Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-12-31
HiDGE SULZBERGER
ON THE BENCH FOR
LAST TIME TODAY
ootires Monday at Noon-Not
Sure What He Will Do
With His Time
Now
RECEPTION ON JAN. 8

,,,doe Mayer Sulzberger Is serving to-
sor the last time on the bench. Next
vo,dav at noon his successor takes his
~. and the president of Common Pleas
~, retires to private life.
,ndgc sulzberger has usually been will
% talk about public questions and he
~ rot bothered with the custom of ST.
80 on all things so many of the judi
.,.rv do observe, but in all his years of
s,r, service he has refused to talk about
himself. 49,, 1T
- and therefore as free as one can be,
!, was suggested to him today that he
nculd now talk about himself.
~ always could" he answered charac-
A,,istically. but | never liked the idea.
don't like it now. either
Nor would he hold conversation
.hcroin he figured as the subject II
snow." he said to the reporter, your
hns,ness is advertising, and l guess most
men take to It. but not |.
nwon,t YOU talk about what you are
going to do now that 9ou' pUo''0 '''e'
are oyer?'
"That's something | have to ma out
,or myself first" he said.
ivdge Sulzbergcr is 72 years old, but
,hat serves as no criterion of his energy.
Ne is chock full of II today. just as much
so as when he was elected to the bench
N wears ago, and he expects TO do
,boIc lot of work yet. Many times he
said that he would find a way to do good
with his time after he stepped down from
The bench and 1t has been favorite
remark of his that a man who is Wiling
10 work for nothing never has any trouble
gettlnp "A lob. So the chances are that
Judge Sulzbcrger will give over his time
N one or several of the many movements
ne is connected with
Judge Sulzberger has always been an in
defatjgable worker. but more than that
ne is a great time saver. He never has
had any time for the time wasters. That
was why in his court he used so often to
take the case right out of the hands OF
counsel for both sides and do the exam
ming of witnesses himself He saved
both time and temper that way.
All things that have come to pass In
the time he has served as a Judge have
not pleased him 1t is known that the
nonpartisan method of choosing Judges
never appealed to him as the better way,
compared with the former system. His
argument has been that under the old
system the delegates never considered
any but good men, even If sometimes the
best man lost out, but under the present
system man absolutely untitled has
chance to get the office.
The bench and bar is looking forward
with the expectation of a real treat on
January next when his retirement will
be marked by formal exercises. He doubt
less will have something to say then, and
inasmuch as whenever he talks 1t is worth
while to listen, this time it is expected to
be especially so.
Judge Barratt will present to the court
a portrait of Judge Sulzberger by Albert
Rosenthal. The portrait will be hung
In Room G of that court. Hampton l..
Carson. on behalf of a committee OF 80
members of the bar, will present to the
Law Association another portrait of
Judge Sulzberger by Henry r. Rittenberg.
This will be accepted by Frank p. Pri-
chard, chancellor, and will be hung In the
library of the association.