The Detroit times., 1911-01-14

watch the attitude OF the court. You
could hardly expect old timers like
White, Day, Harlan and Mckenzie TO
get very excited even about a trust
dissolution case. They looked tired
and bored. but perhaps that was put
on for the benefit of the four new
men who are tyros at supreme court
ing. The new members were all ears
for the arguments, but the old timers
iolled back and took things easy.
White gazed at his hands. McKenna
felt of his stubby beard. Harlan's
fingertips touched before his eyes in
an attitude that might be an aid eth
er TO prayer or slumber.
President Taft seems to have de-
termined the makeup OF the new
court from an architectural stand
point The balance OF the line OF JUS
tees Is perfect. The ends finished
Off tidily insthe plump, cherubic faces
of Vandevanter and Lamar, whose In
nocent unwrinkled countenances and
hair Just whittier than iron gray, are
startlingIy alike in look. The weight
Is all in the middle four, and IL l go
to Jail the next minute, | have TO say
that the new chief justice Is hog far.
The fat hangs from his jowls III
paunches and bags on his huge
frame.
Lamar and Vandevanter in appear
ance might be preachers or actors.
Perhaps a combination of both-ths
stage clergyman--v~uld describe
them better They are typical OF cui-
ture, refinement and easy life, tenn
perately lived. Lurton Is n buriy.'
forSeful type. You'd pick him to be.
q ftrlancier.
Holmes. rtter-son OF the man who
wrote "Autocrat OF the Breakfast
Table, 10 -a8teeFatio In manner. His
long curled mustache and his long
curly white hair give him a fowery
appearance. He talks with a cultured
Bostonese accent and In a ready
voice affected by some actors, tho
comedian Ralph Herr being the ons
that comes to mind. Holmes con-
tinually interrupts lawyers argu-
ments with questions
Harlan is the old-fashioned states.
man type-a ruddy, strong-lined face
He has huge, bald dome of thought,
that ends in a fringe of white hair at
the nape of his neck. He stands over
six feet in his stockings and is fino
specimen of the rail-splitting type OF
public man which has almost disap-
peared. He wears his specs far down
on his nose and he chews on his TO
baceo, not sucking a lump in his
cheek. When he bites down on his
cud his nose and chin threaten col
lision.
In spite Of his weight Chief Justice
White gives the impression of being
an active man. At present he is very
busy being chief justice. You'd know
he was chief justice, even II he didn't
occupy the middle seat He takes
the lead He might be picked from
a crowd as an aggressive college
president with a good record for
boosting the endowment fund and en-
forcing discipline. He talks in rather |
fat voice that has a slight huskiness.
Jokes Are Barred.
Jokes are barred in the supreme
court, but IL one were to be sprung
tic a sure thing Justice McKenna
would be the first to laugh. He looks
like a humorist and there is a twinkle
in his eye. Probably he sees tho
Joke in all the solemn ceremonies of
the procedure. He looks like an old |
fashioned practicing trial lawyer in a
country town. He's the village squire
type. He speaks in a thin tenor voice
and wears "a trimmed hedge OF a
beard known as lace curtains"
The midget of the court is Justice
Day. His small frame Is thinly clad
in flesh and it's easy TO trace the
bones of his skull He always pays
strict attention to the goings-on and
occasionally puts in question or
two.
Hooted although they are, Hughes
whiskers add TO his appearance, and
lac is a handsome, dignifed man
Whiskers would lose much OF their
od!um If all mems were as comely as
those which grow on the jovian head
of Hughes. He fondles them often,
and though n new Justice, asks ques
tons In voice rough as his beard.
And what an array of lawyers liz.
tened TO the opening statement by
young Mr.. McReynolds-a dozen men,
famo's and successful every one OF
them. There was Hornblower, for In
stance, who had proposed his son for
the bar. lie appears for the Imper-
lal Tobacco Co, the British trust. ".
Is dapper little man. faultlessly