Newport weekly independent., 1902-12-19

men and warriors have long consid- cred it the plum of presidential ap- pointments.
 A poor man is never appointed to such post. First, the poor man would never have the money to enter tain sufficiently; second, he would hardly have had the necessary train ing; third, the wife of poor man would not have received a sufficient amount of polite education to enable her to fill the position well.
 Mrs. Joseph Choate began life as rich girl. She was well educated in the schools of 60 years ago and re- ceived training according to the standards of those days. When she married Mir. Choate in 1861 it was said in Boston that she could pour tea better than any other young mat ron at the hub.
 Mrs. Choate was once a great beau- ty. But fl years of married life or of life spent in the wide world, in one country and in another, will take away ones actual prettiness, though the years will bring something else | just as admira ble and that is what | they have brought to Mrs. Choate. | She shows refinement of the lady of society, the repose of the woman of the world. the fnesse of the dip lomat and the high polish which comes of rubbing against the best | people of all countries.
 | Mrs. Choate's entertainments in London are as famous as the speeches of the ambassador. She gave a series of dinners last winter, at which the table decorations were the finest ever seen on a diplomats table. Rea- soning that the feast must be partly of the eyes, she ordered her foris; to trim the table with all the flowers that were of the season and to use them with lavish hand. | An annual event of much interest in the ambassadors family is that of the celebration of his birthday. Then grand dinner is ordered and Mrs. Choate dresses in fine new gown which is made in Paris for the event. Although still young man in ap- pearancc, or at least briskly young, MT. Choate will soon be Fl years old, and when in January the birthday fete takes place Mrs. Choate will need to burn Fl candles in honor of the event.
 Throughout her husbands career Mrs. Choate has been n power, not from the standpoint of assisting him ill his public work, but automatically and through her family connections. Like Mrs. Chauncey NJ. Depew, she plays the hishbred lady's part and does it so extremely we'll that her husband is much assisted by her thor ough work.
 | Mrs. Choate Is the owner of very hne emeralds, which are MT. Choatc's favorite stones. She obtained thell while on a trip to the orient and she wears them on important diplomatic occasions.
 Mrs. Choate has done a great deal for Americans in London. To the house of the ambassador go all Americans in distress, and to the am bassador's wife are turned over all cases of women requiring aid. Mrs. Choate has restored runaway girls to their American homes. She has supplied money to musical students out of funds, she has extended her hand, and even her roof, to penni- less artists, and she has put hundreds in communication with their friends at home.
 Mrs. Choate and the ambassador have always been singularly devoted and rarely is one seen in public with out the other. They travel together, and, besides affording noteworthy example of diplomatic excellence, they furnish one of extreme matr- monial devotion.-London Letter in Chicago Chronicle.