| Show BLEACHED HORSEHAIR AS AN AID TO LEGAL DIGNITY English Opinion Opposed to the Abolition of Wigs Gowns Among the Judiciary How Solemnity is Enabled to Pose ns as Lofty Profundity The Bigger the Wig Vig the Bigger the Pay the Rule Special Sept 15 ISA A London LONDON LONDO Journal hu hUll the temerity to tl publish an article advocating c the abolition f wigs and In England nn emblems of judicial au nu authority and legal profundity It stated that they th Impart a I fictitious dignity to tho Iho wearer which serves of ton to III con v il II a link of or ability and It Ot not for COl the tho i lo lUon held It la lit muted milled that it II wax largely duo dUft to 11 HO 0 that HO IJO many judge ID ho arc aro too tou old I lIt f r their lr jobs are tolerated on tho Ihl and amI that If of their horsehair top coverings O and ample roU the ravages of ot time would bu I bare and their for made o apparent Hut the Ihl result Wall 1 storm of o Indignant Iro rt from Crom law lawyers alike n the pio chanice challICe One wrathful went wInt K Ft far ns nil to 10 that tha Ihl renson why wh tho Ibe judiciary rn Ill Joy jO 11 I much greater of respect ct und nd than do tho Iho American Is IN largely duo due to the Ihl fact that English l Judges wear wigs wIg American Judges do 10 not The popular I verdict was wa overwhelmingly In favor fl r of or sticking sU to 10 tho and tho Iho robes robe WIG 16 The higher the Ihl judicial otTle the tho Iho pay JIll tho bigger the Iho wig Is l tho rule In Tho Th big bl wig 1 Is a n artal somebody hero he Tin nn I of or the wig tho Iho abundance or scarcity tl of curls upon It Itaro Itaro aro prescribed Irel by unwritten l w wAn wAn An export cnn can t loll ll from Uro will wig sort sorl of job Joh tilt the Wl Aror und what pay IR ho K Kels ts high none non of whom who III receive less If than 50 h L weLl wear aro ure called full tull Jot bot bottom tom dress 8 wigs They are nm HUM nn With lIh side Ido flaps that fall Wull 01 river tin Ih shoulders In front These Bide aide naps flaps aro adorned with rons roIA of longitudinal curls curb extending well up to 10 the th Jr where they the mergo Into fIr of frizzled hair They ar ari I 7 if luie whit ami cost from to ti lh Ih quality ity II of the Iho material and tho workman workmanship ship bestowed upon 11 them Hut with care the thc occasional service of a I wigmaker to 10 Ils up tho url and the a n high court judges Jud full bot trun wig will him as a long ns All he clings to his office Wh b 1 as ns Ions Ion as Il he hf Is able tc t le AIDS TO 10 There Thre Iw I no denying the th full bot bottom tom t lm does lend Ind of an nn air to any physiognomy that has any rut of dignity In It Ill Ilk IllIs t Is much Hint of or putting put ling n a nit into a frame And that effect Is I ai by b tho fai t none lont of the th other In the th court courtroom room It i ly framed Also AI o It help hid the th traces of times h Hut But there l I no evidence that It produces a 1 stimulating ing effect on tho Iho wit wll op or wisdom willom of or tho Iho H It n IL de old man to nn Ir of parses mun munter ter In for tol lofty lort profundity hut but which w leh would nt oho b bomo como without tho Iho big wig tho gown and robes GOWNS They The Ir f mry of tho Iho wig Ili Tl A man In III n II hip hii wig wearing w the th ordinary coit nna nUd trousers would look ridiculous no mat matter m t ter how tremendous the thc authority hw h Therefore the every Iry dRY tn gery Iter must be Tho gowns and rot of or the high court English 1 Judges aro to match the he monster K i tho Iho They made of Ilk with ermine nd cost oot anything from IV to They so that to 10 keep kM them from fro getting tangled up with tho judicial legs when their the trains have hR to b bo borno h by b ushers part p of or tho high court judge outfit Is III a n hn hat he parries on nn fi 10 holding It In front of him n deacon deAH with the collection collIon plate pint 1 Hut Hul under und ni n circumstances not 0 If Ir It rains minH dues hn ever er lap clap It on his h J JIho Tho Iho nf ot must never bo allowed to suffer even evenn en n II partial e HOB Bon Tho Judges of ot tho Iho lower courts whose salaries lire are le i than half those Iho e of tho Judges of or the I courts have to 10 wear correspondingly shorter wigs wl N NII II Ily members of thu Iho legal they th Irreverently turned bob wigs They The just each Ih the top of or the ears e NJ have hn 0 no side flap und two to little vertical curls urla I on either Tho Thorent rent r l of or tI horsehair headdress t tjust just frizzled The Ther cnn enn bo Jo hall had for foras as low as n but Jul bob Joh wigs wI of first nral class coat o t CoD 0 The may mil milho herve ho to a pate or natural Ilk but Ih luck huk the Imposing effect of tho tomed i wigs Is It mav mn lio 10 i ald In their favor though Hint the are moro to 10 wear on n a hot day da Tho rohs of tho Iho lower court judges too aro much less gorgeous than those worn W lm by their more mort exalted brethren hr no three cornered hat goes 11 with the outfit TIn THIS HI A OK CAP The wig of or the criminal Judge Is II distinguished from that of or tho civil judge b n lilt I of or black set In the top lop The black rap AI which n criminal Judge puts on Oil when hn ho he pronounces of fit death Is IR not nolI a n cap nt III all It l I ln IlL n lL square of oC blai k about tho size of or n ladys pocket handkerchief which Is I laid on the th wig I n a judge ged or ur only Jaw Jawers ers who are Ir tr In wear wigs wl R barristers can conduct UlOS Solicitor tor to who aro lawyers not permitted to 10 judges In court though th may prompt tho l tor what to 10 Thoy Tho can con conduct duct uses only In courts and thoM minor courts whoso whose dont wear wigs TWO OF The wig worn by h barristers are aro also of If the thc abbreviated type lIe but bUI they the lem 1 nUll mo 1110 do elded than tho more mort m Judicial bob wigs There Ther are two grade of C Just plain ban and barristers who aro en fin entitled titled to put 1111 the Ih letters K C P after their names Ill Indicating that they have havn been appointed Kings l Counsel does not lIot mean ml ll that they Ih 1 been n retained to look after the legal liON of or the king or the th crown crolI It Is I just part of the fiction that the king kin I even thing the army arm the the IhA law our und and nil tho Iho other of or government nl Th Ill IllK K C tRI tag on a barrister li I l to Indicate n 1 degree of ability acumen to which the Ih tall barris harrill barrister ter t have not Vt II attained The IllI access of Imparted by h the th two Is 18 marked hy 11 the addition of or two curls to the wig wll The plain shona t to i little II longitudinal I over each far ear tho K I s wilt wig three over Or ench It II would scorn to 10 be b a trifling distinction hilt but If Ir n Judge should strut n barrister who H t 1 P ro wearing n wig with lIh six curls of ot four thoro would be h a 1 rumpus GOWNS GO S There Is I n too ton In tho thA gowns worn by h the he two grades I rail Ill of bar lister II I The Th K C LK I of silk a R lot of money If IC he h une In for forthe forth the th lineal The plain barrister IH I not permitted to 10 Ion don a R sill II gown Iown His gown must be h made malf of what Is l stuff In III th that thatIs Is III alpaca or fin other r hI a HO 0 long nn 1111 It silk Milk silkA MilkA A barrister can lIn be he guilty of or no nn greater of legal I I to 10 rise In III court to 10 a without having his hi wig wi ami gown If OIl on Inless so AO attired he hp cannot Iv h bo hI seen M t th Judge Cases have occurred In barrister In Ina a R hurry to reach court rt have hB forgotten their wi ant and gown If 10 hn the Ih to tn tn In plead 1 1111 their th lr clients cases without them II Hut no oxell has hA ever crr availed representative of f judicial dim t on the bench The Th l irrl tor under sueh clr i t I compelled to tn n and gown f r nn Al ni or nr el E e I hit up I r r 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