LADIES AT THE BAR.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXI, Issue 5426, 5 July 1879, Page 3

LADIES AT THE BAR.

Now that : it is judicially decided: that wonien are to be admitted to the bar^'We may look forward to a oomplete revolution in legal pfodeedinga/ . The? ladies have been practising special pleading^ and every kind of argument, down to the' Jad hominem, in th^ctomestic circle since the' days of Eve ; and .if lawyers .of ( j;he 'male persuasion think they will have a greenhorn to deal with when a woman steps into, a court-room^ they will be. egregionsly mistaken. The charmers have so many methods to fall back upon that there, will be no resisting them. With a reliable flat-iron and an unerring aim, the : fair advocate can bring the most obdurate Judge to See a case in any light she. pleases. A grape*and-canißter smile delivered among the jury will ensure the verdict she desires. An argument such as her husband is familiar with when he comes home late will' paralyse the opposing counsel, if he is a male. But ah ! a scene of inexpressible grandeur suddenly presents itself before our excited indignation ! Suppose the adverse counsel is not a male ! Scene : A Court-room— Angelina Smith for the defendants, loquitur: "The creature,- yotir Honor, who has just addressed this Court, in her last year's hat and a turned dress—" Seraphina Brown, for the complainant, interrupting : "I protest, your Honor, against the, insinuations of the made-up hussy, who is trying to deceive an intelligent jury with a jute switch and false teeth ! " Here the atmosphere is suddenly obscured by a cloud of flying hair and scattered ribbons; the jurymen .faint with terror, and, with a pallid visage, the judge orders a recess until counsel repair damages ! By all means let the ladies practise. — San Francisco News Letter..