Evening star., 1922-09-24
Tales of Well known Folk
In Social and Official. Life
Mrs. George Sutherland Notable Addition to
Supreme Court Crcle-Mrs. ]. w. Garrett
Singer of Folk Sonss-Personal Notes.

That exclusive coterie of matrons, the
| wives of the Justices of the Supreme
Court, will receive notable addition
| in Mrs. George Sutherland. wife Of the
successor Of Mr. Justice Clarke. and.
since that .iurist was a bachelor. the
list Of hostesses Is most eacceptably
extended. Though a native OF Utah.
Mrs. Sutherland is a scion of the dis
tinguished family Of Lees. and her
father. John Percival Lee. formerly Of
Leesburg, Va, was second cousin Of
the illustrious leader of the Confed-
efacy, Gen. Robert E. Lee. Mr.. John
Percival Lee left Virginia in early
, manhood and settled in Cumberland
valley. Tennessee, and became an ex-
tensive and successful rancher. He
married. while in that state. Mile.
! Terese Fosque, member OF dlstin-
Florida for several: generations. The
young people resolved to push farther
west and finally chose Salt Lake City
as their permanent home. Here Mrs.
sutherland was born and. though she
OF the section. she is intensely proud
of the beauty and prosperity of Utah's
capital. She is of the Episcopal faith.
| as is her husband, who is native of
with the west In his early manhood.
He was educated at the University of
Michigan and was during his two
Terms in the Senate an enthusiastic
member Of Its local alumni. There are
two daughters in the family. Mrs. c. W.
Lawrence Of Salt Lake City, who made
frequent visits here some ten years
ago. and second daughter. Edith, now
Mrs. A. Robert Elmore. The latter was
OF group of distinguished buds and
made her bow to society in company
with Miss Ethel Roosevelt. Mrs. Suth-
eriand is a brilliant conversationalist
and has travelled extensively in all the
countries of Europe and the east
Mrs. John W. Garrett. formerly
Miss Alice Warler Of this city, is
among the loftily placed women who
have adopted serious career and will
no longer be content with social
role alone. Mrs. Garrett. who has
been studying music most diligently
for the past two years, has made her
mi-professional debut as singer
! dances done in costume. She has
several engagements at leading clubs
in New York during the coming
weeks. and late in October she will
appear at a music festival in Balti-
more. That will usher in a series of
ington. no doubt. to be included,
though no definite date has yet been
decided. Mrs. Garrett has a full, rich
mezzo-soprano voice, with much dra-
intricate dances of the Balkans and
Russian steppes is admitted by all
who have seen her. She will not re-
nounce her leadership of Baltiinore's
musical ambitions toward a perma-
aent symphony and choral society,
but will spend part Of each month
in that city, attending to details. She
proposes to endow these organiza-
tions and to build them into perfec-
ton as the fund increases. She al
cess and part of the earnings in the
concert tours will be devoted to this
foundation.
Two wedding anniversaries were
celebrated few weeks ago in Court
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Antonio de Ma
varro, when they asked their neigh
bors. Mr.. and Mrs. John Mccormack.
at Void, to be their guests for the
week end. The de Navarros one day
commemorated the thirty-second an
niversary of their marriage and the
following day the McCormacks passed
their sixteenth milestone in wedlock.
All the countryside was asked to
pledge both happy couples. and Mr..
on both occasions. Nine. de Navarro,
who won international fame on the
stage, gave several Shakespearean
recitations. The de Navarros have /,
delightful old manor farm in this
midland section of England and give |
the utmost attention to dairy stock, /!
their Guernseys being celebrated in |
region noted for blooded cattle. Nine. |
de Navarro has a marvellous flower
garden, and her iris is especially
noted and always in demand The
McCormacks regard their estate as !
an occasional recreational center.
though they have been in residence
for almost year now. The two fam
lilies are on terms of intimacy, and
ride and play various games together. |
The small McCormacks are as much
a home in Court Farm as they are at
Void. and delight in riding their
ponies over in the morning and re-
turning laden with lovely blossoms
from Nine. de Navarro's gardens
Another week-:.u party of much |
interest in this city was that of Mr.. |
and Mr.. Askel c. P. Wichfeld at Blair |
Atholl, in the Highlands, which they !
leased for the summer and autumn !
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