St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-07-14
SHOOK BUSINESS CARE.
THE COMMERCIAL CUB TAKES A 8Ay
OFF 1T L IKE MINNIE TOEKA.
MERCANTILE MAGNATEs IN clio
Hosts of Hustlers. From the Met
ropolis Take in the Lake, iBb-
=. sorh a Tempting Repast and
Indulge in the Dissipationllof


a Dance.
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Lake MinnetOnka never presented q
more, charming appearance than it, die
yesterday on the occasion of the mid.
summer outing of the Commercial club
'Iaei temperature was moderate /; 1.-THE
fsuncast its rays through a thin veiE OF
elondlets;i thesbreezes were gentle fbut
persistent; the waters blue and trails
lucent, while the sloping shores We're
clothed in their midsummer holiday
attire-of a color that would put IAN
freshman into. ecstaey and makeoiail
'Orangeurau wonderfully Mother Natare
was so partial to'emerald tints. 80
The S:55 train from the union station
bore large number of people from the
city, but.only, few of them were Com
mercial club men,a majority preferring
to go out by the afternoon trains. Ar
irving at Wayzata the steamer City of
st. Louis was taken possession of for
the customary excursion to the upper
lake via Hotel st. Louis, Excelsior, the
Lafayette and the narrOWs. The old
steamer looks worn and weary. She
needs fresh coating of paint, and
would strike. the 8sthetical nerve CEN
tiers of tourists more pleasantly if the
reuStabouts would administer to her an
occasional BATH Even the gilt trim
mings on the caps of her officers look
dingy and mpth-eaten, as though dis
Outraged with the decay of nautical
prosperity at Minnetonka.
But the steamer Wheezed and groaned
her way through The trip to Spring
Park and back to the Hotel Lafayette,
where the Commercial club was toaen
terrain its guests during the afternoon
and evening, giving the few passengers
by the early train an opportunity to see
the cottages on the shores, the Her.
mltage. Crane island and such few
points as have grown interesting by the
lapse of years and the evolution of
tradition. -:
= At 8 O'clock the steamer landed her
cargo of human freight at Hotel Lafa-
yette. The clouds of the morning had
melted away, leaving the fierce rays. of
the sun to beat unobstructed upon the
beach. A small addition to the com,
pany had come from. st. Paul by the
l:30 trair, and most
Jolly Party 1t Was.
albeit that it was made up OF the best
business element of the Capital city
young business men and their guests,
composed of ladies and gentlemen. The
hotel band discoursed excellent music
from the porticOes. Some of the eXeur-
sionists wandered away into the shade,
others took the short trip around Big
island on the steamer st. Louis. While
sui others smoked the cigar of blessed
content, or ''che@ed the cud of sweet
and bitter fancy" i'll the shadow of the
outrageous trees. Tile small steam
yachts .''Skittered' busily about the
bay, cleaving the air with their ear
splitting whistles; and altogether the
day was spent peacefully. and in man
ner becoming the dignified positions of
the st. Paul Commercial club. $3.50
Probably the design was to make the
occasion a season of rest and .sureease
of sorrow brought about by the costive
condition Of the money market in the
bowels of trade and commerce. Ii sd,
the time was auspiciouSly chosen. The
harvest moon had not as yet made its
advent. The first faint chirp of the
August cricket hidden in the grass was
mOdestly heard. The maternal robins
Still broOded upon their hidden nests;
and even the suInmersgirt was too7lan-
guild and warm to t1irt. The late
trains brought the bulk of the crowd.
With true commercial instinct the Com
mercial club expended its best energies
during the heat and burden of the. Ciay
,c5t 81, 4,
city offices and warehouses, and
after the last financial tranSac-
ton was concluded. the last dollar
made and lost that was possible, the4last
note paid. and the bank had closed
then and not until then the devotees of
trade hurled themselves like a bullet
out of gun down to the union station:
and, i'll complete combination, OF
''diSsolution and thaw," sank .talnting
upon cushioned car seats-wearied be-
yond the telling-to ''go out to the lake
and have good time"
Anyhow, they came in crowds from Z
to e o'clock and their guests
The ride had res ted them somewhat
and the entire party was
In Most Excellent Spirits.
Between 6 and Z o'clock a most ex-
cellent dinner was served in the COO
and spacious dining room of the Hote
Lafayette, of which the party partook
i'll the most cheerful manner. It.ans
one imagines that these tired business
men did not know how to enjoy Them
selves, they should have been present al
this dinner. If the impression has gone
abroad III any manner that the st. Pau
Commercial club does not thorOughlt
understand the high art of entertaining
the doubter should have been presenl
and partaken of the feast prepared fol
the elect by this organization, and
diShed up by mine host of the Lafav:
cite. In short, the dinner was i'll the
highest style of the art culinary, and
thoroughly enjoyed by the guests.
After: the dinner the guests wandered
out upon the piazza for a half hour
until they we-e summoned to the even
ing's entertainment. This consisted oil
most delightfully."- recherche amateul
programme, as follows:
Overture -. "Jolly Robbers
Xylophone solo, Tony
Flohn duet; 80. s. Song OF the Alps
Lafayette Orchestra.
How Grandma Danced the Min
uet Jean Macpherson
''Tne Darkies' Jubilee - Tu I'm 9Ul
Medley, illustrating merry-make on a mis-
sissippl steamboat.
tf Lafayette )Orchestra
Miracles Outdope' Seven sleight-
ot-hand receptions. " Frederick Bancroft
1t IS needless to say that the impro
vised entertainment was thoroughly en-
joyed by the cultivated audience pres
ent. Little Jean Macpherson was sim
ply immense in her dancing, while tn,
musical programme was most thor
oughly enjoyed by all.
Among the prominent guests of the
club were Hon. j. w. Crosby and wife
of Dexter, Me- Mr.. Crosby is
prominent young attorney of the prohi
blti0n state, and his wife is a sister I,
Elmer q. Dorth, well known to til,
state press as the reformed editor of tn,
LIE Seuer News. % -
Following the close of the entertain
ment the clubs guests INDUCED for al
| hour in dancing, returning to the cit
by the 1l:30 train Secretary DanfortI
| is to be congratulated on the success,o
the summer outing of the st. Paul Com
mercial club.
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