The Washington herald., 1906-12-23
Welded FIFTY YEARS.
Mr. and Mrs. Harlan Reach
Golden Milestone.
TRAITS OF a NOTED JUDGE
AbOIitionist in a SIave-hoIding FAM
uy-NearIy Thirty Years on the su-
preme Beneh-DevOted Follower
of the Game of COLLISION Resigns
from Forest University.

Mr. and Mrs. Justice Harlan, who oele-
Drated their golden wedding anniversary
yesterday. were ut home 10 their friends
from to o'clock. when their spacious
residence on Euclid place was filled by a
succession of visitors. The drawing room.
where the bride and bridegroom Of half Il
century ago received, was decorated en-
tiIely In Christmas greens and the dining
room IN golden yellow chrysanthemums.
Among the scores OF floral gifts was "A
superb basket Of white and gold enamel
filled with yellow primroses. sent BY the
President and Mrs. Roosevelt
Mrs. Harlan, who bears her years quite
as gracefully as her distinguished nus
band, wore a handsome gown of black net
and Chantilly lace over white silk. She
was assisted in receiving by her two
daughters, the Misses Harlan. her three
daughyers-in-law, Mrs. Richard .. Har-
Ian and Mrs. James S. Harlan, of this
city. and Mrs john NJ Harlan. of Chi
eago; Mrs, Charles DENLY. Mrs. Wallace
Radcliffe Mrs. HOrnblOwer. Mrs. Noble.
Of Louisville, and Mrs. A z. Wilson. the
latter the wife Of Justice Harlan's former
law partner.
NeighbOrly Figure.
There are three family anniversaries
in the Harlan household. one is the
wedding day of the justice and his wife.
which was yesterday for the dftieth time
celebrated, the ether his birthday. which
is June l. and the other December TO- the
day that he assembled the Supreme bench.
Judge Harlan since he went upon the
bench has lived in Washington. and has
been one of the most neighbCrly figures
Of the city. Until within a year back
he has usually, in fair weather, walked
down from his home on Columbia
Heights overlooking the city. along
Massachusetts avenue TO the Capitol. and
nearly as often has walked hCmeward
down Pennsylvania avenue at night with
his brother justices.
He is one of the pioneers on the
Heights 90 the north Of the city. going
out there in 1855 TO build "a handsome
Queen Anne cottage at a time when the
neighb0ring fields We're mainly COW pas
lures AT that time the street cars
stoned at the intersection of Fourteenth
street and Boundary, and little one
horse car tOiled up the hill. Judge Har-
Ian, however, never rode i'm that car,
because IL was too small for him TO get
into il
The most charming trait Of Judge Har-
Ian is his love of young men, and perhaps
he has kept himself young by his inter-
est in the young. He has for over twenty
I'VE years been q lecturer before the
George Washington University Law
School. lie likes nothing better than to
engage I'm a rough-and-tumble debate
wiki his boys and when they slyly quote
his own decisions against him no hearder
laugh than his follows the expose.
Devoted to Coli.
Every one knows that Judge Harlan
loves golf He does. and so well that
he plays hours and hours all alone out
at the Chevy Chase links He is pres
ident of the golf club up at Murray Bay,
where he has summer home, and there
he and Secretary Taft have long held
the heavyweight championship honors.
Judge Harlan is celebrated for his elo-
ouence Of the old. sturdy Western sort.
His decisions rank with those Of his
namesake. the first Chief Justice. His
career is one that links the present to
the past Of Lincoln, Lcvejoy, Giddings
Garrison and Phillips. It is understood
that be has firmly decided TO remain on
the bench, although now three years
past the golden milestone of seventy
when he might have retired. not only
because he enjoys health and work
but in order TO win a title for book Of
"reminiscences which he has under way
giving the unique experiences of Il judge
who has sat for thirty years on the high
est bench of the country, possibly Of the
world
The old line of Homer that Few sons
are better than their fathers. many are
worse has never been applied to the
Harlans Judge Harlan has three sons
who would anywhere be known as Har-
lans. They nave his size. his traits
wear his ruddy complexion. and. like him.
have displayed in their various walks Of
life, the strong mentality and sturdy
character that marks great usefulness to
community and country. DIR. Richard
Harlan, who recently resigned as presi-
dent of Lake Forest University near Chi
cago, James :. Harlan. formerly attor-
ney general of Porto Rico. has recently
become a member of the Interstate Com
merce Commission. john Maynard Har-
Ian, prominent Chicago lawyer, has
twice been a reform candidate fer mayor
OF the Garden City Two daughters are at
home, Miss Laura and Miss Ruth; Mrs
Childs, another daughter died many
years ago. Miss Edith Harlan Childs
lives with her grandfather and grand
mother
Justice John Marshall Harlan. a native
of Kentucky, was the son Of a. slave
holder, and grew 90 manhood an earnest
and self-denying abolitionist.
He entered Center College when thirteen
years OF age and at seventeen graduated
-Four years later he began to practice law
President Hayes appointed him an asso-
ciate Justice November %. 1877, and the
10th of the following month he took his
seat on the Supreme bench
Or. and Mrs. Richard d. Harlan expoct
10 leave Chicago soon for this city, where
they viii spend the winter. Lake Forest
students subscribed funds for a loving
cup.
Yale Gets 100000 Legacy.
New Haven. Conn. Dee. 22.-Yale Uni
versity viii very soon come into possess