LADIES AT THE BAR.

Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3225, 20 June 1879, Page 4

LADIES AT THE BAR.

Now that it is judiciouslydecided that women are io be admitted to the bar, we ! iriay look forward, to a Complete resolution in 'legal proceedings. The- ladies have been practicing special pleading, and/every 'kind • o^" argument, down to tKe,, ad> ' hbmiWem, in the domestic circle'since the days qf Ere, and if lawyers of thVmile; persuasion think they will' have a; greerfr horn to deal with when woman stepsjiito^ the court-room they will be egtegiously: 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 1 advocate can bring the most obdurate judge to see a case in any light she pleases; '" A grape-and-canister 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 ; opposipg [■■ counsel, if he is.a male. But ha ! a scene . of inexpressible grandeur suddenly presents itself before our excited imagination ! Suppose the adverse counsel is not a male 1 Scene : A' Court-room—Angelina Smith for the defendants, loquitur: " The creature, you Honour, who has, just r ad : , ' dressed 'ihis, court,' in her, last year's hat and A turned[dress—" Seraphina Brown, for the complainant, interrupting : ' " I ■ protest, your. Honour, against'the insinua-' tibns of the made-up hussy, who; is trying todeceive an intelligent jury, with a jute switch and false teeth!" i Here the atmosphere is suddenly obscured by a cloud of flying hair and scattered v ribbons; the' jurymen faint 'with terror, and, with a pallid visage,; the judge orders a recess until counsel have reJ ; paired damages ! By all means,'let the •: ladies pi-actise.^-San Francisco News Letter. ' ' '- :" ;" • ': "