How interesting it must be to a modest
woman empanelled on a jury to listen to ,
the disgusting details of a rape ora seduc
tion case. A..d then what must be the
reflections of their lords— lords ho more,
but nursery maids henceforth. The hus
band must remain at home a;d care for
the little ones, or they will suffer. Female
j help is not easily procured ia an cmcr
' gency, and many families who do not
. ! ‘ keep a girl ” must be seriously incon
venienced by the absence of the wife and
mother upon her “ public duties.” Just
imagine papa nt home a<lmiuistcri g cold
comfort, paregoric, etc., to the fret fill baby '
which won’t go to sleep, while giy ai.d
volatile niainma has been locked up in the
jury-room for several hours, and despair
ing of comi. g to an agreement, has just
changed the judicial discussion into a
charming tete-a-tete with the best looking
young man on the jury. The remaiui. g
days of that session, it is fair to presume, '
would witness a delightful but wicked
flirtation between the good-looki .g jury- ■
man and the volatile wife.
Or supposing, as is sometimes the case,
that the tired jurors should seek some di
version from their arduous duties—cards
arc introduced and the fair jurywoman is '
unconsciously drawn into a little game of
poker.
