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LEFT CHOATE 481 CHOATE changes, and the cells are more or less destitute of chlorophyll. It is distinct from blanching, because it may exist in plants exposed to direct light on a south border, but is often produced or aggra- vated by cold, ungenial weather and bad drainage. The most promising remedy is watering them with a very weak solu- tion of sulphate of iron. Many forms of the disease exist, of which those of clo- ver, onions, cucumbers, and melons are best known. In medical practice, an affection in which the skin of the body, and espe- cially that of the face, assumes a pecul- iar greenish cast, and hence is popularly known as green-sickness. The condi- tion is closely allied to anaemia, and often associated with menstrual disturb- ances of vai-iable nature. Chlorosis oc- curs chiefly among young and delicate women who lead sedentary lives under unwholesome conditions. CHOATE, JOSEPH HODGES, an American lawyer and statesman; born in Salem, Mass., Jan. 24, 1832. He was a descendant of John Choate, who came from England in 1640. He was gradu- ated at Harvard College in 1852; ad- mitted to the bar in Boston in 1855; re- him a reputation which had seldom been equaled among the leaders of the New York bar. Although he never sought public office, he, at times, took an active JOSEPH H. CHOATE moved in 1856 to New York, where he became a partner in the law firm of Evarts, Choate and Beaman. His ability as a lawyer and public speaker soon gave KUFUS CHOATE interest in politics with the aim of rais- ing their standard. On Jan. 12, 1899, he was appointed by President McKinley ambassador to England. The appoint- ment was promptly confirmed by the Senate and gave great satisfaction throughout the country and in England. He served with great success until 1905, received honorary degrees from Oxford, Cambridge, Edinburgh, Glasgow, and St. Andrew's Universities, and was made a Bencher of the Middle Temple, being the first American to receive this honor. In 1907 he was United States delegate to the International Peace Conference at The Hague. In the World War his sym- pathies were with the Allied cause from the beginning. He was a member and, at times, an officer of many legal and patriotic societies, and the recipient of honorary degrees from numerous uni- versities in this country and Canada. His addresses and orations were pub- lished (2 vols., 1910-1911). He died in New York, May 14, 1917. CHOATE. RUFUS. an American lawyer; born in Essex, Mass., Oct. 1, 1799. In 1830 and 1832 he was elected to Congress. In 1841 he succeeded Dan- iel Webster as United States senator from Mas.sachusetts, serving until 1845. In many respects he was the most schol- arly of American public men, and among the greatest forensic advocates the United States has produced. He died in Halifax, N. S., July 13, 1859.