, 1875-12-20
Tho Law rs II Field for the Sue
cessful I1flOrts Of Educated
Women.
Lecture in the Sunday Afternoon Course
by Hiss rhGbe Conzins.
Sho Believes TINT tho Tcnsplo OF Justice
Needs Tho Mop and 1)nstcr.
Tho Hon, John 0'Oonnor Powor'e Viows Of
Irish uone-Rulo.
pORTlA At THE BAR.

pORTlA At THE BAR.
LECTURE NJ MISS rltt1:nE cuuz1Ss.
Tho qualifications Of woman for antoring Tho
legal profession and successfully competing
with p'ealrss aud counaclors Of tic eterner sex
wnro iisc',sscti In q highly Interesting manner
by Miss pllubo Couzins, Of st. Louis. boforc
tho Sunday Lecture Society ycslcsdhy. Miss
Couz,ns is young mud handsome Indy, anu at,-
rcara to great advantage On tho stage. Her
Btylc il easy aud graceful, and, without my
tsborod attcmps Mt orasory, allo yct manages to
captivato hg ber clear ennnciatlon mid by her
mc,itorious handling Of Il anbjoct TINT Is not H.
LzinsIcally original OF interesting.
In opening. tho lecturer explained tint alo
fcls aosncwslat embarrassed by the tncs that
wonau'H experience in the legal profession lad
bcon OF 60 short duration. What t!lo Ind to
cay. therefore. camo not so much from we'll.
authenticated trim! az from sorouB outlook.
Woman lad
DEMONSTRATED Her ABILITY
to copo with man III tho medical prpreaaion In
art, sc.ctce, literature but tho future had yet to
provo wllother she could auccood III law. -Four
yoard ago tho Washington University Of st.
Louis, IN response 10 her request Tor admission.
opened It's doors TO woMbn, and for tho hrst
tino In tho history Ut America woman was nd
mittcd to d course Of legal training with man.
Yhe example has since 1oen followed alaoWhare,
and today acoroB of women aro earnestly rur-
sizing tho study, with tho rew Of practice at tho
Uar.
Iu order to refuto tho el,nrgo that tho demand
Of WOMAN for recognition in tho legal profess.
nlon was MI innovation, Miss Cut1zinn procoedod
10 quoto biblical and other a,ciaHs authorities as
showing TINT sonlan had in carly tlmoa appeared
~
JUDuEs, CoUNsE1ons, AND EAS.0 0IvEhs.
Among otl1ars cieel NaA Miriam. who MaH chosen
by tho Lord with Moses mud Aaron as tho legal
tribunal 10 guido fsrael oat OF the lan1 OF Egypt
httor ~ nf,n fr1,H 1rio Ara.
bia to provo tho s!Aest Of oil tho generations
with hard quo8tionB; and Queen Esthor, who
pscaaed for tho lifo Of fIor roorlc. Out OF clio
long list Of woaoh who figure an profano history
tho lawyer, thoso might 10 mentioned Cornclia
the mothor Of tho tiracchi, Arteuisia, tho grand
Queer. of Catro; Zenobia, OF Palmyra and tho
mother Of Alfred tho Great. Il, tho time at
court NJ presiding Judge. Ann, Countess OF
Pembroke, hold tic oflioe OF hereditary Shor;f
Of Wcatmorelaud. md exercised it IN person as
tho assizos at ,Applob5. In 1870. netisin Goa.
Laws Mt tuo University Of Bologna. and began
publicly to read to tho great admiration and Ill
Btruotlou Of many puplls.
With snel. atroig seatImopY from tho past
tlat woman had not only boon
A rowEr Folt 1ooD
in tito public Wallis Of life. but that she had ever
psopeo equal 10 tho cnorgencg OF tho
hour, hal not tho women Of tho prcs-
saa asy Sbery is TO cGtpon ps5p to sraa hs
il, State famfly Lud socloty. woto rushing tho
peopie On to ruin, aud should 1ona.l Wow un-
moved this torrent that eduicd and whirled ono
nftor another OF hes bent hopes to destruction ?
No. Tho earnest solcitude with which thought
full Hon,on welo regarding thcae gravp questions
was BiAn that tue ship OF Stato could got bo
rtghtod. Ono Eeasou why tins has not boom
dune baforo waH because woman had been Awol
anso an oyarHsenng estimation OF tnan'8 brain
and ability. md n cofrGnroildInu Unt1orAatinAtn
OF hcr own. Tho customs and traditions OF tho
nYo. beaijos, Ind shut har out until recenlly
from NIL educational advantages, and though sho
might hayo fitted AclseIf to successfully
engage III thoso professions, It was only
to ind tho gates closed against hor.
Ere tho lecturer entored tho loyal domain, she
Ind been oppressed with tho though5 that MI
lawyers wetc prodigioa OF loaruing, giants III
it had sranspirsd that large number Of 30 called
tnwyors did not understand tho English lan-
Hunge, their brtofa calculated 10 strike terror to
tho soul OF pl'llologlat. their knowledge Of tho
arts aul scienceH
LIMITED TO GAME or roKRn,
or tho tosHng OF pa1iny foz free lunch aud
drink.
1u response 10 tho question, Can woman COLI
Qner the legal province the speaker would un-
hoAitatinely reply Yes. Thore was no Wild
rennon why wotnan should not hold the
scales Of Justice in real life as In tho
ideal. weigh the balauce OF tho right against tho
hAViGs ntsN PotHt sHO %ousPa1p "a otAbo HitA III
uHerrlng accuracy III mau. Il learned writer
says that "law Il the refinement Of reason"
Al woman Is posBossod Of tho most ra-
llnement, shall 1t not ba naturally inferred TINT
eho ought u be tho most clear and i,tuilive Ut
roasoners 2 Tho diapason Of human thought
WIS mover struck until tho true culture auu,-
moncl woman into tho Republic Of Letters.
And nj III tho intellectual. Nv III tho legal world,
tAp condition was that uf
MALT-oNpuANAGE,
and not until woman YVES invited into tho domain
OF law could the1o bo perfect development Of
reh4a11. Tho rauk aud luxurious harvest OF tecA-
meal lotions aud Inconsistent absuslisoa that
hayo for centuries oyergfown aud covered IN
tho rimplo rules Of reaaon md justice illustrate
tho 'op-htdcd condition Of legal Science. 1utoll,-
gent opinion would auggeas That good laws
sometimes become had laws by caanso Of time
and c'rcuinstnnee ln truth, 1t might be said
tllnt lnan lad hocn kooping lsouse alone in tile
tcmulo OF justice, mud the dlst, disorder, aud un-
hoatthy conditions called loudly for tho duBter,
nlla broom. and mop of the mother.
1llG lecturer closed With tho assertion thht tu-
atc!al ncta. court-sooms, and prisons needed tho
refining aud ennob1ing influence which tho
prcHonce Of woman waB a!ouo calrula.od to glyo
1lISA AnME Dill