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A NEW DEPARTURE IN THE PROFESSION. NEW YORK, June i, 1901. JOHN SMITH, Esqre., Dear Sir:—We are sending to our clients, many of whom are too busy to go to law, a very complete service in the way of a Daily Law Letter. The letter is purposely made of a size that will conveniently fit any wastebasket of the usual dimensions, while the paper is of a texture remafkably soft and pliable and therefore well adapted to the use of gentlemen who shave themselves. These letters will be sent free of all expense to those who drop us a line requesting them and at the same time enclose $200 in stamps. We enclose herewith our letter for June ist, 1901. Do you need such service? Very truly yours, FLASIIIE & LIGHT. P. S.—We request that, if convenient to your good self, the stamps sent be uncancelled, as we have had some difficulty in per suading the postal authorities that cancella tion does not appreciably affect the intrinsic value of the engraving. NEW YORK, June i, 1901. JOHN SMITH, Esqre., Dear Sir:—We have to report that while business continues only moderate, many houses are showing new styles in Trusts and Combinations that are likely to attract out of town buyers. Last Wills and Testa ments are beginning to move, although the late spring has kept things a little sluggish in this line. With the coming of milder weather and the buoyant discarding of over coats, which usually occurs this month, we shall expect to see Probates increase to their customary proportions. Already the spring demand for divorces is beginning to be felt,

and there is reason to think that, when the' discussions of family plans for the summer are once fully launched, this line will quickly assume its dominant position in the trade of this season. Spot advice is dull. The market seems to be over-supplied with inferior grades, largely due to the fact that Reform Com mittees and the Clergy, have recently opened up several lines which were badly damaged by the recent election and were generally supposed to have been abandoned to the underwriters. Negligence suits have fallen off some what, since people have grown accustomed to the loss of friends and relatives in this way, ranking the trolley with pneumonia or any other act of God. This line, it may be said, is likely in the future to be handled largely, if not entirely by Probate houses. The large demand for Libel suits continues unabated, indeed, if anything, it is on the in crease; our own theory of the cause of this being that there is less reputation than ever before and the less reputation a man has the more strenuous he is in his endeavor to pro tect what little the newspapers have left him. In a general way. our advice to our clients is to lie low for the present and, while not abandoning lines of litigation already begun, not to open any new lines, until a quick re covery is almost assured. Public confidence in human testimony has been rudely shaken by Wall Street denials, and until it is re established, disagreements of juries are more likely to be the rule than the exception. Yours ven- truly, FLASHIE & LIGHT. N. B.—For terms upon which the above service can be regularly obtained, see our personal communication sent herewith.