Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-03-09
THE WOMEN LAWYERS
SECRETARY SHAW GUEST Al
THEIR ANNUAL BANQUET.
"Sallie Seniors" Application for Adj
mission to the Bar - Re-
sponses to Toasts.


evening at Rauscher's. half hundred
students and guests spending two hours in
going through a unique menu. The menu
was inclosed in the proverbial green bag.
which was properly labeled Inside the
covers was the application Of "salie Sc
NOR for admission to the bar Of the Su-
preme Court of the District of Columbia
in general term. 1t was done up in jim
GLE in which "Sallie Senior, thirty. sim
gle, asks the right to hang her Single in
the District of Columbia as counsellor at
law"
There were a number Of "Sallie Seniors"
all In caps and gowns, and they were led
by their dean, Mrs. Ellen Spencer Mussey,
and the guest Of honor, Mr.. Leslie NJ.
Shaw, Secretary Of the Treasury, in their
passage to the banquet hall, which was
beautifully decorated by palms and sweet
smelling blossoms of various kinds
When they attacked the menu they met
up with things like these: What are the
principal points in the law of tide waters;
stock? Consomme.' What is common
of piscary? Bass" "Give an example Of
a trust? Beef" What is a good consid-
GRAFTON? Ice cream cream, What What i is meant 0s
When the accessories after the fact
were reached Miss Helen Jamison presided
with grace as toatstmfstress, introducing
each speaker with a send off that brought
forth applause and made the banquet hdiA
ring with laughter.
Cordially Greeted.
Secretary Shaw was greeted with rounds
Of applause when he arose. He compn-
mented the ladies on their achievements and
praised their laudable ambition to climb to
the top. He expressed the belief that their
greatest field of usefulness lay not as trial
lawyers, but as consulting lawyers, and
that rather than face a jury they should
master the details of the office routine, De
able to remember faces, names and cases
with accuracy and adjudicate d1nerences
outside the four walls OF the court room.
He did not wish to discourage the woman
lawyers, but he believed their road much
harder one to travel than that OF their
brother.
Miss Jamison then introduced Mrs. Ellen
Spencer Mussey, the dean Of the school,
who responded to the toast THE Hill Diff
cult" in which she detailed many Of the
obstacles to be overcome in the ascent OF
the legal ladder Of fame. but predicted
fattering success to the woman who work
ed assduously at her profession. She de-
clared that the greatest finite force in the
world Is character. She showed that Wo-
men had character, genius and talent. She
declared that they had today scaled the
hill difficult, and were even great political
factors in four great western states, where
they determined the political complexion OF
the majority Of the legislative bodies and
elect eight United States senator's Mrs.
Mussey said, in reply to Secretary Shaw,
that the history of the women graduates of
the w. c. L. showed that they are meeting
with well-merted success In specialized
practice and in partnerships with we'll
known men attorneys; that the well-learned
woman lawyer would find her own road to
success, and was prepared to meet and
overcome prejudice; that the history of
older women lawyers showed that this was
possible.
Other Topics Discussed.
1.-The Past, Present and Future of the
Washington College Of Law was the sub
ject assigned to one Of the alumni Of 1901.
Mr.. Edwin C. Dutton. Other speakers Of
the evening and their toasts were: Tab
let's" Miss Annie NJ. Sargent; THE World
Moves" Prof E. c. Foster; Penalties"
Miss Lottie r. Richardson; ''Forfeitures,"
Mr.. Harry F. Newton: "Plea in Abate-
ment" Miss Florence A. Colford; The Stu
dents Of the Washington College of Law"
Prof. John E. Laskey; Expansion" Miss
Mary Wood: The Dsappointments of the
Law Mr.. B. F. Leighton. president Of the
District of Columbia Bar Association.
The banquet committee consisted Of Mrs.
Sarah Bradley chairman; Miss Ada F. Ed
garet NJ Kennedy. Miss Ida NJ. O'Bryon,
Miss Virginia w. Post, Miss Annie M. Sar-
gent and Mr. G. c. Wilmoth.
The following is list of those present:
Mrs. Ellen Spencer Mussey, dean; Miss
Helen Jamison, Prof. E. c. Foster, Mr..
Terry, Miss Kennedy, Mr.. Parson, Mr.. E.
c. button, Miss May Meyers, Miss Post,
Mr.. Consule, Mrs. Consule, Miss Gardner,
Prof. John Laskey, Miss F. Clark, Mr.. J.
w. Clark, Miss Boswell, Miss Pierce, Miss
Richardson, Miss Westcott, Miss Emma NJ.
Gillett, Miss Edwards. Miss Brock Mr..
Smith, Mr.. Etheridge, Miss Swartz, Miss E.
Colford, Mr.. Newton, Mrs. Houghton, Miss
Leonard, Mrs. Ship, Miss O'Bryon, Mr..
O'Bryon, Mr.. Henry Bradley, Miss Mary
Bradley. Miss Dwyer Miss Evans, Mr..
Harry Newton. Mr.. Prince, Mr.. Wilmoth,
Miss Sargent. Miss Tracy. Miss Marshall.
Mrs. Paul. Miss Page and Mrs. Coope Mrs.
Colford and Mr. Colford.