Evening star., 1934-05-29
FULLER MEMORIAL
GRILLE DEDICATED
Services Honoring Former
Chief Justice Held at
Cathedral.

A wrought iron grille at the entrance
TO the Chapel of the Holy Spirit in
the north choir aisle of Washington
Cathedral was dedicated yesterday as
memorial to the late Chief Justice
Melville Weston Fuller
Attended only by members Of Mr..
Fuller's family, friends and Justices
of the Supreme Court, the service
was arranged by Rev. DR.. William L.
De Vries, precentor.
In the procession through the sane
tuary those marching we're: Very
Rev. G. c. F. Braternahl, dean of
Washington; Canon Anson Phelps
Stokes, Canon De Vries, Canon Jo-
seph Fletcher and Canon Raymond L.
Wolven. A verger carried the cross of
Abyssinia before the men and boys
Of the choir.
List of Those Attending.
Chairs had been placed at the gates
for the small company of invited
guests, and those present when Right
Rev. James E. Freeman, Bishop of
Washington, took his place were the
Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes
and Mrs. Hughes, Associate Justice
and Mrs. Pierce Butler, Associate JUS
tice and Mrs. Owen j. Roberts, As
sociate Justice and Mrs. Harlan Fiske
Stone, Associate Justice and Mrs.
George Sutherland, Associate Justice
Benjamin N. Cardozo, Mrs. William
Howard Taft, Mrs. Woodrow Wilson,
Mrs. Frank B. Noyes, Miss Mabel
Boardman, Right Rev. Philip M.
Rhinelander, warden of College of
Preachers; former Senator George H.
Moses of New Hampshire, Col. and
Mrs. George Brinton Mcclellan, John
Randolph Boiling. Miss Bessie ]. Kib-
bey, Mrs. Freeman. Mrs. Stokes, Mrs
Wolven and Maj Edwin N. Lewis.
Seated at one side were Chief JUS
tice Fuller's daughter, Mrs. Hugh
Campbell Wallace, widow of the for
mer Ambassador to France and donor
of the grille. and her niece and grand
niece, Mrs. A. Rivers Genet and Miss
Nancy Genet of Tarrytown, N. Y.
Canon de Vries read the summons
and Dean Bratenahl the lessons. The
choir then sang Mobiles Souls of the
Righteous A petition for the divine
protection Of the Supreme Court was
included in the prayers.
Gates Closed for Rites.
After the singing of America" the
gates were closed by the attending
verger, James Berkeley, and the for
NAL dedication followed.
Mr.. Hughes, speaking for the court
and for Mr.. Fullers friends of the
bar and bench, said: 1T is a privi-
lege to have share In this tribute
to an eminent servant of the Re-
public. While 1t is tribute inspired
oy hllal devotion. it evokes response
of grateful memory as we reflect upon
the 22 years of faithful and distin-
gulshed service rendered to the Ma
ton by Chief Justice Fuller. The
length OF his service in that highest
judicial Office was exceeded only bv
tnat OF Marshal and Taney.
Ihose % years, from 1888 to 1910
constituted an era of extraordinary
national development, of unprece-
oented expansion of national power
ana responsibility, and presented Sc
rious problems in relation to both ma
tlonal and State authority. The serv-
Ice performed by Chief Justice Fuller
mas its imperishable monument in
the record Of the judgments of the
court over which he presided. and in
tne many opinions which he delivered
Work Rarely Spectacular.
The work of a judicial officer even
In the highest court. is rarely snec-
tacular. What happens to attract
seheral attention may be of less i'm
portance than the comparatively un.
notlced but constant contribution to
tne maintenance of the stability of
tne Republic through the appropriate
enforcement OF the constitutional plan
LOT the distribution and limitations of
governmental power. His service be-
comes part of the fabric of our in
Stitutions
we can do nothing here for the
one whom We honor. But we owe it
10 ourselves, and to those who are to
follow us, to keep keen the sense of
obligation to the faithful officers of
past days who have been true to the
traditions of honorable service to the
Nation, and thus by our tributes of
esteem we may help to maintain the
standards of public duty without
which our governmental enterprises
Will be but cumbrous utilities"
Bishop Freeman, responding, spoke
OF Chief Justice Fuller's gifts of per.
sonal character, his sense of LOYALTY.
his patriotism, his knowledge and love
OF the Scriptures and his faith like
that Of little child" Concluding, he
said: This beautiful memorial is
WorthilY placed in a great cathedral