Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 158, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 July 1913 — WIT and HUMOR [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

WIT and HUMOR

DUTY OF LAWYER EXPLAINED Corporation Attorney Not Subject to as Much Abuse as Formerly, Bays Senator Root Elihu Root was talking about the corporation lawyer. “He isn’t so much abused as he once was,” said Senator Root. “A reaction in his favor has set in. In the past a corporation lawyer couldn’t attend a public dinner without having such story as that of Lawlace thrown at him. "Lawlace, Professor Lawlace, taught corporation law in a famous school. He had a reputation for wit. He was always making funny cracks at modern life and society. “A student, in answer* to one of ILawlace’s questions, said grandiloquently: “ ‘A lawyer’s first, his sole duty is to see that though the heavens fall, Justice is done.’ “ ‘That Justice is done,’ repeated [Lawlace thoughtfully. ‘H’m, yes, exactly.' And my experience has been that the lawyer who does justice often•est is the one who first achieves a 'white palace in Fifth avenue overlooking the park”