The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-22
ATTACHES PLAN DEPARTURE.
SIGNS THAT THEY EXPECT SHORT
STAY At PEACE CONFERENCE.
Paying Social Obligations and Taking
Souvenir Pictures-Witte Pays an Tin.
expected visit to tho Palm Garden
Charm OF the New Hampshire Woods


expected visit to tho Palm Garden
Charm Of the Now Hampshire Woods
PORTSMOUTH. N. n. Aug. ,i.-This has
been. very much Of an Oh day. There was
no conference. Whatever work there u
to do about the protocol was finished.
The summer people Of the hotel were mainly
on the golf links. Watching tho first rounds
OF tournament with Rye Beach.
1t was Just . little cool out Of The sun.
but there was q pleasant football tang In
the air. Il invited out Of doors, to country
rambles. Most OF the Russian attaches
were OF early In the morning swinging
through the New Hampshire lanes. The
Japanese and the backstairs attaches
followed.
The favorite walk Is to tho town Of New
castle, hamlet about . mile away. The
Wentworth. by the way. u not In Ports
mouth at all. A stone pillar about quarter
Of mile down the road shows whore Ports
mouth ends and Newcastle begins. II
there s to be a peace hero, In spite OF the
general opinion Of the baokgtairs con-
ference, It should be known by right a.
the peace Of Newcastle or tho peace OF
Kittery. Strictly speaking, Portsmouth 10
not In the game at all.
Newcastle 10 . hamlet, and It nestles as
hamlets always nestle. The town consists
Of about fifty houses. a general store or
two and Fort Constitution. The fort con-
sists Of a revolutionary relic. modern
equipment Of artillery and the thirstiest
garrison In the United States.
This leads to the consideration Of the
LIQUOR laws In this district. 1t Is q ram
bling country all mixed up with State lines.
You never know when you're In Maine
and when you're In New Hampshire. when
you're on local option or country hotel
soil New Castle lie local option and dry.
The garrison at Fort Constitution has not
even a canteen. The Wentworth he's
country hotel license. In New Hamp-
shire country hotel you can't take drink
standing without imperiling the license.
In Portsmouth they have city hotel IL
censes. There you mustn't take drink
standing UP. In the best dispensaries OF
mixed ale they dare not have even chair
for fear that some customer will DO seen
sitting down to his -pizen.' There are
other rules even more complicated, but
these will do for starter.
New England is at its prettiest in August
and that walk to New Castle through the
woods is continual Joy. The sweet hos
pitable forests Of New Hampshire run
over the hills to either hand. They are
pine woods mainly. with here and there
birch just soughing of Its white bark.
1t is woods Of distant shadows. OF In
flnitey varied underbrush, Of cool inviting
shades Green meadows break 1t here
and there, and they are dotted al day
with sleek Jersiss. A stone fenoe Of vener-
able age runs the whole distance. Sumao,
golden rod and pine have overgrown 1t
these fifty years until 1t u more . hedge
than q wall.
A little distance from the hotel an apple
tree has grown in the cleft Of . BIS rock
which breaks through . meadow. II Is q
Wild tree, unpruned and intended, left to
take its own shape a. 1t willed. 1t has
grown, therefore, into . gnarled shape,
which Ia all curves Of beauty. just now
it's little, red fruit il ripening. 1t Is Pic
ture all by itself, that tree. Takahira on
his morning walks always stops and re-
CARDS 1t with . Japanese eye TO tho pic
turesque effect in nature.
Half way to Newcastle there is little
store which cells candy. Ice cream and Soda
and has . laundry agency. It 10 . we'll
scrubbed little store. kept by lame veteran
Of the civil war. It's only decoration L. .
stuffed seal, which the proprietor tells you
he knocked over In the Saugus River III
teen years ago. He had It stuffed because
he thought it would be kind Of nice to keep
around the plaoe. He keeps open three
months OF the year when there are sum-
mer people around.
quite lot Of Japs and furrtners here
he adds. They nearly always ask for
rum, but they take good soda, which II
better for them in this weather. Been .
great thing for business. Sales are most
81 a day better than last month";
He then proceeds to mix Q raspberry
phosphate on q system OF his own, which
he says IL the only scientific way to mix
phosphate. He dashes In the phosphate,
suuirts In the soda and pours the strip
carefully ON top With every purchase he
adds cheerful bits Of gossip and bouquet Of
sweet peas, picked from q garden As prim
and proper a. the shop. Nearly all Of tho
day.
sIoNs OF EARLY DEPARTURE.
About the hotel there were many little
signs which show that the visitors are
preparing for an early departure. Tho
Japanese have sent back the safe which
they rented In Portsmouth. Col Rospo-
kofi. Col YermalofY and several others
among the Russian attaches gave dinner
In the main dining room tonight to the
Junior officers OF the Mayhower. This
was taken a. sign that the Russians were
return ing their social obligations before
leaving.
All day farewell photographs have been
a-taldng. Tho Japanese plenipotenttaries
we're photographed to-day In group
with the wearers Of the white and yellow
ribbons Of that mysterious order which Mr..
Witts calls tho -Order Of the Republic.
Tomorrow the Russian envoys win favor,
Lin, Pokotion's Indispensable Manohu,
arranged the decorations Of Tho dinner to
the Mayfower men. All the afternoon b
gathered immnrtelles and dahlias In tho
gardens Of the Wentworth.
These no built up In two big vases IN rows
Of alternate color until they looked lile
the headdresees Of the Chinese theater.
That Oriental love Of flowers shows
oven In the precise businesshke japanese.
Every day their servants como In with
bundles Of fresh out flowers and tres
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