Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-22
WISE AND WITTY FORMER JUDGE SULZBERGER
TALKS ON BIRTHDAY HE is NOT CELEBRATING
Popular Retired Jurist, En-.
sconced Among His Books,
Passes 18th Natal Anniver.
sary.
Devotes the Day With Judicial
Mind to Observation but
Not Observance - Gives
Views on War and Politics

+ E,oRMER JUDGE MAYER strI.z.
I Il pp,r
'Ih' OF the common Pleas
/ Court, is not celebrating the seventy
"i.h anniversary of his birth today.
For many. many years it has been
yude. s,,x,., a..
Suuse Su. Suizbergers firm habit not to cele-
orate his birthday anniversaries. That
ls exactly what you might expect OF a
hidicial mind.
1<$s,For although .Judve su,zhoreer ,,,
Always been very well satisfied with
peine born and would do the same thing
over again, heN has not regarded the
world and has seen M mar o.cas;on
| for m,kinr ho,;d., - ~. s,.,'. e,
.ver.srv the ,a ,,,.,.,, y. ms o",n sn.,,- ,,
sersary tnan Tor making one OF the ami
versary OF his first long trousers.
The event itse,f vas cor,,;,,y o,o .,
Il err,iaorah,. ,,,,,,1.. - -. oe ",
s1as. .,.s t'npor.ahce 10 nm. out tne
c,,sne. ''e u II ""' Vi "o sFe'' oo"se-
quence'
newspaper man went TO Judge Suz-
cerEer's home at 1903 Girard avenue to
ask for an Interview The Judge was
averse to making bis arpiyers.r, tbo 90
casion of an interview butN-here ,be
S.s. VI an I'l.e, tne
nuicial mind again---he would not let
the~ TACT that the date was June 22 pre-
vent his inviting the newspaper man to
sit down for a ,ittIe chat II the news.
"a per man could think IF ANYTHING N
-. 80. ~ou ''''''" Vi aug ''''"e "
.ou'.
30 they sat down ana TAXED unt'i me
srS tha r,arid,S ,n,aa r,nca t.. os,anty
6ve-to judicial seventy-five
They were i'm the library-books
lining the walls and strewn on the
taele strewn with yet suggestion OF
sugi,,hesS - IN. Isl IN .me s'tewlns. me yuusej
ha ri s nj sn,oted SS,,n;diw /, vno,; c.sar
~ - p'"~'"'' " eo'" 49,
"sP'AsS "s"s a""e
Inc Juoge was kindl! gen'ie, wise
cnr, ,,nrtap1S, a., hsem eaiin d' se. m9' ,In, I
,hsrmnnizeG nerfectlv With the w,vine
gray hair and the piea sanity lined face,
1t was easy to understand how Israel
Zangwtll when asked. why Is Philadel.
Hn,a Hn,a Sood place 10 i've IN answered
bsyvsr enc Sc H. eomis isant and 3uIe ,ittient
OF men ,inon Tho nianet '''' "''''e''
yudge suIzhorger w.n,,d ,o ami, tho
birthday consideration. Remember"
ne aqmonished that there are about
~ s.,aeen nuIlureu tnousahd otner peo-
davs Ona lie not n,,nh ,,ore ;nnortan,
than any of the othcrs.''
So. the war having replaced tn,
weather as the conversational opening
Weuge the war was discus scd
an sure OF one tnhE. iorue.
fhs S;ermans viii not win the war',
1sWhy So certain FOR the same rca-
son that every normal man believes his
foe will be overcomc?"
'"Yes, It is due In measure to that
prejudice, but not altogether. The Ger
man people are not flt to rule the world.
| They are slaves. They are simply not
= ruling people. They are not naturally
qualified to rule. In spite of all their
peeparation they cannot win.
THE great trouble with the world is
Gymnastics don't regard the fiohen-
roilern family as very much worse than
'Ary other family of the sort. 1t happens
- be the most powerful OF the dynas-
ties, and, therefore, is the most dan-
eerous now. The other remaining dy-