The Washington herald., 1920-11-10
|OFFERIANDIS
HUGE SALARY
Famous Jurist Gets Public
ity Because Of Money
Connections.
NJ GEeRGE PERRY noRnIs.

~ GEORGE Percy moRnIe.
II Judge Kenesaw Mountain Lam
dis turns down a seven-yesr con-
tract at $4,000 a year for the sake
Of remaining a Federal Judge it win
be one OF the finest, tributes paid TO
the vocation OF judging that hIhory
records. Large sums OF money
seem 10 be natural Accomplishments
Of the name OF this jurist. He once
assessed a punitive hne Of twenty
odd million dollars on the Standard
OIL Company. but IL was never col
lected. He got nstion-wide pub
licity; and SO he will now. whatever
his decision
To the Re~eue Of CkiIeren.
Even In these days OF frequent
use OF the word billions a $4,000. 600
gift TO a good cause does seem re-
spectively large. IL at least relieves
the donor from just that much cap
ital and accruing income over which
to wrestie annually with Uncle Sam
and IL substracts just that amount
from the taxable property Of the
community which supports the phil
anthropy so enriched. The agency
so blessed with new capital is the
Society for the Prevention OF Cru
city to Children. with headquarters
in New York City; and the donors
are Mr.. and Mrs. August Heckscher.
The wealth thus bestowed has been
derived. 10 a considerable extent
from coal and zinc mines.
IL is an event that summons UP
in memory Henry Bergh. who not
only founded this society but also
an older one-the Society for the
Prevention Of Cruelty to Animals
in which work he was a world pio-
neer. IL anyone doubts the neces-
sity of these societies wherever
4 they exist. he should study their
annual report and secret files So
many parents and guardians are
moral monstrosities and so many
persons still look upon all animals
as brutes. to be tortured at will,
that protection of the weak and in
srticulste has TO be assumed by
private citizens as well as by the
State. Mr.. Heckscher. who is ~
years old. and who represents the
Characterization element that MI
grated hither to find liberty. has
decided on an evergreen memorial
Of love
Another Volunteer Judge OF ireland.
Raymond Robbins. fresh from the
stump and cheered by the victory
of Harding. and by some persons
considered eligible for the post Of
Secretary of Labor. has Joined the
bench" that is to sit in judgment
on ireland. beginning its sessions
! in this city next week. j had not
/ thought Of this ardent "Progres-
sive" Of an earlier day and this
sympathiZer with Russia in her
struggles-though an opponent OF
Lenine-as precisely judicial in his
temperament. But he may be- Re-
ports begin TO come from Ireland
Of witnesses taking ship en- route
/ for this hearing" and they seem
to be getting passports without any
difficulty.
The Marx Twsin-HeweIis
Correspendenee.
Brander Matthews is calling for
I publication of the complete corre-
spondence of Mark Twain and w.
/ ID. Howells. Such portions as have
been given to the world pioue his
curiosity. He does this in an article
on Books That I Want and That
Have Not Been Written" The as
/ yet undisclosed literary executor Of
Mr. HoweIls will have to settle this
matter with Albert Bigelow Paine
and here's hoping they will come TO
terms. But in the meantime may !
call for that long series Of friendly
letters between Charles W. Eliot and
James Bryce. which. when published
will prove to be invaluable for the
light shed on the higher life Of two
peoples. the American and the Brit
ish. Each Of these veterans is LOOK.
ing upon tragic changes in the ma
tions of their birth. and each finds
his words of counsel fall unheeded
upon the ears Of a generation tina;
runs after Gods to whom neither OF
them confess allegiance or bow the
knee, Massachusetts,, President Eli.
OTIS native State, paid no more at
tentfon to his advice in the recent
election than IL he had been a Har-
ward freshman.
The President a Loyal AIsnnus-
President Wilson graduated from
the law courses OF the University OF
Virginia in 1881, after having taken
his undergraduate work at Prince
ton. Later he did postgraduate
work at Johns Hopkins University
which was then attracting some OF
the ablest young men of the New
South. Quite naturally, therefore the
national executive is lending hearty
support to the''drlve" TO increase the
University OF Virginia's endowment
and his loyalty has taken practical