New-York tribune., 1911-10-16
CHO4TES OPEN CELEBRATION
Dinner in Honor of Golden Wed
ding-Big Reception To-day.

Na.ngrHuH To Alt A.tt"-i'.I
sroczbridge. Mass. oct. l5.-The golden
Wedding anniversary Of Mr.. and Mrs. Jo-
s,ph r. Ch0ate. which wiz oe celeDid1e1
..-nayroV at Naumkca by reception 9"
which all OF the countryside are lnFiteD'
will be- one of the largest receptions ever
raI6 .n rne villa colony in tine Berkshire7-
.r~sugameuts have been made 20 serve
rve hundred Mr.. and Mrs Choate VIII
receive unassisted
More than one hundred relatives and
friends OF Mr. and Mrs. Choate have ar
rived al the Red Lion Inn ard al Heatoh
FfaU for the reception tomorrow and the
anniversary dinner tonight. There were
4-raa affairs Of interest in the Choate
villa to-day. a luncheon for twenty TINS
afternoon. q five O'Clock tea az which Am
sassador and Mrs james Bryce Of Eng
land VINO are guests Of Miss Emily Tuck
.rman and ex-Ambassador and Mrs HOT
ace White. who are guests OF Mr.. and Mrs
William D. Sloane in LeHox. called 20 pay
their respects TO Mr. and Mrs. Choate.
Mr.. and Mrs Ch0ate attended service
this morning in So. PauIs Episcopal
Church. Mr. Choate walked the half mile
down Fields Hill 20 the church. He
stopped at Heaton Hail for his relatives.
v ho accompanied him TO ST. PauIs. Mrs
Chcate drove 70 ST. Pauls with Miss Mabel
Choate The altar ar ST. PauIs was deco
rated with yellow ChrvsdnJhemums il honor
0f the approaching anniversary Mt.
Choata had selected the hymns Of the day.
including THE King of Love Ny Shepherd
is" and Rise Crowned with Light. Impe-
IfrHl was
one 0f the choir.
The house was decorated with yellow
cnrvsauthamums. American Beauty roses
fr vases and wreatns of laurel and pine.
To accommodate fifty guests az the ami
-srsarv dinner tonight the front entrance
uae closed and the wide hall was turned
into "a dining room. with small tables seat
fnc eight guests each The dining room
ras also in Use for the dinner. American
Beauty roses were on all the tables. After
dinner there was on view IN one ~ the
inner rooms some OF the PRESENTS re-
cefved T. Pfarront Morgan sent heauti-
fu gift Many Of the gifts We're gold
plate
At-tne dinner Tonight We're Mr.. and Mrs.
Frederick Sterling. of Cleveland Mrs.
Choat-'s brother and sister-in-iaw. Mrs.
George a.. s. Choate. Mr.. and Mrs. W. =.
Choate. Nr and Mrs Joseph *. Choate
Mr and Mrs Arthur O. Choate. Of New
York. Nj and Mrs Charles F. Choare,
Charles Choate. ir.. Of Boston: Joseph 3.
-hodta. Miss Elizabeth rhoate 3lr and
Mrs Nathaniel Bowditch. Dr and Mrs W.
T Porter. of Boston lIr and Mrs Robert
y. Sterling. Mr. and Mrs Carl A. De
Garedorff the Misses Josephine and Alma
Casrar De Gersdorf. Miss Margaret Choate.
Miss Mary Is Choate. of New York Miss
Margaret Wright Of pleasantville. ~ y:
Mr. and Mrs Joseph n. Choate jr. Miss
Mabel Choate. George Choate. Mr. and
Mrs George r. De Gersdorf. Thomas Nc
Ni--rick ir.. Theodore simon -. Louis.
Nrs T. Montgomery Sears. Miss Helen
Sears. of Boston Dr and Mrs O. r
BrusIe. of Osstnfug. ~ y: Dr and Mrs
Charles Burrier Allen w. Evarts. Charles
s Butler. Mrs Prescott Hall Butler Mrs
g. e. Beamau Mrs r. NJ Purdy. Mr. and
Mrs Frederick rs. Whitr.dse. Miss Helen
Pftman. Mrs. Eugene Howard Eliot Tuck
srmau. Francis vs.. Cr0wuinshield and
Charles r. Choate 2d.