The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-11-24

A.A@ AlAttAc1 ul1Coo nc Couk4 Wdlh away with
tho deed then and there. But said, this
deed must be recorded: it will be six weeks
before you receive it Then said he. for
all that time | shall have nothing to show
for my money 1t is not possible asked
him. that you don't understand the record
OF desdP The last time bought land, ,
he answered, i didn't pay for it until the
lawyer had the deed recorded and it was
ready for delivery to me- That is impos-
sible,' told him: there is no person who
would let the title to land pass away from
him before receiving the consideration"
Miss Leila j. Robinson, at present the
best known of Boston's women LAWYERS, has
had also considerable legal experience in
The northwest. She writes In response to
an inquiry:
81 took your letter to Mrs. f. G. Wool
per, successful real estate agent of several
years experience and we consulted to
gether over your questions, but in our
united experience we could find nothing
whatever substantiating the statement you
refer to. They are individual women wi h
whom it is not desirable to do business on
account of some peculiarities, but so there
are such men. 1t is often harder to deal
with women as a class than with men as IA
class, because the latter are generally better
trained IN business methods, and can COM
prehe1d business necessities more readily
No one realizes this more than LAWYERS,
rad no lawyer more than a women lawyer.
But all business people realize, /
think, that 1t is mere question Of educa-
ton, and that women are rapidly gaining
in practical knowledge, aud had never
heard of any individual, firm or corpora
ton which has refused to do business with
women as class.
$50 far as can learn, no woman would
find the least difficulty in Massachusetts in
negotiating loan on her property, which a
man would not find under the same circum-
stances; and any contract, with builders or
others, can be made In Massachusetts, by
any woman as readily and on precisely the
same terms as by any man.
81 have spoken of this matter with two
or three other lawyers and real estate
agents and brokers, all of whom agree en-
tirely with the views have set forth.
Further, certain OF the reasons SGT forth
as being given by business men are exactly
contrary to those which have heard, and
which my own experience confirms, is that
women generally are much too timid and
reluctant to maintain their rights by litiga-
ton, and will embarrass those who represent
them by unwillingness to authorize any
resort to legal methods of enforcing rights
and that when they do get on the witness
stand women are so uncompromisingly
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whole truth than is asked for by the ques-
tons put to them, and it is often trouble
some for a lawyer to know how to manage
them on the stand because of their super
conscientiousnesss, If such word be admis-
sible.
Concerning judges and juries, have
heard much of their leaning toward tho
woman's side, whether the woman be a
party or counsel for party; but have
seen nothing of it, either in
the east or the West. Neither
dice against women In such positions
Judges and juries whom l have seen aid
before whom have gone as counsel have
been, in my judgment, strictly impartial u
If the money centres of the east regard
security and not sex in their business deal
ings, how is it in other sections? Mr.. g.
+. Putnam, Treasurer of the International
Loan and Trust Company Of Kansas City,
says for that vigorous community:
''In reply to your inquiries will say that
have never heard of ladies having any
difficulty whatever in negotiating mort
cages on their own property, nor have
ever known of their having any difficulty
whatever In getting contracts on as favora-
bic terms as men.
There are great many unreliable
women in the world, and no doubt quite as
many and perhaps more men of the same
character whom no mortgage or loan COM
pany would wish to do anything with.
But | have never heard of any discrimina-
ton made ON account of sex. The laws of our
country have been in such shape that at
times IL was difficult to determine Just what
the rights Of a married woman we're, and
for that reason. and for that reason only,
greater care is perhaps exercised in making
contracts with married women than with
men, provided each party is
equally reputable and responsible. /
know Of no other distinction l have never
discovered, in my experience, that women
are any more untrustworthy or any mora
unreliable or any more anxious for litiga-
ton than men. In fact think they are
quite as truthful and quite as reliable, d
a little more timid In the matter of litiga-
ton and trouble than are the men. |
should say that according to my experience
and observation all the distinction there is
between the two Is the uncertainty which
exists in the minds Of all good lawyers
almost everywhere as TO Just what the legal
rights of married woman are"
In the magazine article originally referred
to, the question is asked, "Why is not
a mortgage given by single woman as
reliable as mortgage given by a man,
assuming that the mortgage Is on property
valuable and unencumberedp The
answer given by the business world seems
to be pretty unanimously that it is quite as
valuable It's well 10 know what disad-
vantage women labor under from ignorance
and lack of experience in practical matters,
but it is also well to know that as a class
women are not boycotted.
ELIZA PUTNAM HEAToY.