A Choate Portrait.

Subscriptions are being raised by the Harvard Club of New York for a portrait of Mr. Joseph H. Choate to be hung in the club house. A committee has been appointed to take charge of the matter. The committee consists of Messrs. Evert J. Wendell, W. G. Peckham, N. S. Smith, James G. King, Lloyd McK. Garrison. A circular which has been circulated among graduates says of the plan:

"The committee at present aspire to meet the expressed wish that the portrait be painted by Sargent, so that it may be a high-grade work of art, fit for our building. We look upon Mr. Choate as perhaps the most representative of the champions of our club in New York, at least the oldest, and would like to have a better portrait of him than is possessed by the Union League, the Bar Association, or any other organization over which he has presided. We hope for such a portrait of Mr. Choate as the Players' Club has of Edwin Booth. To employ Sargent will probably require that the present subscriptions be doubled."