Elizabeth R. Choate

In her country place on the outskirts of Danvers, Massachusetts, Elizabeth R. Choate has been hostess to a number of stray animals, some of which, like The Man Who Came to Dinner, slay on for quite a time.

Dogs, whether for the hunting field or Sealyhams, of which she has a famous kennel, have long had a strong hold on ELIZABETH R. CHOATE’S affections, but she has her own attractive way of communicating with most domestic animals, geese and ganders included.

ELIZABETH R. CHOATEhas had a way with animals from the start, and of them all her dogs were the mostdemanding. Her knowledge of the canine world, as she relates, began with her father’s hunting dogs and led in time to her own kennels in Danvers, Massachusetts, where for thirty years she has bred prize Sealyham Terriers.

ELIZABETH R. CHOATE has taken the Uluntic salmon on a dry fly, golden trout in the High Sierras, and bull stripers off Cuttyhunk, but,as she is about to relate, she met her match when she went after smelts in Manchester Harbor. This is the third in a series of her articles.

On her farm in Danvers, ELIZABETH R. CHOATEand her late husband, the publisher of the Boston HERALD-TRAVELER,maintained a wide assortment of domestic animals with whose habits they became increasingly familiar. This is the second of a series of papers to be continued into the winter.