St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-08-11
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FUN AT THE LAKE {:
A General Disposition to Be
Mildly Wicked at Lake
Minnetonka.
Ludicreus Attempt Of a Mel
low Young Man to Walk
on Water.
The st. Joe Girls Among the
Ppettiest and Most Taking
at the Lake.
Young Ladies Who Are Not at
All Slowat Sailing a.
.zQ> Boat. s

A number of people have arrived who
have somewhat leavened those who
have been there all summer, and then
there is disposition shown to be mildly
wicked. Why. there was all occasion
the other night when four or five peO-
pie got so gay that one of the ladies
turned the hose on one OF the gentle
men-''just for joke" So much water
entered the cavern which concealS most
of his face that it nearly became a
choke" as well as joke. And there
are rumorS of little moonlight excur-
sion. in which four cOngenial people
and several bottles Of wine and duck
ing played parts. One of the young
men Wagered he could walk on the
water for a distance of ten feet. He
got wet. He couldn't have walked that
far on land at that time. But from the
tells one would think that his royal
for the summer. Now, you know,
a great many peple talk scandal
at a summer resort. but if you
could measure all the gossip that
has been poured out at Minnetonka
this summer it would appal the sphinx.
Funny about gossip. Those who say
the hittereSt things are pretty nearly
always just the people who are fright
fully afraid that some one Whatsoever
things about them. They say virtually,
"Well, no one can talk about me-" and
then they think if there is any lOophole
by which anything can escape.
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1t has been very CAV at Hotel st.
Louis this week. Tuesday night the
regular hop was particularly success
full one. Wednesday night there was a
concert given by M. Conant, Miss
Mowry. Prof. Ringwold, w. B. Heath
and others. Thursday night some of
the young, very young gentlemen, of
ST. Paul, gave a delightful german in
the pavilion, which was led by Hal
Murphy. The tennis tournament Fri
day and Saturday made it very gay III
deed, while the tennis ball last night
was particularly sweet affair. To
morrow the tournament closes, when
w. Y. S. Thorne and Thorne and Arm
strong play the winners. Manager
Waite is already Scheming upon mat
tiers to make it lively for the remainder
of the month.
Thomas Henry Ridge, of Kansas
City, is at Hotel st. Louis He has
been there all season. but no one ever
calls him anything but Tom Ridge.
He was somewhat of mystery to the
boys at first, but he was a good fellow
and in for fun. He is not handsome.
and doesn't care for good clothes, but
One day Tom said his wife was coming
to the hotel, and the boys who were
not from Kansas City looked
at him in amazement. Some
time afterwards it was discovered
that Tom Ridge was president of the
Central bank, one Of the thriving banks
of Kansas City, and that he was also
the principal owner of an immense
hardware store. Then the boys won
dered how it was he was SO fond of base
bali and tennis. Ridges father is one
of the wealthiest men in Kansas City.
When Thomas was old enough he went
to his father and asked for little
money, enough for him to make start.
He is still young man, yet is indie
pendently rich.
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Miss Duhing, of Cincinnati, has been
surprising the tennis devotees at Min
netonka this summer. She has been
SOjourning at the Cottage. She is an
enthusiastic player and very scientific
one. A number of very excellent play
ers, who began by giving her games,
found out before the set was over that
it was pretty hard not to give them to
her. She plays very strong game in
deed, and her service is something re-
markabe. She sends the ball whizzing
over the net. Itcomes with great force
and hardly bounds at ALL She is with
out doubt the best lady player that has
ever been in the Northwest.
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st. Joseph has captured Lake Mime
tonka. Not the Catholic saint. nor yet
the city of the name-only some of the
pretty girls that live in it. A party of
them arrived last week on special car,
and they are now at Hotel Lafayette.
Not since Col. Pat DOMAIN brought
his famous Southern beauties
North has there been such a
furore over dainty maidens. The
st. Joe girls are undeniably
pretty, and they have such perfect
manners and are so jolly that they have
made a tremendous hit. 1t has been
to be seen with st. Joe girl upon his
I'll liis L IlC litStlG uONOblOii w OIL dig
ers has made the young ladies who have
been at the lake all season very Jealous,
indeed.
The feaTlessness with which some girls
at MinnetOnka sail is delightful to the
men who enjoy sailing. To be sure
there is no real danger in Minnetonka
sail boat, for they are so filled with air
cans that there is not water enough in
the lake to make them sink. Still it is
not pleasant to get tipped over. When
boat capSiZeSa man can usually escape
with wet feet, but girl gets pretty
wet. Still a genuine Minnetonka
girl is never afraid to go in sailboat
when there is any one to take her.
Natty and brown and pretty, she perches
up to windward, and when the boat
rolls over on her beam ends she smiles
and is happy. Some of them can sail,
too. There's VIII Morse. of the Idle
wild. He has crew of girls, who sail
the boat nearly all the time when she is
not in regatta, and they can put many
young man to blush.
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Sometimes accidents will happen on a
saiIboat, particularly if the skipper
happens to be an unconSciOnable fellow.
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other night and there was young lady
Oh board who talked so much that she
wore hole in the sail. She harped par
ticularly upon how many times she had
capsized a boat or fallen out of it.
When the Young lady leaned over to
touch the water with her hand. the boat
jibed. The boom came in contact with
her hustle and she went headlong
towards the water. She didn't go very
far, only her head was submerged. The
skipper caughS her and pulled her out.
The way III which she sputtered and
cried and swore feminine swears was
enough to make one believe that she
had not seen water before. The skipper
told the other members of the party that
the dueked young lady paralyzed his
arm so he couldn't. handle the boat so
the gail jibed on him.