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Show Lawyers' Fees. Thero was a tlmo when lawyers' gownB had pockets In tho back, In which a client could deposit an "honorarium" "hon-orarium" without giving a sordid, mcrcantllo character to his relations with his counsel. But ox-Judgo Porter Por-ter says tho law Isn't whnt It was oven fifty years ago, and "has passed the days of tho honorarium. Lawyers aro simply the paid employes of their clients." Ono of tho evidences of tho chango Is that tho Law association Is urging a bill to protect lawyers against tho loss of contingent fees by settlement settle-ment of cases out of court. Contingent Contin-gent fees wero unprofessional onco. It will also bo noticed as a chango that It Is now necessary to protect lawyers from their clients. Philadelphia Philadel-phia Record. |