF his scholastic
attainments-Will be present a. the
congress in Washington next week.
coming all the way from his home in
MersaW 10 meet his friends and fell
low workers. He has made nothing
out OF his labor, refusing to copyright
his work. II was a labor OF love with
him, and now he is reaping his re ward
in the adV'ation OF men and women
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was. by the way. one OF the famous
American Beauty" dinner guests,
which Miss Elkins gave TO surprise the
Duke OF the AbruZzi.
Young Mclean fell very much in
love. At the Republican convention,
hearing that his inamOrata admired
newspaper men, he acted as reporter
for one OF his fathers papers. He fol
lowed the family to the Denver home
and their elOpement followed, an elOpe-
ment which caused amazement both
here and abrOad-abrOad because the
helress had not married a titled for
eigner, and here because with all her
wealth she had fOregOne the glOries Of
an elaborate church ceremony.
At her wedding Miss Walsh was ac-
cOmpanied only by Mrs. Katherine Hill
an old family friend. Instead OF a
magnificent wedding feast. the yOunS
couple went TO a moderately priced res
taurant in Denver, had a very simple
luncheon and divided between them a
bottle Of sarsaparilla. They then went
to the Holy Land and brought back
with them many costly and rare trim
kets. Great preparations were made at
the Walsh and Mclean homes for the
return of the children" as they were
called. ed Mclean dropped all his wild
habits and has since been consistently
devoted to his wife.
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viii be engraved in Esperanto and the
delegates Will appear in their national
costumes. Among the most prominent
Americans actively interested in the
success OF the congress may be men
tlOhed John Barrett director of the
bureau of American republics. The
ond cousin to an Irish bull. ITO strike"
congress will adjourn on Saturday.
august 20, TO meet next year in Ant
werp, Belgium.
The first international Esperanto
congress convened in Boulogne-sur-
mer, France, in 1905; the second in
Geneva, Switzerland, in 1906; the third
In Cambridge, England. in the follow
ing year. The fourth congress was
! held in Dresden, Germany, under the
patronage of the king OF SaXOny in
| 1908, and the fifth in Barcelona, Spain,
| last year. under the honorary presi-
deney OF King Alfonso XIII OF Spain.
AT this fifth congress a number OF in
/ teresting demonstrations of the prac-
/ ticability OF the language were given,
/ among which may be mentioned the
| Red Cross demOnstra A corps
! of Spanish Red Cross nurses and physi-
/ clans gave a drill in rescuing and treat
I ing the wounded on battlefield.
I Esperantists from every nation repre-
scented at the congress took the part Of
wounded soldiers, without previous
drilling in their respective parts. The
| Red Cross aids rushed upon the sup
posed battlefield. ascertained from each
/ sufferer the nature OF his wound, and
bore him off 10 the ACCOMPLISHMENTS
10 him and giving all directions in Es-
perantO only.
At the coming congress in Washing
ton, Edwin c. Reed, secretary treasurer
/ of the Esperanto Association OF North
America, has arranged a demonstration
that is truly unique. On the Wash
| ingtOn police force are a dozen or so
men who were members OF the inter
national police force during the Boxer
trouble in China some few years ago.
Mr.. Reed, who has been working night
and day upon the success Of the con-
gress at his desk in the rooms of the
Washington chamber Of commerce, has
found time to take these men and teach
them Esperanto. They are now pre-
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w tween me t6iFy saa q forty Ps
nations meet in Washington,
ID. g. next week. as delegates TO the
sixth International Congress OF Esper-
anto. there win be no babel or voices
and confusion OF speech, for they have
al their tongues end common Ian
suage in which they can converse free
Esperanto. the adherents OF which
hail IL as the lOng-sought international
means OF communication.
When the sons Of Noah began TO
build the Tower or Babel as told in
the Book Of Genesis, the whole earth
was or one language and of one
speech. BUT che Lord. in his wrath.
COMPOUNDED their language, that they
may not understand one anOther's
speech. From tnen until now il seems
10 have been the dream Of all true
lnGutsts 60 create a common language
Tor all mankind. This Esperanto claims
10 be-not Tor the purpose OF supplant-
ing the mOther-Tongues OF the great
nations Of the world, however but
simply as an auxiliary language. an
easy means OF communication. between
them when desired.
From August "A TO 20. delegations OF
Esperantists from nearly every coun-
Try on the globe viii convene in the
Capltal city OF the nation 10 trans
act the business necessary TO the dis
seminatiOn OF their idiom. Approx.
mately ls5O6 delegates are expected
and a program. elaborate for a con
VenfiOn Of such q nature, has been pre-
pared Distinguished linguists OF this
ana other countries Will be present.
Naturally, the entire proceedings Of
the congress viii be carried on in
Esperanto.
name chosen AT. random FOR the new
tongue. Instead. IL means "the one
who hopes" And thereby hangs a tale.
over ia Poland. some forty-odd years
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