Salt Lake Herald | 1890-10-19 | Page 2 | Joe Choate is Somebody

Joo Clioato Is Somebody I i often interesting to note the private habits and manners of men who play leading lead-ing parts on the public stride There was a blockade of street cars at Park row justin just-in front of the postoflice at 6 oclock one night A tall man with pipe stem legs and a slender torso which seemed scarcely capable of sustaining the mis > ivc towering tower-ing head sauntered along with one hand in the right trousers pocket deeply absorbed ab-sorbed in thought A crowd was awaiting the lifting of the blockade The man after a careless upward up-ward glance scrambled over the platforms of two cars with his eyes still fixed downward down-ward as i in a brown study The crowd accepted the lesson He entered a Sixth avenue L car in which he took the only vacant seat At Chambers street I poorly dressed woman entered No one s rred A minute min-ute afterward the man looked up Bounding Bound-ing from his seat hat in hand with u low bow and a deeply courteous one he vud i Allow mo to offer you a seat madam i With thanks the woman accepted and I closely watched the face of the man which I was in an instant again wrapped in the ah stract expression of deep meditation I j For ten blocks the womans eyes rested jon j Ion I-on that strong intellectual face Suddenly 1 she turned to a man sitting at her side Do you know that gentleman she asked Thats Joe Choate the great lawyer was the reply Oh she ejaculated with an I air of relief I was sure ho was somebody New York Telegram I