The Washington times., 1925-06-06
SUPREMECOURT
.MAKESPLANS
! FOR SUMMER
Most of Justices Own
! Summer Homes; Fight
for Quarters On
By JEAN ELIOT.


THE exodus Of the little group
Of Supreme Court Justices
will come hard upon the heels
of the adjournment OF the court
on Monday, And those OF US VINO
have followed the losing fight Of
The justices for working quarters
note with some relief that most OF
them have the problem OF summer
living quarters comfortably solved.
Chief Justice and Mrs. Tart, VINO
are leaving town on Friday Tor
Murray Bay, p. O., Canada, have
q lovely summer home in this pic
turesque resort which they have
owned since before Mr.. Taft was
tPresident It will be remembered
that during his Administration at
the White House the Tafts spen:
their summers on the North Shore
from the belief that 1t was NOT
sexpedient for the President to 20
beyond the territorial limits Of the
nation. But since then they have
scarcely missed q summer in
Justice and Mrs. willis Van De-
sVanter also have q summer home
In Canada, pleasant informal cot
E9age in the Georgian Bay region.
Justice Van Devanter expects to
leave the middle OF June for the
cottage, with Mrs. Van Devanter
joining him there bit later. The
young Winslow Van ,Devanters viii
not be able to accompany them. as
Mr.. Van Devanter is kept pretty
close to his desk these days. but
Mrs. Van Devanter Is going to
milwaukee. her Old home. to attend
the wedding Of her cousin, Miss
Margaret Fitch, on June a.. She
viii rejoin Mr.. Van Devanter early
in July at their apartment at 2400
sSixteenth street.
Justice and Mrs. Brandeis Own
s..ShacE' On Picturesque Cape Cod.
Z On picturesque Cape Cod Justice
and Mrs. Louis Brandeis have a
charming cottage which they caIl
ssssthe shack" and where they ara
IN the habit OF spending the greater
part Of every summer. They ex.
-pect to migrate to their summer
home as soon as the Supreme Court
sadjourns.
The marriage Of Miss Elizabeth
zBrandeis, daughter OF Justice and
Mrs. Brandeis, and Paul Rauschen.
busch, instructor at the University
sof Wisconsin, win take place this
summer but mot in Washington"
Plans have been perfected no
Farther than that, but 1t seems like
s1y that the ceremony viii be at the
Cape Cod home OF Justice and Mrs.
Brandeis. Like her fiance, Miss
BraEdeis Is q member of the faculty
of Wisconsin University.
Justice and Mrs. Sanford are leay-
ang for Tennessee, their home,
toward the end of June. but have
made no plans for the weeks which
win follow their visit there. JUS
lice Howard Sutherland Is going to
Canada to devote the next fe &
months to rest and Mrs. Sutherland
win join him there after spending
4 month or six weeks In San Fran
cisco. She Is leaving town on
Wednesday. Their daughter, Mrs.
Z. Sutherland Elmore and her
BnaIl SON viii spend the summer at
Eaglesmere, Pa.
. Justice and Mrs. Harlan Fiske
Stone win go to Isle-au-Haut, Maine,
where they have summer cottage,
leaving on June 3. Recently they
have been In New York and before
That they made a weekend visit at
Sherwood Forest, that picturesque
resort on the Severn in Maryland.
The bachelor member OF the
bench, Chief Justice James Clark
McReYnolds, has so far no definite
summer~ plans, but admits that he
Is likely to make up his mind on
the SPUR OF the moment to go
almost anywhere.
Justice and Mrs. Oliver Wendell
Holmes go unfailingly to Beverly
Farms, Mass, where they. have
summer place Mrs. Pierce Butler,
wife of Justice Butler, has already
left Washington for her home in
Minnesota, and the justice is start
ing West on Monday, accompanied
by his daughter, Miss Margaret
Butler, who has been keeping house
for him. They are, os course, much
interested in the Norse-American
Centennial celebration, which Is
taking place in st. Paul. and which
President and Mrs. Coolidge are at
tending.
Supreme Court Is Step Child
u Government in Matter Of Housing.
In spite Of its dignity and i'm.
portance, the Supreme Court seems
&C be the stepchild of the Govern
ment. After being housed for
time in the basement of the Capitol,
tire court now sits in what was
once the old Senate chamber. This
is reasonably adequate, but when it
comes to securing the additional
office space which is, Of course,
absolutely necessary for proper
functioning. the court is out of
luck. An imaginary dead.line runs
through the center Of the Capitol.
all space on the south of that line
being under the control of the
House, with the Senate controlling
the north side. And both houses are