Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 34, Number 82, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 June 1902 — Choate and a Tuft Hunter. [ARTICLE]

Choate and a Tuft Hunter.

Ambassador Choate has a particular aversion for the tuft-hunting American vyho flourishes in Europe and never misses an opportunity to make a courteous but effective dig at him. A short time ago Mr. Choate was a guest In a country house at which a particularly offensive specimen of the genus Anglomaniac was also staying. Over the nuts and wine one evening this gentleman narrated with much glee the story of how he had once met Queen Alexandra driving In an open barouche while a storm was raging and no shelter In sight The chivalrous American, according to his own story, Immediately handed his umbrella to her majesty, received In turn a grateful bow, and then trudging home in the rain. He ended up by remarking: “In the old days a man would have been knighted for doing that.” On Mr. Choate’s features one of those benignant smiles for which he la Justly celebrated, says the New York Times, slowly perfected Itself. “Ah,” he said, “and I suppose, If you had been knighted, you would have chosen an umbrella for your coat of arms, with the motto, ‘Pour la Heine.’ ”