Evening star., 1923-02-04
New Member of u. S.
Supreme Court Not
3! Rated Stranger Here
Justice and Mrs. Sanford
Likely to Defer Selection
; of Permanent Home Until
! Fall.

Mr. Justice and Mrs. Edward Terry
Sanford, the most recent additions to
the small circle, which comprises the
second division of the tripartite gov
ernment, will not come to Washington
as strangers, for they were residents
for almost three years when Judge
Sanford was one of the assistant at
torney generals under the late Charles
Jerome Bonaparte, who was one OF
the assistant attorneys general under
the late Charles Jerome Bonaparte.
who, was one Of President Roosevelt's
cabinet Judge Sanford is busy put
ting the loose threads of his anairs
in Knoxville into shape to hand over
TO his successor as federal Judge. an
ONCE which he has held since 1908.
He will come to Washington in about
two weeks and will take up his resi-
dence in downtown hotel. Mrs.
Sanford will not be able to join her
husband until about the middle of
March, when she, too. will spend the
spring season here, but in hotel.
She will not attempt to find or es-
tablish a home before next autumn,
when the Supreme Court reassem-
bles. after the summer recess
Both Justice and Mrs. Sanford are
natives of the picturesque little city
Of Tennessee--knoxvil which
they derive official residence. In fact,
except for the interval when the
judge was in the Department of JUS
ticc In Washington and they lived
first at the Burlington and then at
Stoneleigh Court they have never
established any other home, Mrs. San
ford was Miss Lutte Marion Woodruf
when, in 1891. she married the present
member OF the august judicial tri-
h,t3, III hIit
and the eldest. Mrs. Edward Metcalfe.
died about five years ago, leaving d
young son, Edward Sanford Metcale
who is much beloved by his grand
parents. The second daughter, Mrs.
George Cameron, is the wife of a
noted surgeon in eastern Tennessee
and with her husband has just re-
turned from u prolonged residence in
London. where the doctor was pur-
suing special courses in the famous
old hospitals, They are established
in Toronto. which is to be their per-
manent home, but they will visit
Justice and Mrs. Sanford during the
late spring season.
Mrs. Sanford is of the quiet, home
loving type. but with Il deep inter
est in the worthier and more intel
lectual sort of feminine activities.
She was among the founders of the
u. 4. Il. chapter of Knoxville and
has directed its affairs with marke d
success at different times. She also
is concerned in all civic activities and
in the local clubs which aim to ad-
vance study or to promote civic re-
sponSibility. In addition to a large
circle of friends whom the new JUS
tice and his wife know, there are
Repre- resentative and Mrs. Hubert F.
Fisher of Memphis, the latter being
the sister Of the justice, and who was
formerly Miss Louise Sanford OF
Knoxville. Mrs. Fisher is the young
est of a large group of children OF
which her distinguished brother was
the eldest, and their residence in the
same city after some years of separa-
tion is among the very pleasant fea-
lures of Judge Sanford's appoint
ment There are two small boys in
the Fisher family who are prime IA
vorites with their uncle and aunt and
who will brighten their home on al
occasions of family celebrations.
Justice and Mrs. Sanford, who have
not been in Washington in several
years, will find that even the one
the Supreme Court, can change al.
most entirely in less than fifteer
years. OF the circle in which they
were part, not a Vestige remains
in the Department of Justice and bu
two members of the tribunal, Jus
tices Mckenna and Holmes, still ar,
IN active life. The new justice, lik,
Episcopalian faith, and will defer
choosing a place of worship until ht
establishes a permanent home. Mrs
Sanford is Baptist, and when she
lived here before she attended Cal
vary Baptist Church. an affiliatior
which will in all probability be again
established.