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Show J9 I SELECTED FOR SUPREME COURT v At- - r -..- - c v . ; v f ' I The nomination of Mahlon Pitney, chancellor of the state of New Jersey, Jer-sey, to be an associate justice of the United States Supreme Court, was sent to the senate the other day by President Taft. He will succeed the late John M. Harlan of Kentucky. The president also nominated Julius Ju-lius M. Meyer of New York city to be judge of the United States district court for southern New York, and Ferdinand A. Geiger of Cassville, Wis., to be district judge for the eastern district dis-trict of Wisconsin. The statement that Chancellor Pitney Pit-ney would be named as the successor of Justice John M. Harlan was made at the White House subsequent to a call by John W. Griggs, former attorney-general of the United States, and a delegation of New Jersey lawyers, all of whom spoke of Judge Pitney In the highest terms. The fact that Mr. Taft would likely colpnt PhmipAllnr Ptfnov fnt fha Qn preme Court vacancy came as a surprise, and did not become known until the night previous to the nomination, and then it was discussed only among some of the president's closest friends. Unusual efforts were made to' guard the secret. Judge Pitney has already made a name for himself in state and national politics as congressman and president of the New Jersey state senate. His elementary schooling was received In his home town, after which he entered Princeton, from which he graduated in 1879. He received the degree of master of arts in 18S2 and that of doctor of laws in 1908. 1 1 HELPS COOK AND SERVE MEAL Girls employed in the Outlook offices of-fices held their heads high the other day and regarded with a somewhat superior su-perior air the other girls in the same building in New 'York. No less a personage than. Miss Ethel Roosevelt took luncheon with them in their combined com-bined dining room and kitchen on the second floor. ' Miss Roosevelt not only said she enjoyed en-joyed the luncheon, but she also had i lot of fun waiting on herself and helping to cook things of the gas stoves. She was no stranger to the 75 Outlook girls. She attended their Christmas party, and she knows most 3f them by their first names. Miss Roosevelt did not say what time she would arrive. Thirty-five of the girls have their luncheon at 12 o'clock and the others at 1. The Outlook company furnishes sugar, milk, butter, tea and coffee, and also the room and stoves, as well as "Irish 1Hlllli: :uary, wno takes care of the room and washes the dishes. The girls go out to markets and grocery stores to buy their food, then bring it back and cook it themselves. The 12 o'clock squad waited a long while in the hope that Miss Roosevelt would arrive before 1 o'clock. Then they went back to work disappointed. She arrived in a taxi-cab shortly after 1, to the great delight of the second squad of lunchers. ' Miss Roosevelt went immediately to the lunch room, threw off her furs, and unbuttoned her gloves and announced: "Now, give me something to do." The girls told her she must sit down and wait till they served her, but the blood of her father wouldn't let her. Not a minute did she sit still. She lelped to scramble eggs and make tea and carried the things to her table. j KING GEORGE MAY VISIT U. S. W 3x If vy'f ti 1 PtMfJ;Jm:h and queen at the time of the coronation. At once a matter of etiquette arises namely, that should the king and queen make suh an after-coronation visit, the president of the United States would be expected to in turn visit London and the other European capitals after his inauguration. Whether Wheth-er such a thing w:ould be approved by the American people is very doubtful, doubt-ful, for no president, as such, has ever crossed the Atlantic. In any event it is believed unlikely that a royal visit to the United States could take place this year owing to the king's recent prolonged absence In India.. HAS MILLIONS FOR CHARITY Probably in the history of philanthropy philan-thropy no woman has done more for charily than Mrs. Russell Sage, who, since the death of her noted husband, has been spending millions in the cause of humanity. Most of her work has been accomplished through the Russell Sage Foundation, the scope of which embraces a wide and worthy field. The movements helped by the foundation are as follows: The anti-tuberculosis campaign, the movement for public recreation, the placing out and management man-agement of children in institutions, the medical inspection of schools, the propaganda in behalf of children's school gardens, the propaganda for the prevention of blindness, especially among children, and the encouragement encourage-ment and extension of charity organizations. organ-izations. These are not the only charities .hat have occupied the attention of Mrs. Sage. She has given large sums :o the furtherance of education in this That the plan to have King George visit the United States this year or next will be submitted to him soon seems assured, though In official circles cir-cles not a word is being said aloud on the subject. There is a feeling in court and political po-litical circles that such a visit, if practicable, would present many very desirable features. But there are many difficulties in the way, not Insuperable, In-superable, but presenting for the diplomats and the statesmen a task that they regard as prodigious. As is understood here, the plan would contemplate a visit by both king and queen to Washington, just as, according to ancient usage, the newly crowned sovereigns are required re-quired to pay their respects to the rulers of the European states. This custom might in effect be described as the returning of the calls made by the heads of other countries or their representatives upon the king f I I i F 1 7 & h iountry. The principal universities have each received large endowments. I hospitals and homes for the aged and infirm have also been helped by her ind her gifts to the charities of her home city, Syracuse, have been most generous. |