The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-08-28
AREMAmKAnLE WOMAN.

A C0loFed Girl Admitted TO the Har In
Cheago-Dsstiusd 10 be mn Ornament to
the CoIored lace.
Chtoago Latcr 0aeaA
Miss Ida PIa.s. recently admitted to
the Illinois bar. eau truthtulIy be said
to be not only one OF the most remark
able women oil the day. but OF the ecu
tury.
When ii Is said that she is colcred
and has had TO rice superior to the race
prejudice which has proved stumb.
ling block to the course Of others, am-
bilious as herself perhaps, the story Is
half told. What her struggles have
been no one but herself can tell, al
though her friends hint vaguely at re-
butts which would have disconccrted
any one with less resolution than her
self.
Mr. IIolger dc Roode, tho we'll known
insurance man, was the frst to extend
helping hand to Miss Platk She had
been pupil in music OF his sister.
Madame Eugcnie de Roode. Rice. and
he recognized hor ability and tho prom
ise OF something better In the future.
For nine years she was his stenographer
and private secretary. In 1892 she en-.
tered the law Office Of Jesse Cox as q
stenographer. and began the study oil
law In tho Chicago College Of Law. In
July, 1893, she established berseli in the
Ashland block as stenographer and
law reporter
Atthe close OF the torn. June 10, 1894.
Miss Plat graduated from the college OF
law. In order to pass In this institution
a student must havo standing OF At
least eighty.fye marks out OF every
possible 100 awarded ut examinations.
Miss Plat wont eleven beyond that,
standing ninety-six.
JUDGE suEPARD's uIoH TRIBUTE.
Her SUCCESS decidedly contradicts tho
opinion OF Prof. Abbott, OF the North
western University Law Department,
who recently stated that women are
not success as law Students" Judge
Shepard, one OF the professors OF the
Chicago College OF Law, thinks diff
erently, however. He says:
$50 far as my observation goes, wo'
men arc remarkably good students, &c
curate and discriminating. The two
members Of tho senior class, Misses
Foskotte aud Plat, especially attracted
my attention, because OF their ability
to not alone learn the letter OF tho law.
but to understand its principles and
their application, and l predict sue
cossful career for them ut the bar"
Miss Platt Is unusually fortunate in
her antecedents. Her iather, Joseph
I. Plat, was a lumber merchant OF this
city, aud was well known and respected.
| Ho was not southern born, but was O
native Of New York. Her mother was
a PhiladeIphian. Among her nearest
| relatives IS James Matthews, the cele'
brated colored lawyer Of Albany, n. Y,
who was nominated BY President Glove
land during his first term TO be recorder
OF deeds in Washington. Mr.. Matthews
is Miss Platt's cousin. Her sister has
boon for many years IN assistant In the
phblic library.
Personally Miss Platt is attractive.
She Is young, having been born Septem'
Der %, 1868. She is Of medium height
is light colored, and has pleasant ewes,
always ready TO smile. Her hair is just
touchod with gray. Her manners arc
perfect, and she possesses the raro at
traction Of n sweet. low-toned voice.
She was educated in the public schools
OF this city and graduated at 10 from
the high school with honor. In the
same class was HoraccS. Oakley, OF the
law arm Of Ball, Wood & Oakley; the
we'll known lawyer, Joseph W. Errant,
ond DR., Mary Mixer. She is particular.
" proficient in French, German and
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