The Progress., 1892-12-24


tpe soul OF every lawyer who reads IT.. No
IN many year has such n magpincon,
b oplhon come from the supreme court. auc
TINS document will become a sort of cIasgi,
In tie courts and law offices of the en,ir,
world, for IL involves not only American
, but English law and practice and tbe
highest principles Of government rinario,,
IGhIs' pubic trust and popular rights in
ail countries. A man who can do a iob ~
intellectual work like this at such an oge
- certainly entitled to rank AS one of the
grand odd men of the world
Justice Field has been a groat etudar,
ail his life and 60 this day, + am told. reads
more bookH thau any Of his confreres in
the court. He takes great interest foo in
The education Of the bright boys who sarve
the court as pages. fetching the hooks
which the justices wish to consult and nj.
tending To all their demands One dav
! years ago (lOr Mr. Field has been n mem.
per OF the supreme court for thirty years
oeing the senior justice) he happened 10
eaten one of the pages reading a cbesp
novel CIapping his hand down over the
'olume he said, looking the boy in the eye.
what is this yOu are readingY"
story book. sir" the page replied
~ were you said the justice sternl--
III tell you what I would do --''
book II is this" And -
a fling out Of the .fb this
i'o .is gave the novel
,ylndow
go. he said to the page, "you must
lot read stuff like that Let me send you
something that win do you good and help
Z to make Q man Qf you. u ! will SEND you
4 :, As..r. enh hpTp
), The boy promised, and next mofstDg
wagon drove up to his mothers house a2d
8 drouped full set Of "Macaulay's History
Of Frgland." From time to time othel
IS standard works followed, and for five o.
II six years Justice Field kept the youngstel
r. sunplipd with choice assortment of stand
q ard reading. much of il expensiyely bound
e Now that page is one of the most accom-
+ plished and successful Of Che professiona
p men i'm Washington.
n One of the causes Of the dullness II
If Washington is the impending change II
Is the administration The cabinet minister
D and other high officials of the governmen
is who are to retire so soon do not care I
10 make much of n social effort during thei
1t last winter here All of them have spen
d in Washington twice "a much as their sal
r aries have brought them, and they are nat
Y. urally n little weary Of paying so dearl
ic for the feeting honor of serving Uncle Sar
Or and having their names printed in the col
er gressional directory. The prospect for tn
X. winter is therefore very poor. The wors
&. of It is that there will be no gayety ut tn
T. White House The president has cause
n the official announcement to he made tins
VS. there will be no social events Of any kin
at the White House this winter. do ne
understand that this cuts off the usu'
New Years and other state receptions, bu
It may do so.
At any rate. without the White Hou'
taking mart I'm the social activities of tl
season the winter will be gloomy Oh
for the thousands of women who con
the capital every winter for n peep at soc
ety i'm the American capital. The VIII
House is naturally the hub OF the soci
wheel. and when the White House
close, ON account of the recent presence
death and the cabinet houses are OPP
only i'm sort Of desultory fashion q
whole social vehicle gets stuck in the mu
There will be much weeping among Q
fair devotees OF fashion, and the cabm
:. and florists and dressmakers ard catere
N and lot of other commercial people W
NJ add their tears to the briny current.
The event of this week ia novel NJ
striking entertainment to be given at o
of the theaters by the newspaper men
Washington. The proceeds go to the n
ticnal Capital Press club, which embra'
In its membership about all the correspor
ents here, and there are nearly 2oo
- them. Statesmanshp and society hs
- Mike taken an interest in this affair out
80 commitment to the press, which IL such
- H., IN oil ha
- of life. The newspaper men have do7
H. ar more of the most famous actors a
actresses in the country on their p
w. ~ prumine. Many of the stars come fr'
- New York and Brooklyn. where they
u, playing every night. In order to appear
a.. Washington they must take special tri
~, early i'm the morning, arrive at Washi
, A., ton half an hour before noon drive TO
tbeater. appear in their acts and away
o. another special train, which will hu
,, them back to the metropolis. Consider
- that the distance from New York to Wa
aa, ington is $50 miles, and that an hour m
- he allowed to get the actors and actres
from, the railway station In the former {
roi to the theaters at which they are to app
h;s in the evening, this is somewhat rema
- able feat. The special train on the ret'
~ ~ trim ia expected to break all records for
,cn running.
80. Tom Reed and John Allen are to he
and Of the star performers at this novel sh
IT, One ia to tell what he knows about ne
n,,. paper men and the other what he doe'
a., know. Amos Cummings is to play ba
he solo SO great is the interest in the en-
ra, tainment that the newspaper correspo
80, ents have been compelled to put the che
,sas seats and the boSes up at auction.
~, boxes sold for s5CO 500 and eco each, al
> ,n large number of seats brought ten doll
arv apiece. The auctioneer was Colonel
Sterett. Of Texas, himself II newsps
,,a writer and one Of the most strikir
,in,, gifted men in Washington. As a ST
~ go teller, wit end quaint commentator u
svss the affairs and persons Of the day III
'ary. worth going miles to hear. Rough
n he rugged, but with great heart and 9
/, 10, henl, he IL one Of the most popular as
ores as one Of the most delightful men ever
,a,s In this city. Senators and representa-
..,,.t hfs aooraint ance and the mem