New-York tribune., 1908-07-01
LORD ALyERSTONE
r,.o,ond's Chief Justice Sailing for
the United States.
,rc7rrisht. 1903. by the brentwood Company

.-sbt 1905 by Brentwood Company
styerstone Lord Chief Justice of England
b,,s boe this week for the United States IN ORDER
who 80 the great meeting Of the American bar
TO s'en ss a, Seattle the latter part of August is
Afs. as well known in this country as he is In
,-,ited Kingdom. though to many OF ms hiehus
Z" arics he IS more familiar by his FORMER Name
" e,- Richard Webster. IT was as such that ne
on - as chairman of the British commission 10
Ia. ,-sioaso Worlds Fair and likewise as member
fne r,e,sug Sea and Venezuela Boundary Arbi-
% 80 commissions. He has frequently oeen on
20 side Of the Atlantic, is personally acquainted
N u, ,ost Of the leading men of the United States'
WIZ ~ he said TO have had even domestic ties
sn . .aa-ica through the marriage of his only son.
VIZ 80 10 the daughter of Sir Francis and Lady
- 1o ,bs latter a daughter OF Samuel Stevens
of New YORK. ,., ,,-,.- ,s ,h ,,-e,,
.xerzed reputation Of enjoying It's most iucia'iNe
..,oo and the greatest amount OF personal popu-
80. rho latter being largely due to his perfectly
- temper unruffled under the most trying cir
INSTANCES this in turn resulting, perhaps, from
"a. u,onderful health. which he preserves oy MS
-s..eniousness alike in food and drink and by his
,n3ne I'D some Of those physical exercises which
a,on for him when at the university the champion
-, of several different branches of sport 1t is
s,fscult by looking at Lord Alverstone's MASSIVE
se7re with its Sixteen stone of flesh and muscle
% realize that he in the early COS the cnain-
20, runner and the maker of all sorts Of athieuc
I'D q most accomplished organist and is never SO
nanny as when seated al the splendid organ In the
,.rge han at Winterfold. his beautiful place IN
sussex. He is passionately fond of shooting, rent
t,g forest each year for deer stalking in Scotano
bare he is known the neighborins lairds, All OF
rhon, have territorial titles. Pump Court the
letter heinC spot in the London Inns or court
which is familiar TO every member of the bar
Those however who recall the silvery eloquence
., +fe former Lord Chief Justice OF England, the
rs,e Lord Russell Of killowen at the meeting or
,be American Bar Association at Saratoga springs
IN 1856 need not look for anything of the klnd from
Lord Alverstone The latter though wonderfully
sound and able lawyer. is not an orator, nor can
ne be said precisely to sparkle with Wit he sus-
rests the prelate rather than the jurst HIS voice
is heavy and infexible. but savors Of the music
of -be hrazen vessels in the rubrc Of the church-
II is usually pitched in high key, and may oe
.aid To be in keeping with the somewhat sacerdotal
hearing Of the whilom ''Dickie'' webster POS
sessed Of the kindest heart, which accounts Tor
his popularity, his manner is at first misleading
y7or there IS a certain austerity Of voice, and a
supercilious elevation Of the eyebrows on first &C
ouaintance. which not precisely inviting Out
the effect Of which rapidly disappears when he can
he induced to sing a comic song, at which he is
an adept