The Colorado statesman., 1911-04-22

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the wealth of their
mines, and these have ensconced
themselves among the trees OF the
wide avenues and settled down for
rest. The serenity. the dignity, the
society of Washington have appealed
to a number of those people Of wealth
and social prominence in New York,
where the frenzy Of things pals, and
these have established homes in the
shadow of the capitol dome. Even
Boston has paid her toll in the very
wealthy that have turned their back
upon their native cities and come to
live in Washington, for there are the
Larz Andersons, the William F. Board
mans, the Owen SCOTS, the Weeks,
who hail from the land Of the sacred
cod All corners of the nation are SO
represented and still they come.
These people are not of the class
of the millionaire of our youth who,
with a fortune represented in seven
figures, was the Croesus of all our
end of the world. They are the many
times-a-millionaire of the twentieth
century. Among these people man
with four or five millions is not rich.
The fortunes Of the people who are
revolutionizing the society OF the ma
TONS capital range from a minimum
of ten million dollars to a maximum
of one hundred million dollars. There
are numbers of fortunes among them
that approach the latter fgure-such
men as Perry Belmont, the Edison
Bradleys, the Thomas F. Washes.
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new to Washington. They are an in
novation of the last five years.
Now the tendency is growing SO
pronounced as to attract national at
tention. That center Of wealth of the
nation, Fifth avenue, is coming to
realize that she has rival in Con-
necticut avenue. The people of Gin
cinnati and Chicago are lifting their
voices in protest against the siren
that Is alluring away the holders of
their money bags. The world knows
that the United States is the nation
Of greatest resource and therefore of
the greatest number of rapidly in
creasing fortunes. If the owners of
those fortunes concentrate in Wash
fngton, soon that city will be acknowl-
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world. That time seems at hand.
With the advent of the great for
tune in Washington there appears a
new era in entertainment. The last
few years have witnessed such enter
tainments as decade ago were un-
known. The very wealthy Of Wash
ington are setting pace that is some
what typical of a frenzied time and
nation in which they live.
The pioneers of the millionaire col
ony here were the late Thomas F.
Walsh, John R. Mclean, the Letters
and Mrs. A. c. Barney. Believing
greatly in the future of Washington
as a social capital, Mr.. Walsh never
failed to further this idea by the va
riety and richness of his hospitality.
His dinners were marvels Of culinary
and artistic skill.
The John R. McLeans ere kindred
family. Their magnificent home.
Friendship, popularity known as Hon
eymoon hail." because Admiral Dew
ey spent the first days after his mar
rage there, as did Nicholas Long
worth and Alice Roosevelt, and as
have many other couples, is the cen
ter of much attractiveness. Hailing
from Cincinnati, their residence has
been a bright spot in Washington's
social history. Through the marriage
of Mr.. Edward Beale Mclean, only
son of Mr.. and Mrs. John R. Mclean,
and Miss Evelyn Walsh, only child of
the Colorado millionaire, several years
ago, two great fortunes were mingled.
There Is a young heir now to the COM
bined fortunes, Master Vinson Walsh
Mclean, known as the hundred mil
lion dollar baby, who some day will
inherit the vast wealth of his grand.
parents on both sides.
But this title Is closely contested by
Mrs. Levi z. Letter, widow of the
great Chicago merchant, who has
made her home in Washington for
some years and whose castle on Du-
pont circle Is one Of the show places
of the national capital.
Another pioneer widow millionaire
is the ever versatile Mrs. A. G. Bar
| ney, she of the statue and art fame.
In the building up of Sheridan circle
as the real social center of Washing
ton much is due to the clever brain of
Mrs. Barney, whose nickname is that
of the fairy godmother of Washington
society. Mrs. Barney is the artistic
type of millionaire and her home is an
art marvel.
The type of the New York million
aire. lavish in entertainment, is best
exemplified by the Edison Bradleys.
Their magnificent mansion on Con-
necticut avenue portrays the fact that
neither money nor artistic taste has
heen spared in either its interior or