The Washington times., 1922-06-07


preme Court at the present term.
got around TO deciding four Of them
they took her view Of the argument.
Decision in the fifth Gaze has not
been handed down.
The four cases decided were ron
solidsted on appeal from st. Louis
and Baltimore Federal courts. since
they involved the same points Cf law,
regarding that portion OF the Vol.
stead act regulating withdrawal OF
liquor from bonded warehouses. The
undecided case. appealed from Philn.
delphia. raised the question wnether
liquor taxes and penalties should be
collected as other taxes.
Another Californian.
Preceding Mrs. willebrandt rs as
s,stant attorney general was another
California woman. Mrs. Annette
Adams. who also appeared before the
Supreme Court for the Government.
During the term Of the Supreme
Court, which ends Monday. fourteen
women have been admitted to praC-
tice before II. The first Of these
was Mrs Willebrandt, on the iii st
day Of the term, October 3. She waI
Introduced by Attorney General
Daugherty The same day former
Senator Hoke Smith presented Mrs.
Mary Campbell Johnson. OF Rome.
Ga.
All OF the women. when they sign
the court register, do not indicate
whether they are married or single,
so there's no way OF telling which
are which. but these additional
names appear on this terms regis
ter:
Ruth Levey. New York; Clara
Friedman Brode. Memphis, Tenn,
and May Warner. Indianapolis. In.
troduced by Ellen s. Mussey; Rose
NJ. Palmer, Brooklyn, n. Y, intro
Frooks, New York. introduced by
Olive Scott Gabriel; Effie WinraYi,
Callahan. Kansas City, Mo-; Pauline
NJ. Floyd, Washington: Isna Lee
Price, Swainsboro, Ca: Isobel Klein.
Fort Smith, Ark; Gertrude Dale.
Nashville. Tenn. Marion Clark, Ce.
clifton, Md, and Estelle Balfour Ben.
nett, Oklahoma City. Okla.
Increase Is Noted.
This list indicates that women
lawyers are on the increase, for only
eleven were admitted by the Supreme
court the preceding term. They
were:
Margaret Young, Forsyth, Mont. :;
Elizabeth Blume, Newark. ". J.;
Mary r. Laird, Washington: Clair
B. Hughes. New York: June c.
Smith, Centralia, H.; Aubrey 3.
Fennell. Washington; Alice Asa
Allen, Battle Creek Mich; Marian
Dorian, Washington; Dell D. Dut.
ton, Kansas City; Jennie LOTHIAN
Barron, Boston. and Marie A. Easily.
Smith, Washington.
Before woman Tor a man ether
can appear before the Supreme Court
she must have established herself
in her profession. The Supreme
Court rule requires three years
practice before the Supreme Court OF
the attorneys home State and ad.
mission to the District Federal court
In which the attorney resides. The
Federal district court requires State
supreme court status for admission.
In some States women have not
been practicing law three years, or
there probably would be more on
Ino Register dt the capitol The
present term, for instance, Is the
first in which Georgia women could
qualify, 1t having been the fall OF
1918 when the Georgia law admit.
ting them to the bar became
effective.
Don't get the impression that the
woman lawyer can he picked out by
the cut of her clothes or that they
are Of the sour.tempered spinstsr
type. They don't all affect coat
suits, shirt waists and high collars.
When Miss Dale took her oath last
Monday she took It in a stunning
sand.colored georgette beaded after.
noon gown, and she ts pretty enough
to set II off to the fullest advantage.
And Mrs. Klein, who took the oath
with her. brought along her sum
mer furs.
Nor do they try to affect the bold,
masculine business man signature,
as the Supreme Court register dis.
closes. There's not a woman's name
on the book that would not be taken
for just what II 10.