The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-11-26
-FOUR GENERATIONS
AT BIGELOW FETE
Former Diplomat Is Hale at
Ninety-three Years.
HAS A BIG BIRTHDAY PARTY
Surrounded by His Family and Hum
dreds of Friends, John BigelOw,
Diplomat, Editor, and Author, Re
ceives Publications from All Parts
of the World on His birthday.

New York, Nov 3.-John Bigelow's
ninety-third birthday was celebrated at
MIR. Bigelow's home. p Gramercy Park.
by his children. grandchildren, and great
grandchildren. together with hundreds OF
personal friends. who kept calling
through the afternoon TO offer felicita-
lions That part OF New York is never
so lively Of an afternoon as when Mr.
BgeloW's birthday come around, and to-
day a record was made
In the morning there was a reunion OF
the family, and Mr.. Bigelow was photo
graphed with his son, Poultney Bigelow,
the latter's daughter. Mrs J. F. Aloysius
Clark, and Mrs. Clarks daughter, Miss
Evelyn Bigelow Clark. An important
ceremony was the hanging OF a new por-
trait OF Mr.. Bigelow by Baca rlor, which
had just been finished.
kilograms and cables Of congratulation
from everywhere began to arrive the first
thing in the morning, and kept coming all
day. Besides. there was a stack Of let
tiers brought by the postman. or delivered
by hand. and flowers came by the wagon
load and presents by the score.
Bs MOEAdA
The party at luncheon included only
one guest besides the family, and that
was j. Pierpont Morgan. Miss BigeloW
Mr.. Bigelow's daughter. presided at the
table, There were at the table Maj and
Mrs. John Bigelow, Poultney Bigelow, his
daughter, Mrs. J. +. Aloysus Clark, Mrs.
Newell Tilton and Miss Dorothy Bige-
low and the husbands of Mrs. Clark and
Mrs Tilton.
IN the afternoon the friends began 10
come in legions. Among the earlier call
ers were Mr.. and Mrs. James Pinehot and
their daughter, Lady Alan tombstone,
wife of the British Minister to Denmark
and Prince TroubetzkOy. Those that came
afterWard represented whole pages from
who's Who" and the social Register"
Mr.. Bigelow received congratulations
not only upon his birthday but upon the
completion OF his latest book. 1t is call
ed Building Temples Of Peace with I'm
tempered Mortar" and deals with the
high cost of living and the tariff.
During the recent campaign, Mr.. Bige-
low gave ample evidence that time had
not dulled the keenness of his intellect
or blunted his pen. for he made num-
Der of important contributions TO cam
DdlSu inter- dlulG- anu ne sun ktCp5 do
much abreast OF the times as he did when
sixty years ago he used to edit the Even
ing Post.
A Democrat Seventy-tvyO Years.
Mr.. BigelCw has been voting the Demo-
cratic ticket iOF seventy-two years. which
is more than twenty years longer than
anybody has ever voted the Republican
ticket He has been lawyer, editor
writer, and diplomat, achieving distinc-
ton in each field
Mr. Bigelows first public office was
the inspectorship of Sing Sing prison in
1854 He was consul at Paris during
the greater part of the civil war, and in
1864 was made Minister to France, serv-
ing for three years. He has written many
books since 1850.
How active is his interest in affairs
Is shown by the fact that he Is president
Of the board of trustees of the New
York Public Library. a trustee of the
Metropolitan Museum of Art, and presi-
dent Of the Century Association.