The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-28
READY TO QUIT PORTSMOUTH.
WATCHERS or THE PEACE con-
FERENCE PLAN TO GET AWAY.
Hotel Managers Expect General FIX Odus
To-day and Tom orrOw-GioOmy sun.
day at Hotei-Church Services Not
Well Attended-Witte Takes . Walk.

Well Attended-Witte Takes . Walk.
PoRTsMourH, N. H., Aug. 27-If this
conference ends in peace the joke will he
on the Wentworth. Nine out of ten among
us Ia sure that the break will come, II not
tomorrow at least at the next meeting after.
That has been the feeling before; some
pessimsts have been taking farewell kodak
views and autographs for fortnight,
but hore was never 80 low az It Is tonight.
We are starting our preliminary packing,
telegraphing dates to New York and Wash
ington and sending in hurry calls for our
washing. Some tanny people are even
getting their excess baggage to Ports
mouth in order to avoid the Monday and
Tuesday rush.
II this thing does run over Monday,
clean collars will be as rare in the Went
worth as oowhide boots on Broadway
Most Of us have lived for the past week
in daily expectation that the conference
would break at the next meeting. That
being the case, what was the use OF send
ing out washing, seeing that our wholly
irresponsible laundry is usually week
getting into action' But the conference
has dragged on and the supply Of collars
in the bureau has dwindled. Saturday
night fewer men dressed for dinner than
any evening since we arrived. The 10 bby was
positively Questionable. 1t was not care
lessness, simply famine in clean shirts.
One born pessimist who lost hope at the
second meeting hasn't sent any washing
out since he came. He has bought years
supply Of haberdashery since he came
and will take home an extra trunkful OF
washing.
The real summer season Is about over at
the Wentworth. At this time the greater
part Of the summer guests are usually gone
Some have left, but a lot Of sum
mer people linger to see it through. They
have got the responsibility for the confer
ence on their nerves and intend to stay until
1t breaks or until the very last moment.
One family which intended to 60 two weeks
ago is still here. The summer people will
be in on the general exodus Of Wednesday,
II the conference breaks on Tuesday.
just how will the hotel get out all the bag
gage on that busy day? The answer looks
easy: 1t won't.
The foreign suites themselves have a
whole baggage room Of trunks, the summer
girls have the Gust omary ten pieces OF
baggage apiece. and there Is the humble
luggage Of correspondents, financial agents
and telegraph operators who came grad
ually but will go in herd. The manage
ment has posted a modest card asking for
a days notice from people who are leaving,
in order that arrangements may be made
for baggage. II things come out as the
backstairs conferees expect, the notice for
nine-tenths will be furnished when the
cordial Mr.. Sato or the calm Mr.. Korosto-
vitz posts Q notice reading about like this:
Their exoellencies the plenipotentiaries OF
Russia and Japan have signed the protocol
Of the last meeting and agreed to discontinue
the conference"
On this third Sunday Of the conference
the ENJOYS and their suites dropped even
the pretense Of going to church. Rosen
was in Magnolia. Wtte took his little
stroll to Newcastle, and stopped to
study the architecture Of it's eighteenth
century church. The Japanese ENJOYS
took an automobile ride. and worked the
rest OF the day. Takeshita taught shuttle
board to Adachi and Ochiai. The Rus
sian underlings ran down to Portsmouth.
A good part OF the correspondents had
luncheon aboard the Mayfower at the
navy yard as guests Of Commander Wins
low and Secretary PIERCE. Fishing was
fine when the tide was in. A party Of six
sat at the end of the Wentworth pier in
the early morning and caught forty hake
and founders.
Father Brine Of Christ Church held SER
vices in the hotel ballroom at O'Clock.
The attendance was small and unofficial
Mr.. White Is relaxing. Late this evening
he came downstairs followed by most CT
the Russian attaches and proceeded to the
ballroom, where First Secretary Hansen
Of the Russian legation gave little concert
on the piano. Hansen is an ACCOMPLISHED
musician. and his musicales are the feature
OF the Washington season.
For half an hour he played. The hotel
guests drifted in from the piazzas, formed
a circle at a respectful distance and listened.
Mr.. Witte thsnked Hansen when the con-
cert was over took one turn about the
hotel with Mr.. Shipoff and went to bed
Komura, Sato and Takeshita called
last night on Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Aston
Carey OF Cambridge, Mass, who have a
cottage on Harbor road. Mrs. Carey met
the Japanese at Secretary Peirce's last
week.