Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-07-30
THE EVENING STAR.
WEDNESDAY. July 3O. 1874.
Lawyers I'm Vacation

Vacation is a very different thing in reality
IIon the dry definition given by Bouvier--the
peglnnlng OF the next. Some ignorant people
thlnk that lawyers do not need any vacation
tan5 an they have to do is to make an easy and
and rake in pile" OF money. The race with,
oul the training, the battle without the STRAIT
egS, are Wnat the public look at. They see the
mouth and his heels on a table. and they
think he is idle. These are really his busy.
ANXIOUS months OF brooding, when he is preg-
nant with the ideas which he brings forth In
a few hours OF sharp parturftion In the court
The lawyer is never idle, even when appar-
emily most Idle. He always has a persistent
thing hundred times over and who meyer will
believe that they are possibly In the wrong. he
always has troublesome antagonist Tying in
wait for him. His clients are always I'd
or impudent. His witnesses are always evasiye
or disappointing. The Judge always knows too
much or too little for him. He is always the
he expected success. or what is only little less
Mortify ing, achieving unexpected victory He
is the victim OF close chambers and poisonous
court rooms: OF narrowing suspense, OF intense
mental excitement. OF great physical strain
His labors invade his sleep and give him bad
dl cams, soaring his wife with cutlery and yio-
lent gesttcuations. Finally, with the approach
OF the dogstar, sleep utterly deserts him.
Truly, he needs a vacation. Beware OF the law
yer who, being able TO take a vacation, does
lot MI. Nohles IN "Bleak House" Is the type
creek"
The danger OF the lawyer In vacation Is that
ne VIII only make believe" recreate himself
vacation Is no time for writing law books or
making business journeys The mind needs
Wholly TO unbend with the body Let the law
yer loll In the shade or swing In the hammock.
swim In the surf or rock On the billows angle
for trout or troll for bluefiSh, play billiards or
croquet, drive, ride, row. shoot, climb sport with
children, flirt with ladies. or Indulge In any
thing else uninteilectpal. Let him live out doors
and NEAR to natures heart" But let him es-
chew study ard late hours, conventions balls
except base ball. parties, especially political par
ties. and long journeys In the heated term II
any body proposes "little law question: "shoot
him on the spot" Let the government go
to destruction for a few weeks, IL 1t wants TO.
If he must read let him read trashy novels
which he will be sure to forget, and which there
is no virtue in remembering. Let him not try
to Improve himself" but let him industrlously
strive for month or six weeks to forget all he
ever knew. The brain must lie falloW or wear
out. The London Lar journal once wisely
said: "If we had two existences In this life, and
after thirty years OF unbroken industry we
were allowed thirty years Of healthy leisure In
which to enjoy the wealth we had earned the
reasonable course would be to give up youth
and manhood TO severe and protracted labor
But 1t is not so; and he is most wise who so
tenn erS toll with relaxation as to preserve
his mental and bodily vigor to old age."-[AL
lang Lar journal.