Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1922-07-02 | Page 15 | Taft Known for Chuckles

TAFT KNOWN FOR CHUCKLES .'Unfailing Good Humor of American Chief Justice Surprise to British Who Expect Man of Somber and Dignified Ways LONDON. July 1. (By the Associated Asso-ciated Press i Chief Justice Taft is the only American visitor to England in the last few years who has rivalled Ad uili ;i Sims In popularity with the--r British public. To those who knew : Mr Taft in his presidential days, he has proved disappointment In tho point of bin physical dimensions, but I to those who met him Tor the firnt ' "n"' he was a delightful surprise His j unfailing good humor, gonial smile and unassuming ways are quite distinct dis-tinct from the mental picture the average av-erage Englishman carries of one occupying occu-pying a high judicial rank Lord Birkenhead Britain's youngest lord Chancellor, i.elng a recent exception. The word "chuckle" has be,-n more commonly heard and Keen In England since Mr. Taffs ..Jent. .is f,,. report-n report-n " this Is the only t-rm ade-quiitr.lv ade-quiitr.lv descriptive of the jovial nolse3 with which tin- c.hb-i Justice gives his auditors warning that o 8 on the verge or telling another anecdote a tea! rical manager sensing thM word's enhanced en-hanced value, has brought out a show - ut ,i led Chuckles " oo