Evening star., 1932-04-24
BY PAULINE A. FREDERICK.

Memories have added rare tintS TO
the Indian Summer of life for kindly
lady who has spent 80 years +, one
of washington's official hostesses. she
Is Mrs. George Sutherland, wife of As
sociate Justice Sutherland of the Su-
preme Court of the United States, who
is finding that the best is yet to be,
the last Of life. for which the first was
made"
There is no reason why the Autumn
OF life should not be the best of all if
one is happily married. she said, with
q light in her gray eyes that indicates
her knowledge of that whereof she
speaks
To catch a glimpse of the world Of
rare beauty with which this resource
ful lady Of the court" has surrounded
herself, Is a treat comparable to that
of viewing a Titan or a Rembrandt In
an intimate chat she will reveal that
somehow there is within her a life
surrounded by Stained-glaSS windows
a Shellyan dream of life like dome
of many-colored glass" Experiences
Throughout her interesting career have
contributed their coloring to these win
d0wS. That is the reason wing, when
asked to tell Of some of the events
which have made particular impress
sins on her memory. she replied:
1T is difficult to single out particu-
lar experience and say it has con-
tributed one effect to my life, and that
another experience has contributed an
other effect Rather. like to think of
them all as adding some shade or tone
of color to the general effect of my
statned-glass windows"
Mrs. Sutherland made an attractive
picture as she sat in the living room
of her apartment short time ago. rem
1niscing on the things which have come
her way. and for which she is grateful
Her face and gray eyes were radiant
with the inspiration and beauty which
she has been storing up within her
through the years. Her hair framed her
face in soft waves She was wearing
gown OF amethyst crepe. The living
room was in gold and roSe-Louis Seize
furnishings and rose draperies. AS for
the latter, she had said, You, no
doubt, can see my fondneSs for rose"
Il am thankful that was reared in
small mountain town" Mrs. Suther-
land began. 1T gave me a great point
OF view with which to start. Somehow
the small town seems to give one a
greater sense OF freedom. view of the
essentials Of life unineumbered by the
things which are artificial"
Mrs. Sutherland's girlhood home was
IN Southern Utah. She attended pri-
Vate school there and devoted herself
10 such hobbies as painting and skat-
ing.
It was in a small Utah town. also.
that she red fa rY-l-~
are two daughters, Mrs. H. H. Hemp
stead OF Burlingame. Calf, and Mrs.
Sutherland Elmore of Washington, who
has son who will enter Dartmouth
next year.
There was another child an only son,
Phillip. But somber hue has long
since mingled itself in the coloring of
MRS. Sutherland's stained-glass win
dows, for her son, at the age of II, died
during his last week Of attendance at
preparatory school prior to entering
college
Looking back upon the rearing of her
children, as she had looked back on
her own childhood, Mrs. Sutherland
reiterated her belief in the advantages
OF the small town.
Children have much more freedom
IN such place" she pointed out.
There are great lawns on which they
may play, whereas all too often the city
has only an apartment for them. 1t
seems to me, too, that the parents need
have less anxiety for their safety In the
small town.
Perhaps I could say there is much
less espionage. BY that I mean the
children in the small town are not con-
stantly being looked after by nurses
but being left TO themselves develop a
resourcefulness and initiative impos-
Slble under other circumstances. OF
course, when it comes to the matter
OF education, We look to the cities. for
many of the small town schools have
not As yet reached the standards at
tained by those in the metropolitan
centers."
Although Mrs. Sutherland was reIuc-
tant to express her opinion as to the
place the colleges and universities fill in
providing adequate training for the
youth of the land. she indicated the
small college has greater opportunity
Tor developing individual character and
personality than has the larger one, be-
cause the former can often deal with
individuals rather than with groups as
the latter are often compelled TO do
When Mrs. Sutherland first came to
Washington, 80 years ago. it was as the
wife OF member of the lower house Of
Congress. She met Mr. Sutherland i'll
the grammar school they both attended
in Provo City Utah, and when the fu-
ture Supreme Court Justice had fin
ished his law work at the University of
Michigan some years later the school
day romance eliminated in their mar
riage. Following this, Mr.. Sutherland
practiced law in Provo, then lived in
Salt Lake City for number of years
before coming to Washington in 1900
as a member Of Congress.
Some time after this, Mrs. Sutherland
was initiated into the Senate circle
when her husband took a seat in the
upper chamber of the National LAgis-
lature. Ten years ago. the late Presi-
dent Harding appointed Mr. Sutherland
10 the Supreme bench. Mrs. Suther-
land therefore, has been in the midst of
official Washington society through at
least six administrations, and these
years SO heavily freighted with interest
ing experiences have added choice col
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