Evening Star Newspaper, August 18, 1935, Page 58

F—10 THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, AUGUST 18, 1935—PART FOUR. NEW SUPREME COURT READY (Continued From First Page.) by the public. Possibly what is known as the “liberalization” of the court is responsible for this. There have been decisions of late years in which the “man in the street” has been up- held. This cannot but have the effect of a “Daniel come to judgment” in the eyes of the populace. But more than this, perhaps, is the clearing away of the feeling of par- tiality on the part of the court. The public is coming to see that the law, and law alone, governs decisions. This | calls for high respect. i | Oyez! between 11:59 and 11:60 a series of small lights flashing announce to the court attendants gathered about the | bench that the justices have arrived | for their entrance into the chamber. | Everybody arises. As they do so the Chief Justice makes his appearanct just back of the central seat of the court, the other | justices to the right and left of him, while the crier of the court announces their presence with the famous “Oyez! | Oyez! The Honarable, the; Chief Justice and the Associate Jus- tices of the Supreme Court of the United States.” It is largely | our own partisanship which causes | us to charge “partisanship” against | another. It is so in our weighing of | the court’s decisions. As Justice Holmes once said. “The court is calm in the midst of storm.” And the | public is coming to rely upon it in this | connection. | To THE man; thousands who come to Washington annually to watch the wheels of government go round ! no privilege is greater and none more | inspiring than attendance upon a sit- | ting of the Supreme Court | Once the word goes round that “this | is court week” the lobby before! the chambers is filled. With some- thing of awe and reverence the few that can be accommodated within the space in the court room allotted to the public take their seats and await the arrival of the “most. august tribunal in the world.” A few minutes before 12 an| added stir of activity manifests itself before and behind the judicial bench. In the front, the lawyers who are to plead before the court this day take their seats and begin to arrange their papers, nodding and speaking in sub- dued tones to each other. Principals in the case sit near their attorneys. Back of the bench the stir becomes more pronounced. Pages are busy arranging papers on the desks of the Justices and seeing that their chairs are at some angle or other for their occupancy. This no doubt is nothing more than the old urge to be active just before dignitaries take their seats. The marshal is alert; the clerk engaged at his desk with the business to come before the court; the crier clears his throat. In the fraction of time that lies | court is now sitting. | United States and This is immediately followed, as the justices take their positions behind their respective seats, with “All per- sons having business before the Hon- | orable, the Supreme Court of the | United States are admonished to draw near and give their attention for the God save the this Honorable Court!” It used to be that the Supreme Court lay far behind its docket. This, of late years, has been remedied and the Supreme Court has the enviable reputation of getting off its cases on | scheduled time. Decision in the famous N.R. A. case | did not extend over a few weeks after | the pleading. The same may be said also of the “gold clause” case. This is lightning speed compared with the years that have passed in other cases involving the constitutionality of acts | of Congress. Speed in the court has come about as a result of curtailment of cases that may be appealed to it. A great many are now decided in the | Circuit Court of Appeals. HE justices. now and then, get a bit of fun out of cases tried before them. The amount of this fun de- pends upon the humor inherent in | the justices and the ability of a lawyer | to plant his case with “human inter- est.” No justice who ever sat upon the supreme bench had a greater store of humor than Chief Justice Taft. He humanized court sittings with his jolly | laughter and infectious smile. | One case in partjcular is recalled The attorney was from the Middle West and he was arguing a drainage | canal case. He was replete with | humor but of a very dry kind. He | knew human nature perfectly, and he knew how to turn its foibles and idio- syncracies to his advantage before a judge or jury. In this case he turned one of the defendants this way and that before the court until he was pictured as a man who would blow any way the wind was blowing, though apparently never blowing but in one direction to others. Chief Justice Taft caught the pic- ture and settled down to a steady chuckle during the whole character delineation. Finally, though. the lawyer apologized to the court for taking up so much time and saying ' that he was sure the court had heara enough. Chief Justice Taft leaned | over the bench with his biggest chuckle and said: “The court is not tired and would like to hear more but,” sighing, “I am afraid that time will not permit us to.” Occasionally a justice gets a little irritated by a lawyer's procedure. The story is told of Chief Justice Salmon Chase rebuking a lawyer with the statement: “May you not presume that the court is acquainted with the elementary principles of law?” To | which the attorney most deferentially shot back: “May it please your honor, that was the mistake I made in the | lower court.” | The justice with the reputed greatest sense of humor in the pres- | ent court is Justice Butler, although | it was Justice Sutherland who kept | the court amused and the spectators | wide-eyed with his questions to the | attorney in the Schechter poultry | case, the case that made a “plucked bird” out of the Blue Eagle. \ Body Has Speed. It has been proved by science that the normal person arises from sitting on a chair at a speed of 200 miles per hour, while the winking of the ey~ is faster than the click of the shutter of a camera during a flashlight photo- | graph, which is quicker than a 250th | part of a second. The quickness of the shutting eyelid is due to the shock of the flash. And, according to one | authority, the velocity with which im- pressions or thought are transmitted by the nerves is about 112 feet per second, or about 76; miles an hour. s o The lake formed by the construc- | tion of Norris Dam, Tenn., will have an 800-mile shoreline. | 20C A DAY buys this Westinghouse SONS AND DAUGHTERS OF LIBERTY Hope Council will hold a benefit roo “tht excursion on the steamer Potomac ne- F-'day. At the last meeting gifts were presented to Past Councilor Mrs. Pauline Auerhammer | and Past Associatc Vice Councilor Lewi~ Davis. The past officers and Zlappy Hour Clubs will have a joint meeting and week end at North Beach Park August 24 and 25. For reserva- fons notify Mrs. Mae A. Etchison, 1130 Chicago street southeast. Justice Council met Thursday at Northeast Masonic Temple. Washington Counc” met Monday at 935 G place. Columbja Council will meet Tues- day at Naval Lodge Hall. A social will follow. True Blu> Council will meet Thurs- day at 7 Fourth street northeast. bingo game will follow. Potomac Council will day at 935 G place. will follow. reet Wednes- A bingo game derived their religion and civilization from the Egyptians. i Shady Side. Md. of the usual basket lunch there will be a wiener roast. | EASTERN STAR l Matron Mary T. Ziegler of Brook- The 1930 Association of Matrons and | /and Chapter announces chapter will Patrons will hold its annual picnk:;‘"mm:""e in l:r!fA"“mlm;g services August 25 at the Kimmel co(uxe,t"' Temple Heig ugust 25. William F. Hunt Chapter will par- ticipate in the religious services at Matron Ruby D. Birgfeld Annauncea| Temple Heights today at 4 p.m. (the annual picnic of Kensington Chapter will be held Saturday after- noon at the Kensington Playground. Howard S. 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