The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-29
RUSSIANS AT MINSTREL SHOW
HEAR AND APPLAUD A SONG
ABOUT PEACE.
kOrOstOyitz and Wiiienkin Enjoy the
Jokes, While YermaiOn Looks Puzzled
--Wltte Getting H0mesick Doesn't
IIke Summer Hotel IIfe-ROuvenirs

kOrOstOyitZ and Willenkin Enjoy the
Jokes, While YernlaiOn Looks Puzzled
--Witte Getting Honesic< e. Doesn't
Like Summer Hotel Life-sOuvenirs.
PORTSMOUTH. n. H., Aug. 2S.-The Secre-
tares and attaches Of the Russian Embassy
tad look tonight at 'ten-twenty-th
minstrel show that hit town for one night
only. The Pooh Bah OF Portsmouth. who
has hand In two newspapers, the brewery.
the hotel, the theater, and a few other things
invited both suites. The Russians accepted,
but komuia needed his attaches at the hotel :.
and when Komura says no he means no.
All the Russians attended except the two
ENJOYS and PokouloT. They modestly
refused to sit in box. and took row in
the orchestra. II was an oldtime minstrel
show OF the shouting variety. 1t had q
middleman. called a conversationalist on
the bills. mouths painted like slices Of
watermelon, and a jubilee chorus clothed
in rough rider uniforms.
The Russians took the entertainment
variously. Shipoff, who looks like Swiss
yodler,s sat In gloomy contemplation OF
the stage and never cracked smile Gen.
Yermaloff looked puzzled and little panied
Korostovitz and Willenkin, on the other
hand. laughed uproar iously when the con-
versationalist paid the end man the two
dollars he had owed him for ten years and
which the latter never expected to ace
again. They also applauded when the
comic drummer Of the ragtime band put
his foot through the instrument.
The Pooh Bah Of Portsmouth wanted a
few local hits. He handed in list OF Rus
sian names to the chief end man, who is
sure enough negro. with few suggestions
for neat little personal remarks. The
end man read as far as Pokotiloff Korosto-
vitz and YermalofY, and handed the list
back saying:
Not TO me. Boss. All doan want to sprain
nah voice"
However. the end man did Ak up some
thing which struck him as neat and APP
propriate. He arranged some verses to
the song entitled Never and sang them
in the grand olio. Here they are:
The Russians and the japanese are lighting in the
They sent the ENJOYS here to Try to make peace.
And now the whole blame thing left for Roosevelt
10 settle. 90
DO you think It's going to be Job that's going to
test his mette!
Never. never.
He'll M It so we will have peace there forever.
At;he close O: this great poem the Russians
realizing that 1t was up to them, applauded
thunderously
As compared to yesterday, the Went
worth is rather optimistic tonight. Sum-
day was the very low tide OF hope 30 far.
But the postponement Of the meeting,
which was slated as the final one, the fact
that the Elder Statesmen are meeting in
Toxic probably for the purpose Of framing
a new proposal. and the inevitable re-
action, have brought our spirits back a
little. Then 1t has been a glorious autumn
day. For this Is really autumn In New
Hampshire. although tho leaves have not
begun to turn yet.
The air ia like that Of day In early Octo-
Der in Pelham Bay Park, q little tangy, but
sweet and pleasant. Tonight We are 60
ing about in overooats. and the fires are high
in the Hobbies. Some Of the wives who
came UP with the backstairs conference
took the statement that IL Is a summer hotel
too literally. So tonight many a woman
in the flmieet Of summer clothes, in white
canvas shoes and tulle hat has fur coat
over her shoulders.
Ai' VittC Lhhe Oeou oOou y great Oedl
the hotel in the last day or two. They say
that he is getting homesick, and that the
summer hotel living is not to his taste.
To-day a purveyor and importer Of Rus
sian goods set up shop in the billiard room.
Hearing Of it. Mr.. Witte came down and
spent half an hour inspecting laces and
lingering Russian jewels. As he left the
room he sighed. The members Of the
suite bought a good many articles to give
as souvenirs to the summer people with
whom they have made acquaintance.
This morning Baron Rosen had hurry
call to the telephone. The telephone booth
is in a corner Of the lobby. back Of the VS.
stand, and in very public place If the door
is left open. Whenever Rosen has a call
to the telephone there is great excitement,
for it may be Oyster Bay or 1t may be the
mysterious Baron Kaneko. who is reported
In a dozen places every day. Now Rosen,
when he stepped intothe booth. left the door
slightly open. OF course, 1t wasn't quite
fair to listen, but he tempted fate, and, be-
sides, the destiny Of nations might hang
on that single telephone conversation.
So It happened that many "a renowned
foreign and domestic correspondent found
that he wanted paper at the newsstand.
This is what they heard, as they held their
breaths:
Hello. is this New York;"
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