The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-10-28
Distinguished Citizen Is
ShoWered With Felici-
tatiOnS on Event.
BRIEF SKETCH OF CAREER
Always Heldin High Esteem;
His Life Having Been One
of Good Works.

Simon Wolf is seventy years of age TO-
day.
His passing the SEVENTEEN milestone
In the pain of life viii be celebrated
by his countless friends today and to-
morrow. Already the letters and tele-
grams from his friends In this country
and actOss the seas, cOngraulating him
On his birthday, have been multitudinOus.
Ar. Wolf is "a self-made man. the man
who prides himself on having secured
the omission of the words in the name
OF our Lord Jesus Christ from Presi-
dental Thanksgiving proclamations. He
Is a lawyer whose integrity Of methods
have brought him the esteem Of an who
know him. He is a diplomat who has
made his diplomacy work only for good.
lie is an author whose writings have
been put forward for the betterment OF
all men.
1t was his activity in the matter that
was largely instrumental in having
erected The statue TO religious liberty in
Paramount Park. Philadelphia, of which
The sculptor was Mosely Ezekiel
Fluctuations From Rome.
One of the greatest tributes yet paid
10 Mr.. Wolf Is in the following letter
which he has just received from AIr.
Ezekiel who is now in Rome; ~
Rome, oct. s, 1896.
Hon. Simon Wolf. Washington. ID. =.
My Dear and Houured Sir. / have
heard with very great pleasure that
YOU are about 10 reach the allotted
three-scOre and ten years. and that u
has pleased the Almighty 90 bless YOU
with the vIgOr of body and soui, that
viii enable your many friends without
putting "a limit 10 the viii of Cod, To
A .F
''CeutO iii quest giOruL' /, who have
been The humble instrument OF carrying
out in enduring stone, the fundamental
idea of that which alone can give
peace OE earth. and good viii toward
all men," owe the initial steps To you,
and 10 yOu alone and TO your lofty, clear
mind and your most noble desire to re-
Hect honor upon our raCe-Lhe placing
of an enduring record of the one puuci-
pie Of oar government. which alone pre-
vents the recurrence Of oppression OF
religious fanaticism, and intolerance,
and makes our country the most civil
lied one on the face of the earth. /
come 10 you, therefore today. with feel
iugs of deep reverence and gratitude,
10 offer 10 YOU my heartfelt congratula-
tions on your birthday (which IS also
my own. and To wish you and hose
dear TO you. the greatest JOY and the
fruitiou IF your dearest wishes, and 10
beg of you 70 remember me on the 18th
Very truly and sincerely
NJ EZEKIEL.
Rome, Piazza Ternini IS. BATHS OF Do
ccuan.
One Act That Pleased Him.
II was from President Harrison that
Mr.. Wolf first secured the omission OF
the words lin the name of our Lord,
Jesus Christ" in the Thanksgiving
proclamauons. and the omission has
been regular thing ever since.
Il am proud Of that" said Mr.. Wolf.
because IL was for the good OF all men,
an evidence that this is. indeed, a land
OF liberty in every respect"
Mr. Wolf does not look like a man
seventy years old. Preserved remark
ably well, he seems In the prime of ply
steal and mental well-being. His eye
mirrors forth, as it has always done,
the humor end the kindliness of the
man. His hand clasp is is firm as it
was forty years ago. In TespOse, his
face is expressive of the inenable calm
FOR which he has always been so well
known. His appearance bears out his
reputation for wisdom. charity and
righteousness.
Today he viii be at home informally
to his friends from 3 in the afternoon
until 10 o'clock tonight, Tomorrow
evening at the Arlington Hotel his
friends, who are legion, will gather
about the banquet table 10 tell in ora
tory and admiring greetings of their
esteem for this man whose reputation /
IS worldwide, and whose good works
VIII live always. About the banquet /
board will be Hebrews and Christians. /
NFashingtonians, and out-of-town peo-
pie. Republicans and Democrats. and !
ali viii be united by the single bond OF /
love Tor Ar Wolf
Sketch of His Career.
Simon Wolf was born in Rhenish. |
Bavaria. October d, 1896. When he I
was only twelve years OF age. his /
grandparents brought him TO the United 1
States, and he set foot on American /
soil in New York. He was taken di-
rectly to Cleveland, but in a short while 4
he went to Urichsvilie. Ohio. where he \
was employed as a salesman and book +
keeper in the store of his uncles, Abra- !
ham and elias Wolf
In 1856, when his uncles moved to 1
Philadelphia, young Wolf became asso-
ciated with Mark S. Mayer and Adam |
Baum His career in the commercial (
world came to an end in 1853, when he I
took up the study of law, a profession /
he had long wished to follow. His first
studies were in the Office OF Judge Joseph T.
c. Hance, of New Philadelphia, Ohio.
After graduating with honors from the !
Cleveland Law School he was admitted /
TO the Ohio bar in 1861 at Mt. Vernon.
Ohio.
Forty-four years ago Mr.. Wolf came
to the National Capital, where. in an
incredibly short time. he took a leading ,
place as the representative Of his own
people and as a high-minded and able /
citizen Of the National Capital.
He has been the close friend OF ten
Presidents Of the United States.
AppOintee of Garfield.
lie was appointed United States con-
sui general and diplomatic agent to /
Egypt by President Garfield shortly be-
fore that Presidents assassination. In /
May. 1852. he resigned that position after
having rendered this country signal i
services abroad. he returned 10 Wash
ington because eff illness in his family
He Is wide .-uown as the author of 4
''The Amerieal Jew as Patriot. Soldier.
and Citizen. and he has written biog-
raphles of many of the leading men of