Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-10-12
-, SUPREME COURT.
The Ladies of the Supreme Court.
Their Social Season.
Chief Justice Eulcr-HiS Numerous
DaughterS-IliS Home Life-JuS-
tice Lamar'S Health.
Supreme Court Widows and What They Are
Doins-The Court VIII Call on the
PresIlent-Court Etiquette.

Special Correspondence Of the Gazette.
WASHINGTON. Oct. 9.-The supreme court
meets on Monday next, and the ladies of this
important branch Of Washington society Will
open the so ial season. The most Of them are
already back in the city. They have their houses
in order. and the quiet little dinners so noted in
the highest judicial circles will commence at
once. The supreme court circle is by far the
most independent and mos; exclusive of al
the divisions Of Washington society. Here
women are sticklers rs to the rank Of their hus-
baLa, aud It IS a question IN the minds of the
justices as to whether socially they ought not to
stand higher than the senator! and representa-
ives, and even the president of the United
States. They are appointed for life, and the
worry of possible lost job never brings dys-
pepsia to their fat round stomachs with gooN
capon lined" Moth n but an Impeachment can
Gu justice OF the supreme court out of his
salary, and some of these Old iCdges have re-
Ceived fortunes out OF Uncle SANS pockets.
Justice Miller has had more than SIG, 90 since
he took his seat on the bench over a quarter of a
century ago. Justice Field has done almost
equally as well and Bradley and Harlan have
each received several times enough to buy
thousand acre farm,
Is it any wonder mat these men grow fat?
Is It any wonder that their wve are rather
independent of the other social elements?
Is il any wonder that their faces shine with
cool living: that their cheeks bloom with con-
teutmert, and that they sleep well o. nights?
They have positions OF assured respectability,
and whether II rains or shines, whether we have
tariff or free trade, whether congresses come
and congresses go, they get their $4,000 year,
their 1888 a month their 81 a day, year in and
year out l could get fat on It too. Could not
THE cHIKp JUSTICES 5 FAMILY.
Nest of the judges are rich IN Their own right.
Judge Bradley made fortune before ne was APP
pointed 10 the bench. Gray inherited pile of
Massachusetts dollars, and Field has one
brother who is worth hunnred times ms
weight in gold, with another oTother VINO Is
also worth gold lore galore. Chiet Justice
Fuller has always been money making law
yer. H has invested his earnings. and ne has
q good income in addition to his siu, 0O1. Inc
most OF his girls have finished their educauohs,
and he is amply able 10 keep up his rather e1-
pensiye Il ly. He is as rich in girls as ne Is
in money; ana he has eight, several OF wnom
have been in Germany 10 school during the
past year. All of his daughters are oTlght'
They die $ well, and Miss Mildred, who gradu-
ated al wellesy college about Two years ago, was
Of the striking bellies OF the last social sea
son. She Is q tall handsome girl with bright
interesting face. and is the liter ny member OF
the Fuller family. She w.ote a play called
was noted essayist. sac maze
her first entree into society last
season and she assisted her mother mel 10 10
continue to live ia the Van Wyck mansion on
Mass achusetts avenue, though l understand
that tue justice has bought a lot and is building
5 house. There is no more comfortable home
in the capital than that of the Fulers, and there
is none more home-like. The chief justice is
jolly good fellow in his own home. He Is - man
of fine education. and he has one of the best
libraries at the capital.
JUSTICES LAMAR AND MILLER.
Two other justices Of The supreme court live
on Massachusetts avenue. These are Lamar and
Miller. Their houses are just opposite each
other within block of tina. of the chief justice,
and they can bow TO each other as they sit ~
4, heir front windows aud look across the street.
= saw Justice Lamar yesterday. He does not
look at all well. HIS shoulders are stopped,