Evening Star Newspaper, March 6, 1927, Page 18

18 JUSTICE HOLMES 10 BE & TUESDAY This Year Also Marks 25th Anniversary of Service on Supreme Court. “The great act of faith is when a man decides that he is not God. “If 1 did come out of it (the unl-‘ verse), or rather if 1 am in it, I see no wonder that I can't swallow it. If it fixed my bounds. as it gives me my powers, 1 have nothing to say about jte possibilities or characteristics ex- cept that it is the kind of thing (using this phraseology skeptically and un- der protest). that has me in its belly and so is bigger than 1 g “It seems to me that my only promising activity is to make my uni- verse coherent and livable, not to| babble about the universe The above lines, contained in a let- ter to William James in 1801, sum up the philosophy of one »f the most| profound thinkers who ever has dig nified the American bench, according t0 a close friend of Associate Justice Oltver Wendell Holmes of the United States Supreme Court. Reaches 86 on Tuesday. The dean and philosopher of the highest tribunal of justice in America will be %6 vears old on Tuesday. He| completed “recently his twenty-fifth | year on the Supreme Bench. | Oliver Wendell Holmes was horn in Boston during the vears of New Eng- land’s cultural dominance. His fa- ther was one of the most notable liter- ary men of his day. To the home of his boyhood came great leaders of the New England renajssance, including FEmerson, rated by many as the greatest of American thinkers. He was reared in an atmosphere of schol arship which probably could not be duplicated in the world today—an at- mosphere of cultured. comfortable, often inspired living. This perlod in the future jurist's life continued un- til the outbreak of the Civil War shortly after his graduation from Harvard. He received a commission in the 20th Massachusetts Volunteers and in a few weeks was plunged into the great conflict. The 20th Massachu- setts got its first crucial test at the battle of Balls Bluff. Holmes was wounded in the shoulder. He was taken from the battlefield and to safe tv across the Potomac presumably ing. He tells of a conversation with himself as he became conscious of the approach of succor. “If 1 were Sir Phillip Sidney.” said the undeluded vouth. would say ‘Take my comrade first—he is more sorely wounded than 1.' But T think 1 shall just just let events take their course."’ i Rejoined His Regiment. He recovered, rejoined his regiment, wage twice wounded again, and was a brevet colonel at the end of the war. Then he returned to Massachusetts. “He had no path to blaze unless he chose,” wrate an old acquaintance re- cently “The natural Puritan aris- tocracy from which he sprang await- ed him with its pleasant securities. But there burned in this young man, @&s there burns in the Holmes of to- a a sense of the valuable brevity of existence. Life was a rich but responsible adventure. “In his twenties this profession of the law which he elected seemed bar- ren enough. Did he choose it, by a guirk commeon to New Englanders, for that very reason? Because it was hard, male, undesired? The law en- forced more than thought—an activ- ity in the world of men, a reality which the soldier felt bound to espouse, if only that it was so alien to his intuitive bent for inward, brooding thought. “It cost me some vears of doubt and unhappiness,” Justice Holmes is| quoted as having said, "before I could | say to myself, ‘The law is part of the universe—if the universe can be thought about, one part must ro\'onll it as much as another to one who can see that part. It is only a question it vou have the eyes.’" Studies As Philosopher. Holmes pursued the study of law in the light of philosophy. He approach- ed his profession in the light of philo- sophic and scientific inquiry rather than as a means of livelihood. He had no consuming interest in practice, but he had the hope of some intellectual achievement in the fleld. “Is it possible for a lawyer to be a man of intelligence?” he once asked Charles Francis Adams. One of his closest friends in those days was Willlam James, then a medi cal atudent, who was later to become the outstanding American philosopher of his generation. For vears he kept up a correspondence with James, with whosa achool of thought he disagreed rather markedly at times. | Holmes continued in the study rather than in the actual practice of law, although he was a member of a Boston law firm until 1882. In that year, following the publication of his kK, Common Law, which remains among the classics of law literature, he was appointed to a professorship et Harvard. In the same year he re- ceived an appointment to the Massa- chusetts Supreme Bench, where he spent 20 vears, . He remained an as- soclate justice until 1899, when he was elevated to the seat of Chief Jus- tice. From there, in 1902, he came to | Washington as an associate justice of the United States Supreme Court upon an appointment by President Roosevelt. New Secretary Annually. In Washington Justice Holmes livas in an old house at 1729 1 street, which he leaves at 11 o'clock every morning when court is sitting, and to which he returns at 4:30 p.m. There are hoth his home and study. Among his customs s to hire a new Becretary every year—a young man from the Harvard law school, with whom he discusses his philosophy and indulges in legal disputation. | Next June Justice and Mrs. Holmes will celebrate the fifty-fifth anniver- sary of their wedding. Mrs. Holmes was Miss Fanny Dingwell of Cam- bridge, Mass. CHICAGO U. PLANS RITES FOR DR. HARRY JUDSON Services to Be Held Tomorrow. Funeral of President Emeritus to Be Simple. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, March 5.--Within the hushed walls of Mandel Hall, the Uni. versity of Chicago-Monday will pay a final tribute to its president emeritus, Harry Pratt Judson, who died sudden- ly vesterday. A Simple funeral services, in accord- ance with Dr. Judson's wishes, will mark the ceremony for which the university has suspended all activities Only the intimate friends and c workers of the noted educator attend Meanwhile, messages from other educators and business leaders of na- tional prominence continued today to =dd their words of condolence for the widow. Among them were messages from John D. Rockefeller and his son, John D., jr.; Max Mason, the present president of the university, who now is in California, and former Gov Frank O. Lowden. Comsumption of newsprint paper per_person in the Tnited States doubdled between 1210 and 1824, will Who celebrates his 86th birthday on tury on the Supreme Court finds him JUSTICE OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES, Tuesday, and whose quarter of a cen- still hale and hearty. By the Associated Press. BEBLIN, March 5.—Bootleggers of grain alcohol, illegally redistilled from a patented motor car “gasoline,” are [ increasing in such numbers that the government is considering enlarging its force of liquor agents to cope with the new evil. Since Cologne police seized two stills and 5,000 gallons of alcohol and arrested two men charges of manufacturing aicohol without a license, raids in other parts of the country have disclosed that the BOY, 15, POSTPONES WEDDING DIVORCEE Decides to Defer Marriage After Town Clerk Refuses to Issue License. By the Aseociated Press CANAAN, Me., March 5.—William Buzzell, who will be 15 tomorrow, has decided, it 1= understood, to _de- fer for a year his proposed marriage to Mrs. Thelma Tibbetts, young div- orcee, with whom he fell in love a few months ago when she became a mem- ber of the household of his parents, Mr and Mrs. Leslie Buzzell. The couple was refused a marriage lisence recently by Mrs. Lettie Fos- ter, the town clerk, who was backed in her decision by the selectmen on the ground that William is too voun to marry. She has been advised no to issue a license unless she is served with a writ of mandamus from Supreme Court Jjustice. William, who weighs about 155, is five feet and a half tall and might be taken for a young man of 20. He had the consent of his parents to the marriage. He has regular employ- ment, selling fish and being engaged at other tasks. Mrs Tibbetts, who is 27, I8 the mother of a 5-year-old boy. WILKINS TRIAL FLIGHTS MAY BE ON THIS WEEK Work of Assembling Two Planes Is Going Forward Rapidly. Weather Is Milder. By the Associated Press. FATRBANKS, Alaska, March 5.— Work on assembling the two Stinson planes of the Detroit News-Wilkins Arctic expedition is progressing rapid- Iy, with the prospect that trial flights can be made early next week. Constant above-zero temperatures with intermittent light snow flurries have been experienced here the last few weeks, in sharp contrast with the subzero extremes which greeted Wil- kins last year. The tentative date for Wilkins' hop- off for Point Barrow has been fixed for March 15 or 20. ture of all kinds. on | Berlin Has Problem in New Gasoline Being Illegally Made Into Alcohol extraction of alcohol from the motor fuel and its sale to liquor industries has grown to be a tremendous busi nes The evil was more or less sponsored by the government itself in fostering the manfacture of a “gasoline” called Monopolin to curh the heavy imports of gasoline until the Berglus and Fischer processes of converting soft coal into oils and gasoline are adapted for commercial production. Monopolin consists of 60 per cent pure alcohol made from potatoes, ether and benzine, It sells for less than ordinary gas and is said to give more power per gallon. The post office department and many bus companies use Monopolin exclu- ely for their motor vehicles, Tt is a comparatively simpls proe- ess to redistill the fuel and get a grain alcohol which is virtually 100 per cent pure. About 3,000,000 tons of pota- toes were used last year for the manu- facture of alcohol for motor fuel, or 10 per cent of the total crop. Calvert St. Bet. 18th & 19th N.W. (Just HAIC Block West New_Ambi lor You enjoy Straw- berry with Roast Turkey Roast Philadelphia Capon * Roast Meats $1.00 1 P.Mi to 7 PM.SS3 Service and Food arking on Thre Columbia 5042 Closing out $30, RETIRING SALE Many Wonderful Values Still to Be Had 000 stock of Furni- Owing to larger in- terest I am retiring from the furniture business. Rather than sell my stock to other dealers I will give the public the benefit of great reductions. The E. P. Taylor Co., Inc. . Furniture 709 G Street N. W LIFE SPAN GROWS; CANGER IS GAINING Reports on Two Trends in Modern Life Include an Attack on Quacks. By the Associated Press NEW YORK, March 5.—Two views, one optimistic and the other the ad verse, were made public in separate statements today casting light on American matters of life and death The average duration of life in New York City has been almost doubled since 1800, or within the existence of the College of Physicians and Sur- geons of Columbia University, sald one announcement. The other sald the deaths cancer In the United States as a whola have advanced from 3 per 100,000 of population in 1800 to 91.9 in from Yellow fever, malaria, typhus, chol jera. smallpox. kill no more fn our city.” Dr. Haven Emerson. professor of public health administration at Co Tumbia, sald; “typhoid and dipther will follow. Increase of Life Span. “The life span of the average New Yorker, which was over 30 years be fore 1800, extends to an average of more than 60 years at present. infants dying in thelr first year of life now number 63 in the thousand in- stead of 230, and tuberculosis kills it 23 instead of 400 in every hundred thousand of our population each vear. Control of Cancer, speaking at the so- ciety's annual meeting today said: “Although It has never been the o ciety's policy to frighten the people about cancer, it is necessary to face the fact that the disease is increasing It has advanced from sixth to fourth place among leading causes of death in the continental United States, being preceded only by heart disease, pneu- softening of the brain. reported for the vear was roundly 103,000 and more than 300,000 are suf- fering from the disease at the present time. Leadership in the fleld of cancer he | monia and cerebral hemorrhage and ! “The total number of cancer deaths | prevention and cure is needed as never before, because public interest in can- cer increased so rapidly during the past few years as to encourage a horde quacks and quack institutions. There are more quacks today than ever and they are more dangerous. | The time {s about past when cancer | cures are sold over the drug store | counter, or from the tail of a cart on | ‘Sn(nr«laj night in the village square, ' {or through pald newspaper advertise ments. Tha modern quack is an en | tirely enterprising business man." | POET HAS PRICE SCALE. | Advertises to Supply Rhymes for Various Occasions. PARIS, March 5() | turning businéssmen. | Albert-Robert Moutrez, a provincial versifier, has a ecale of prices and ad. | ‘\'erflsn‘ it. He writes to order for wed. | dings, baptisms and any special occa | slon. Al his versa is “guaranteed | original, unpublished and meritori | ous.” For a_sonnet he asks 25 francs: for a | | 30-ne ballad, 40 francs: a rondau may | be had for 25 francs; and an acrostic | for 50 france i To Inspire confidence the poet savs | he has a “poet’s diploma” and has| been rhyming for 29 year | Poets are ut Your Lawn & Home at Small Cost We have several acras of young e oming Fain; hance. Spring here Order | | Dr. George A. Soper, managing di- | rector of the American Society for the | 1 ||| Two-vear treen are 8 to 12 inches high. Norwar Spruce. Amarican Arborvitas, | Pyramidal Arborritae, Arbor- vitae, FOR $1.10 Postpald These noon grow into handsome trees || worth many dstiars. we || enin during April. Chinese THE FISCHER NURSERIES Easton, Pa. 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