Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-10-10

NEW YORK-Of all memorials
the most tender Of all benedictionsi
in the name of little child-thel
most human and sympathetic-is thel
work by which a Borrowing womanI
hopes to keep alive for Americana
childhood the memory of her little,
greatly beloved grandson, the late
Vinson Walsh Mclean, known for
the years of his brief existence as
"the Hundred Million Dollar Baby"
"Nor marble nor the gilded monu-
ments of princes has been chosen
by Wilson'S mothers mother, Mrs.
Thomas F. Walsh, of Washington,
widow of the Colorado copper mag
nate, to be a tribute to the best pro-
tected boy in the United Stats, wro
nevertheless was killed by an auto
mobile last May in front of his own
home. Old silk stockings are to
serve as the cornerstone in the phil
anthropic structure of effort, fnSen-
uity and helpfulness which Mrs.
Walsh intends to rear for the bene-
fit of cold and needy little boys and
girls all over America.
In New York the other day she
told of how the remarkable work
she began as a war charity will be
broadened and extended as perma-
nent peace philanthrophy, all in the
name of Vinson Walsh Mclean. In
a sentence, this work consists of the
fashioning Of all sorts of garments
for destitute children out of dis
carded and otherwise wasted silk
stockings, gloves, shirts. undergar-
ments.
While she talked Mrs. Walsh's
hotel sitting room was heaped with
samples of the warm and charming
articles Of clothing evolved from the
debris of adult wardrobes. There
were miniature sweaters, dainty
shirts and slips, even knickerbock-
ers and dresses, brightly hued, care
fully cut, sure to delight the heart
of a child as we'll as protect 1t
against winter withstand all made
from "old clothes"
To Give Life to Work
GAS long as I live" said Mrs.
Walsh, my home at No. 1920 Mas
sachusetts avenue, Washington, shall
be used for this purpose, in the name
of my little grandson who was kill
ed. The laundry is used as a dyeing
establishment to color old unnder-
wear, which we use to line gar
ments. Our children love bright
colors." 20. So
1t was during the war that Mrs.
Walsh experimental with the re-
markable possibilities lying dor
mant in discarded clothing and she
has sent thousands of useful ana
delightful little garments to French
Belgian and Roumanian children.
Every friend Of hers who went to
the other side took along trunkfuls
among her personal baggage ana
many trunks went home with Nine.
Jusserand, wife of the French am
bassador.
Now the war is over, but many
American boys and girls need cloth
ing as much as plaint1Ve refugees, SO
in the home which one day would
have belonged to Americas richest
child the work of making life easier
for other children incompletely shell.
tered and protected will go on. The
name of the poor little rich boy"
will live in the hearts of rich little
poor boys and girls-rich at least, IN
life and it's hopes.
Vinson McLean's grandmother her
self GUS out and designs the gar
ments, arranging the colors harnonI-
ously and economizing on every scrap
of material. A dozen sewing women
are at work all time in the Mas
sacbusetts Avenue home, with sew
ing machines run by electricity.