The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-16
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. REST
BARON ROSEN SITS IN A CORNER
s.. READING A NEWSPAPER.

The Athletic savarin Talks Tennis Barron
! Just Thinks-Three Of the Japanese
! CHAT with the COrrespondents-yer
- Chilly Day Drives Every One Indoors.
PORTSMOUTH, N. H., Aug. ia cold.
pouring rain fell to-day calling for heavy
undsrclothing and fires IN tho lobby OF
the Wentworth. The spirits OF the peace
party jibed With the weather after Slebert
Of the Russian party came back from tho
navy yard with news that there has been
4 definite disagreement on the fourth clause.
Still the advocates Of hope believe that
the ENJOYS viii como back to this art'oie
after agreeing on other points.
Except for q few handy persons who
PLAYED shufieboard with chilled fingers
on the piazza, the regular and floating
population Of the Wentworth was driven
to spend the day indoors about the fire.
places. Five o'clock tea, which was served
in the lobby, WAS . formal function. There
were q dozen bridge games going and the
moro frivolous OF the young people played
London Bridge in the ballroom.
The backstairs lobby, which usually
gathers on the back piazza, was driven
into the wine room tonight. That back
piazza IL officially called the palm garden,
by virtue OF It's decorations. There are
q dozen potted palms with tags attached,
and two choice Brooklyn rubber plants.
But It was cold among the palms, and the
lost legion crowded about the fireplace
in the wine room for that last, late drink
which makes this backstairs lobby gather.
ing Of the races.
Talk was going on in four tongues, Rus
sian, Japanese. French and English. Here
are some snatches OF conversation which
hoated out from the tables.
oh, this pipe. Don't you know that
little tobacco shop just OF the Prado in
Havana7 Sure. took you there In 90
Not that set much store by the street
gossip OF st. Petersburg. You understand.
There's no place where street talk Is less
reliable, but this straight, dead straight
yes l was in Cape Town when they
brought him out from the Jameson raid
with the African fever. Never got over It,,
poor chap. Came back every year until
he died.
my little angel told me to turn around.
There was Just one hole in the wall and the
yellowest Jap ever saw was making for
that hole. He looked like twenty centuries
Yalu. Did beat him to itP Did II"
This out Of the English and the French.
At two tables they tare booming away in
Russian and at another they are rattling
explosive Japanese.
Baron Rosen sits in the corner readin g
an evening paper. He Is about the hotel
q good deal His newspaper is always
with him and he prefers to sit alone and read
rather than to mix. In his hours Of ease,
the Baron always wears white crowned
yachting cap pulled over his eyes. The
tall, athletic Savarin is talking tennis.
He has got in two or three games since he
has been at the Wentworth. He plays
with a rather awkward but effective stroke,
and his smashes are hard to handle. Last
week he put down his name for the tourna-
msnt with Rye Beach, but the exigencies
Of public business forced him to withdraw.
Barrof, the Russian financial expert. Is
slipping settlers and thinking. He Is seen
q good deal about the hotel, but he rarely
speaks to any one except the members OF
his own party He wears his hair tight
cropped and his beard long and he has the
cir OF a college professor.
Sato, Takeshita and Hanihara, the three
mixers Of the Japanese party, are at big
table with half a dozen correspondents.
Hanihara, who Is the Third Assistant Secre-
tary OF the Japanese Legation, figures as
the best looking of his party. He is slight.
regular of feature, light in color and has
an attractive smile. He takes one high
ball at the beginning Of the night session
and makes 1t last all the way through. 1t
Ia not the high ball he cares for, Hanihara
explains-it's the company. By careful
watching he manages to laugh at the Amer
lean jokes in& the right place. He never
forgets any ones name and never takes
tho initiative in any conversation. He
appears to be Watching all the time and
taking notes on US. ....
Secretary Ochiai has just been in for a
moment. He Ia rarely seen in the palm
garden Oohiai looks the least like Japa-
nese of any Of bis party He has Ratchet
face. with . thin highbridged nose. thin
ohsuHs and prominent chin. He wears
nose glasses. We're IL not for his color he
might be taken for a London literary light
Five continents are represented now in
the backstairs lobby Of the conference.
This morning q correspondent Of news
paper in Buenoe Ayres arrived and regis
tered. Africa Is already here in the person
Of the correspondent Of Cape Town paper.
A RAyrLR, ARMENIAN STYLE.
Tho following notice appeared to-day
on the bulletin board Of the Wentworth
"A bedroom ret to be raffled numbers are
from one oent to IS cents II viner do not like
to have 1t they can chase other thinks for
the same ammount numbers are drawing in
sxhipiting ROOM
Tho author Of the above Is beautiful
Armenian who 10 selling articles In the
billiard room. The notice drew custom
and her beauty hold It. The shares sold
fast. Many an attache has tonight q
chance to 60 home with new maple bed.
room set for his little paper homo In Toxic
or his stately mansion on the banks Of tn
Nova.
WIRE THIEVES BY WHOLESALE
Deserted . Cartload Stolen From . Will
90 cambridge Car Line.