Ka Leo o ka Lahui, Volume II, Number 207, 3 June 1891 — LAWYERS. [ARTICLE]

LAWYERS.

It is a sign of the times that many women are turning; tlieir attention from miiiinery and baby culture to the less natural profession of business. Of eourse a woman whose occupation is typewriting. clerking, law or moelieine may still occasionally functionat'e in the female capacity fc»r amusement. This may be one of the signs of the coming millennium, and we refer the discussion of it as such till another time, to give an example of what a lady may aeeomplish in the legal profcssion. We never attack a lady even in our most playful] moments. But there is an ex-lady down in Hilo whol>y entering upon acareeras a lawyer and performing in a busU ness-like manner: tbe duties of deputy-sheriff, jailor &. e. has in a measure abandoned the armor of modesty and weakness that all geritterllen respect When a woman courts notoriety in masculine attitudes we cannot withhold it because we consider it unbecoming. Miss Alma Hitchcock of Hilo, Hawāii, is a member of the-bar, and frequently deputy slieriff and oiher things official. It is said that she ean arrest a Ch|nam:\n as sherift\ and take a fee from him a» a lawver, and release him as sheriff again. all quite in tjie family manner. It is whisperod that she ean knoek down a hand-cuffal prisoner and kiek him in the wilh hēr Kmall foot injust her unele'B style. While in Hilo we occasiona!ly met Miss Alma in the legal arena. Thejudge would send word that we must l>e very careful how we talked that day or to jail f<.r contetnpt of court. With this friendlv warning we were prepared lor what followcd. A large muBculnr polieeman stoo,l lehitid us t» prevont our ioterrupting the ladv and instantly ♦ xcc , te any order given bv th&

fth* a rifr, who also sat within casy reach of the opposi«g Jawyer's throat. Then aftēr conßulting \vith her father and the j udge, she rose with a smilc of withering scorri ans addreBsed the helplcss attorney with stinging invective and biting sarcasm. Tn the pauses of the discourse we were reniinded by jthe sheriff and the judgo lftat jail i was the plaee for a wr»;tch who in- ! sulted a lady, I After a exereising her jaw ān hour or so while her kid and the rabble behind la ughed gleefully, the court rendered its decision in favor of the official party. Then the story went round town that Miss Alma was too smart for the new 3awyer. Whieh we admitted to be true. Miss Alma jwas one of the naost active meinbers c»f the family in running us out of Hiio. We do not feel as bad about it as if it were a s<£itary case; we know of five other lawvers who have suffered the same fate. i>. l. ii.