New-York tribune., 1911-12-23
MLEAN S1OO,OOO,OOO
BABY GIVES PARTY
|AII America and Europe Con-
tributed to TWO-Year-0Id'S
Christmas Feast.
THE CAR REPRESENTED
Danish Minister, Admiral Dewey,
Senator Crane and a Host of
Little Prospective Mill
ionaires Among Guests.
IFrom The Tribune bureau. ]


Washington. Dec. 22.-Vinson Walsh
Mclean. Washington's $100000OO0 baby,
! having reached the mature age of two
years gave his second Christmas party
| tonight. The character of the enter
tainment indicates that this young
many times millionaire has already be-
gun u do things with as lavish hand
as his millionaire grandfather, the late
Thomas T. Walsh. and judging by the
| list Of guests he must have gone out into
/ the highways and byways Of infant
millionairedom and gathered them in.
Everything was on the grandest scale.
and the fact that the infantile million
-atre host cunnrled ffrnself and his infant
guests to a diet of apple sauce and lady
fingers did not prevent his supplying for
the delectation of his more mature
guests a most elaborate menu.
And for the delectation of all was a
wonderful Christmas tree, which is de-
scribed as the most elaborate and lavish
and expensive ever beheld in the ma
tional capital The simple pine tree
which it once was actually blushed in
| its glow Of red and parti-colored lights
and under the wealth of good things
with which it was laden, for not only
this country but all Europe had been
secured by the buyers for Ninson Walsh
McLean's Christmas tree.
First in point Of rank TO wish glad
some Christmas TO the many times mill
/ =. ha Of Ia
Russias. through the person of his per-
sonal representative in Washington, NJ.
Bakhmetieff; but second only to the
ambassador was the representative Of
Denmark. Count Moltke. who humbly
conveyed the greetings Of his sovereign
10 the prince Of the shMcLean mill
! ions
Admiral George Dewey. the head of
| the United states navy and great uncle
Of Vinson Walsh Mclean, offered his re-
spects and a merry Christmas to his
millionaire nephew and the others at the
celebration. Among the others TO do the
same we're Senator Crane, Preston Glib
SON George Howard, Clarence Moore,
L. 6. Grant. ID. Joseph Letter and others
nonl all parts Of the United States and
! Europe
At the Christmas Tree.
The baby host was assisted in his
6uties by his mother until all the guests
had arrived, and then the young heir TO
untold millions prattled gayly with his
boy and girl friends and circled about
the many colored lights on the beautiful
! Christmas tree.
At the feast which followed the chill
0ren and older guests were entertained
| bv a Christmas staging of the trip OF
Santa Claus with his teams Of reindeer.
The reindeer ralloped across the table
propelled by hidden electrical appara-
tus. and pulled Santa Claus, with his
countless presents for each child. There
were no roofs cr chimneys for Santa to
alight on, and the distribution or the
gifts was accelerated by the ease with
which the miniature saint reached the
young guests.
Among the little ones present were
James Mitchell and William Mitchell
Paul Moltke. son OF the Danish Minister
and Nine. Motke, James McMilliman
! Gibson. son Of Preston Gibson; KralS
Wylie. Clarence Moore. jr., son Of Mr.
and Mrs. Clarence Moore; Lester More
head. stephen and Bruce Crane. sons OF
Senator Crane; Henry Howard, son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. George Howard; Elsie
Ekongrcn. daughter of the charge Of the
| swedish Legation. Catherine CalIisie'
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. j Mandevlie
| carlisle; Frances Tuckerman, daughter
! Of Mr. and Mrs. Walcott Tucker'n2hi
I Miss Henderson a granddaughter OF 'cN-
! Senator John y. Henderson; Marina
| day. "a daughter Of the naval att''hc
Of the French Embassy; Margaret Spch-
( Ger. daughter OF Henry B. Spencer rose
] Merriam. daughter Of Paymastef Johh
| II. Merriam. L. S ~. Edith Grant a
daughter of Lieutenant Grant; joseph
! .citer. ir. son Of Mr. and Mrs. Joarph
| Letter. ana Grace Bell Fortcsque. dausn-
/ ter OF Granville Fortesquc The 'iil-
drcn's ages ranged from eighteen lnoi''"'
/ TO six years.
! Ia addition o. the Children. there WeIs
present besides those above menti"il'd'
! Mrs Richard Townsend, Mrs. Letter,
| Mrs. William +. Draper and the countess
| Moltke