St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-07-13
How the Suspension of the
Pass System Affects
the Lake.
Mr.. Waits Enterprise Nearly
Preeipitates a Rail-
road War.
Some "reminiscences Of the
Early Days of Mime
tOnka.

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away, ripples swapping like bits OF
polished silver. cool breeze rustling
among the trees under whose cool shade
lie dozens of lightly-clad people. cool,
comfortable and blissfully lazy. Life
at Minnetonka is delightful these hot
days. There the most delicious enter
tainment is provided. One eats with
mathematical regularity, and the cook
ing is excellent. You sit in the cool
dining room with napkins fut-
tering about you, and you eat
and eat again without injury to
your stomach. You read charming
stories or walk through the green woods
and tiirt with the naive and fascinating
summer girl, and your white flowing
garments fit very comfortably. In the
evening you dance or go out upon the
lake and tiirt more and more vigorously,
or lean back and enjoy the beauty OF
the scene. That is the dreamy, poetic
side of life at the lake. If you are more
active you go sailing or fishing or row.
ing and play tennis all day. Then you
plunge into the lake and go to dinner
with an appetite as big as the dining
room.
Speaking of bathing recalls little in
cident that took place not long ago.
There is charming spot on the south
side of the lake where great many
people live in cottages. That may or
may not have been the place where the
incident occurred Bathing is popular.
The water is delightfully."- warm, and the
ladies have overcome their natural
scruples against the exceeding wetness
of it. They have bathing suits. but We
gods, such suitsl They are cross
between paiamas and Mother Hub
bard wrapper. A pretty girl IN one Of
these extraordinary costumes is homely
enough to stop the JohnStOWn good.
One of the young ladies who battle in
the lake is rather tall sideways, as a
small boy expressed it, and, as yachts
man would say, she has great breadth
of beam. She was moving gracefully
through the water-you know that when
fat people once learn to swim, they
plow the water like fish--when she
felt part of her extraordinary gar
ments give way. Before she could re-
cover herself there was no longer
working member of the suit. To put
them in their accustomed place while
she was in the water was impossible.
She must get to the bathing house be-.
fore any naughty boys APP
peared. But Just then the
naughty boys aforesaid rounded the
point in a rowDoat and made straight for
her. For moment she nearly tainted,
The water at Minnetonka is clear, you
know. She shouted to the boys to ''go
way" But they, not understanding the
situation, pulled directly for her. She
begged, enfreated, commanded, all to
no purpose. Then she got mad. She
moved to where the water was shallOwer
and sat down so as to conceal pretty
much all of herself. When the boat
came near her she grabbed it, while the
BOYS, whom she knew very well, yelled
with glee.
Now, see here" she exclaimed, "if
you don't right away from here there
will be trouble"
But the boys shouted some more and
one stood up so as to get a more eX-
tended view of the landscape. The girl
saw rubber circular lying in the boat.
She grab5ed it and then with a sudden
Jerk pulled the boat down on one
side. The youth who was standing
up fell headlong into the water
and the boat half-f1lled before she
righted. During the excitement the
girl stood up, wrapped the circular
about her and calmly and sedately
walked ashore, followed by the wet and
bedraggled youth whom she had ducked.
which goes to show that it is not safe to
fool with fat girl in bathing when her
suit is out of order.
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1t is getting gay at the lake. Almost
every train from the city brings out
people for the hotels who intend to stay
the remainder of the season. Still it
cannot be said that they are f1ocking
there very fast. The managers are not
at all glum, however. Their mail from
Southern points has been very large
during the past week, and they
beginning to move. Numbers
are coming from the Twin cities. too.
and there will be great many people
from the interior of the state. There
was a rather unique theory advanced
the other day about people coming to
the lake from distance. A man who
ought to know, said that the abolition of
the pass system on the railroads hurt
the lake greatly.
"You know said he, that a great
MANY people used to carry passes, and
particularly merchants whose freight
was very heavy. In former DAYS thew
felt as if they could afford to run up here
from Missouri. Kansas and points in the
South. as it cost them nothing for fare
for themselves and their wives. | have
known dozens of people to come to the
lake under precisely these circum-
stances. But now, when they have to
pay a heavy railroad fare, in addition to
the expenses at the lake, they are i'll
clined to stay at home"
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There came nightly near being
railroad fight between the roads run
ming to the lake this seasOn-and it
might have been a good thing, for the
make the lake popular. The fare from
st. Paul to Minnetonka and return is:
the same as from Minneapolis, and
that causes the latter residents to
ask that their rate be lowered.
There is great deal of
talk about making the trip to
the lake and back, including a trip to
the upper lake and back OH one of the
boats. 81. Now it costs S1.75. That
makes days outing for two, including
dinner, cost $3.50. But to return to the
railroad war. The trouble was all
caused by that quiet, unassuming man
ager Of Hotel st. Louis, who
lies awake all night getting up
schemes, and who works like a Trojan
all next day carrying them out. Waite
is bound to have the people come to his
hotel, SO he started the ball rolling by=
making a rebate upon all the commuta-
ton tickets purchased on the Milwau-
kee road. Passenger Agent Whitney.
of the Manitoba, went to Passenger.
Agent Dixon, of the Milwaukee. and
made a howl Then Mr.. Dixon went to
Mr.. Waite and asked him not to do it
any more. Mr.. Waite smiled blandly,
and said he couldn't help himself.
But why don't you reduce the hotel
rate and not the railroad rate?n de-
handed Mr.. Dixon.
1.-THE people don't kick at the hotel
rate" replied Mr.. Waite, "but they do
kick at the railroad rate. It's too high.
am doing all can to bring the people
here, and if you were wise you would
make reduction. But as long as you
will not, I'll have to-
MI. Dixon went back to Mr.. Whitney
and told him he could do nothing with