The morning call., 1891-06-12

of conscience lie is surely as conscien-
ti0us as the woman who will order him into
court to get money from him for not loving
her any longer.
Possibly during the natural intimacy of
their engagement the man discovered that
his afhanced was a sort Of woman who,
well, had a disregard, or regard, for the
notoriety of a breach of promise suit, Tor
instance, and bis conscience told him that
she was not the kind of a wife he desired
His breaking of the engagement may have
slgnlhed that he would sooner stand
UNPLEASANT NoToRIETY
Fer little time than unpleasant compan-
ionship for all time. That women above
the average would serve on juries | do not
believe The Christianized and morally
refined women would keep the men within
their sphere and trust the men to adj
minister the law. Even If they felt c0mpe-
tent to do so they would not undertake the
Interpretation and application of the law
themselves.
Women who are scholars and parliament
tarians might make capable jurors as far as
comprehending the statutes is concerned,
but the question would then be II their
minds were honest unbiased and impair
TALLY judicial.
The average man makes q better juror
than the average woman would, because he
is naturally larger character, and. unlike
woman, is not Influenced so much by the
ullHOE u6LdliS anu personalities Ol buo par
ties to an action at law as by broad and
general comprehension of the cause and
situation, and 4 determination TO respect
the law of the land. Besides, the instinct is
planted in the man that is the maker and
defender of law. Men who have fought and
bled in defense of their country's flag know
the feeling, and know that it is their hertz
age as men.
think that, as rule, Jury of average
women would make spectacle Of itself. If
the dereict male defendant but stole melan-
choly and injured chances at the women in
the Jury-bOX and sOrrOwfully pulled his
mustache they would probably look on him
more as the hero of a romance than de-
Tenant In an action at law. They would
pity the poor fellow, think he was too nice
Tor anything and sympathlZe with him In
their heafts because he seemed to feel so
awtully ba at being brought up In court
before so many women and made to feel so
uncomfortable. They would regard the girl
who wanted love or money from him as
haTd-cheeked, undeserylng creature. Ii she
wero dressed quietly for the ordeal and
seemed at all embarrassed the women Jurors
would probably declare that she was affect
ing sweet simplicity aud mourning for her
lost happiness. If she dressed with notice
able elegance and showed spirit her cause
was equally lost
If the jury of women took a notion to side
with the woman in such a case they would
probably make the man pay sum in dam
ages that would start the eyes of many an
avariciouS, INSCRIPTIONS and willy woman,
and breach-0f-prOmSe suits with women
Jurors and heavy damages would abound IN
the land.
Take an ordinary dozen of men, called
into the jury box from their several Occupa-
tons. Let them wear store clothes, be UNI
shaver, dispose themselves In careless and
unbrnt attitudes in their chairs and hold
communion with the spittOOnS; let them be
Il iunr \ shn inn lntTa lot TOR q n
refreshing testimony of the eX-sweeethearts.
They may seyerally and collectively feel
like
ADMINISTERING A SOUND KICKING
to the man for his share in the business.
But there is a taclt feeling among them that
the woman who will bring her most sacred
feelings and impulses into an open court OF
law to have them thoroughly exposed aud
get some hard cash as Salye from the man
who did not value them for himself IS not
precisely the kind of woman that men rev.
eTence and love 10 defend. They feel that
1t Is dangerous and unwSe TO do that which
may be taken as q sanction and encourage
ment to bringing what should be, and prop
erly Is, the puTest. sweetest and most sacred
OF human feelings-a womans lOve-lntO
law courts. and consequently into the news
papers and the mouths OF all the gOsSpS and
newSmOngers, aud all for the purpose of
getting some round, yellow pieces of gold
Then, too, to give the damages claimed
would be establishing a precedent that
would work evil. The proven right TO ii, or
natural gallantry. and some Of the leaYen Of
the popular indulgence toward women may
make jury Of men give the verdict to the
woman In a suit Tor breach of promise, but
the refusal to grant her real damages must
be accepted as Il lesson to wOman's prudence
AMI mOdtSty. The woman who would pick
up sum of money and be cured OF love for
the man of her choice, especially when the
transaction took place by order of court
Of law, is an unloyely character, and the
men who decline to allow her the money TO
pick up are wise and far-seeng. They ex-
cmplify the sense of lead US not into
temptation" and they do unto others as
they would be done by-as we all wish the
Lord to do by each of US. The verdict of
such a jury is on the line of conservative
and moral law.
And could sympathize with Judge who,
looking down on a double row of feminine
heads, with best bonnets and dainty bangs,
in the jury-DoX, would despair Of ever get
ting his charge beyond those bangs and bon
nets on the outside of the heads. n. r. P. T.
English HUI Cdl., June s. 1891