Connecticut western news., 1917-05-17
CHOATE BURIAL
 AT SUMMER HOME
Funeral of Ex-AmbaSSadOr to
 B0 SimpI0 One.
INCURRED BY ALL CLASSES

Tributes From Bafour, Leaders of
 American Bar and Public Men Show
 Diplomat and Speaker Was Held In
 America and Abroad.
 The body of Joseph Hedges Choate lawyer, diplomat and orator, who died in his e.ghty-tifth year, will rest in grave of his own selection in "Naum- keag," the Indian phrase for Heaven of Peace," at his summer home ill Stockbridge, Mass.
 The funeral, simple one, will br held at St BarthOlomew's church, New York, tomorrow morning at 9:3O. Owing to the condition of Mrs. Choate there will be nc display, and the body will be taken to Ockbridge immediately after the service.
 Flags on New York's city hall are at half staff, and at the Choate home there was steady flood of messages of sor- row and condolenCe.
 Although eighty-five years old. Mir. Choate was apparently in good health up to the time he was stricken. He was head of the committee that wei comed the French and the British war missions last week and was one of the most energetic and enthusiastic of the members.
 He underwent exert:ons during the week, including the delivery of several important addresses, that would have taxed the vitality of a much younger man.
 Last Hours Happy.
 MT. Choate's last day was a happy one. He complained of feeling tired when he came home Sunday from the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, to which he had escorted his friend, MT. Balfour. He soon went to bed, and as he did not feel rested Monday morning he stayed there late. His daughter, Miss Mabel Choate, read to him the newspaper report of the reception of General Joffre and his companions in Canada, and after expressing his pleas ure MT. Choate dozed awhile.
 pr. Draper made his daily call and advised the aged lawyer to stay in bed all day, but in the afternoon he insist ed on getting up and going for stroll. He said he wanted to enjoy Gods beautiful daylight. He was fatigued when he came home and went to bed early He called his daughter at S:30 | D. Tn. and told her he felt depressed but warned her not to let her mother know
 Don't call the doctor,' he directed her. 'I'll soon be we'll" Miss Choate obeyed.
 Second Love Was England. At 10 D. m., however, Mr. Choate summoned his wife and daughter and said:
 II am feeling very i'll. I think this l is the end''
 Half an hour later, however, he was sitting up in bed. Then there was a change, and he gradually sank into a coma. A number of doctors were sum- moned, but when Dr. Draper, the first to arrive, reached him MT. Choate was dead.
 Although famous as the leader of the American bar, history probably will write ChOate's greatest achievement. however, as the promotion of the friend ship between England and the United States. In this work he was to Ameri, ca what Arthur James Balfour was to England. The two grew to be the warm est friends not only because of intel lectual equality, but because both lived in high hope that some day the mother land and the daughter would do just l what they are doing to day-mingle their blood and heal the wounds of 1776.
 King Edward VII. was one of those who saw the value of MT. Choate's serv. ices and understood the disinterested ness of his efforts. As a result a warm friendship grew up between the two and both the king and queen delighted to honor the handsome, courteous, hu morous ambassador who understood England so well. England mourned MT Choates retirement in 1905, when ht was replaced by Whitelaw Reid.
 CALL 10000 SURGEONS.