Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-23
Tales of Well Known Folk
In Social and Official Life
Chief Justice-Elect Hughes and Elihu Root,
Venerable Statesman, Conspicuous IN
List of American Celebrities.
BY MARGARET B. DOWNING.


Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes,
like the first head of the Supreme
Court, John Jay, is q native of New
stands abreast of Ohio in having
two sons so honored. But If history
ignores cotemporary chronicles that
assign the recently resigned Chief JUS
tice to Connecticut because he was a
professor in Yale when President Hard
ing appointed him in 1921, then Ohio
may claim being the mother of Chief
Justices, having three out OF the total
Of eleven, the others being Salmon P.
Chase and Morrison r. Waite. Con-
necticut has a native son who became
Chief Justice, Oliver Ellsworth, who sue
ceeded Jay when that illustrious states
man resigned to undertake that famous
Journey to London resulting in the Jay
treaty, text book of all budding diplo-
mats. President Washington appointed
Patrick Henry as first Chief Justice,
but that ardent patriot refused the
honor with emphasis. But Virginia can
claim one of the renowned heads Of the
Supreme Court In John Marshall, and
Maryland is equally proud of Roger B.
fancy. South Carolina held the honor
briefly when John Rutledge, an original
member Of the august tribunal and
brother of Edward the Signer, was
Chief Justice for few months after
Judge Jay had retired. Illinois claims
but one citizen in Melville w. Fuller,
and the same is true of Louisiana IN
Edward Douglass White. With Chief
Justice Hughes. New York now counts
eight native sons who have been ele-
waited to the Supreme bench, two OF
them Chief Justices. Massachusetts,
comes next in line, with six members,
but no head of the tribunal
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When the venerable statesman Elil1u
Root, celebrated his eighty-fifth birth
day week ago, his many cotempora-
ries in Washington remarked his age
lessness" and that he carried on as
energetically as though h were still in
the fifties. Many of the honors which
have been showered on him relate to
his long service at the Capital as Sec
rotary Of State and Of War and as Sem
ator from New York and to his many
important connections with interna-
tional conferences. A nickname of his
college DAYS figured in his recent birth
day celebration, Cube" Root, because
he is the son of an eminent professor
of mathematics and because in the lean
day he taught what in those days was
dubbed arithmetic in Miss Green's Sc
lect school in Gotham. This was in
the middle 1865, when he had departed
from the parental roof and profession
and chose to be a lawyer and not q
pedagogue In those crucial days when
fortune was in the making Mr.. Root
had as a neighbor one Georges Clemen-
ceau, who was having very hard time
In the profession of medicine, and IN
order to eat and have a lodging was
also teaching French language and lit
erature, with Latin on the side. The
two met, but were never we'll acquainted
until the stirring years which followed
1914.
The Ambassador from the United
States to Cuba, Mr.. Harry F. Guggen-
helm, quite logically is oftener called
the flying diplomat" than by his name
or nationality. The Ambassador takes
pride in the blazing advertisements to
be seen everywhere that Havana Is but
a 60-hour sail from New York, by rail
to Miami less than "a hours and but 2
hours by air from that popular Florida
city. He also notes the number Of pros
pective visitors who send their baggage
on the steamers 90 themselves by rail to
Miami and then nv across the strip OF
water separating this part Of Florida
from Cuba. Such passengers reach the
wharf Of Havana in time to attend TO
their baggage when the ship docks and
get comfortably ensconced in less than
three DAYS out from New York. The
Ambassador and Mrs. Guggenheim
have been such frequent guests in
Havana that they know the city and
its attractions and they have fitted into
their new duties with unusual dispatch.
Havana Is said to be the most hos
pitable city in the world and there are
few hours left untitled which are not
imperatively claimed by ofhcial obliga-
tons The American Legion COM
mandery proffered one of the brilliant
welcoming functions for the Ambassa-
dor, who is one of the charter men,
bers. Cuba has q large representation
from this country and among those are
natives who participated with the al
lies in the World War. Mr.. Guggen-
helm was trained pilot with license
when this country entered the European
war and he operated his own plane
under orders from Rear Admiral Hutch
all the national naval forces from this
country operating in Europe.
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Mr.. Arthur E. French, who Is in the
front ranks of supporting college sports.
as evidenced by his having arranged
that post-season meeting of the Yale
and Harvard foot ball teams, has been
observing with establishment the strik-
ing popularity shown this Winter for
indoor sports-court games, squash ten
mis-, squash racquetS and all the vsrie-
tieS-and that not alone in higher in
stitutes of learning, but in grammar
and high school teams and in prac-
tically two-thirds of private schools of
the country. To compare the lists of
events scheduled for the season of
1e2e-30 is TO be convinced that those
of 1928-29 have been doubled and so
many minor teams are struggling to
get into competitions that next year
will see more amazing numbers pre-
scented. Boston for many years led the
Nation in the number of indoor sports,
but this season New York has leaped
ahead. Washington makes q fair
showing. especially in squash tennis and
hand ball and basket ball, and the fair
sex is represented quite generally In
the estimates.
DR.. Thomas Masaryk, president Of
Czechoslovakia, will, on March 2, cele-
brate his eightieth birthday anniversary
and because he has so many country
people and also so many admirers in the
United States, great preparations are