Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 35, Number 122, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 October 1903 — Ambassador Choate's Joke. [ARTICLE]

Ambassador Choate's Joke.

Ambassador Cboate. at the dinner recently given him in London by the Pilgrims' Club, said: “My elation here to-night is It is great as it was on the occasion of my first lawsuit. That was a happy time. I remember that I had sat brooding and idle. The afternoon was gray. The law as a career seemed Suddenly there was a caller and an excellent case offered me by a wealthy man. An hour after I got a second case. It was incredible. Two cases, my first two eases, and both given me the same day. “How I worked that night over my two cases! How I thought about them as I walked officeward with my green bag the next morning! I remember that a shabby person, accosting me as I walked, said: “Old clothes? Any old clothes to sell?” He seemed to be regarding the green baize bag. I held it up for him to see. “ ‘Oh, no.' said I. ‘no old clothes, my friend. New suits.’ ”