The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-05-25
HOME OF TERPSICH0PE
OPENING OF SUMNER DANCING SEA-
son AT BROAD RIPPLE PARK.
Aquatic Club to Give First Summer
Dance on Banks of White River
At Fairview and Other Parks.

The summer season OF dancing will be
opened on Tuesday evening at Broad Rip
pie Park-Terpschore's vacation home-by
the indianapolis Aquatic Club. Those who
have attended previous entertainments
given by this organization will need no
coaxing to take them to the clubs de-
lightful houseboat on Tuesday evening
No detail of advance arrangements for the
comfort and enjoyment of the club mem
bers and their friends has been spared.
The houseboat is being tastefully decor
ated. A fact that lends moro than ordi-
nary interest to the forthcoming evening is
that it will be among the last entertain
ments that will be given on the present
houseboat of the Aquatic Club In all
probability before the season is well under
way the club will be occupying the hand
some new boat that is being planned.
Members of the club are jubiant at the
prospect for a record-breaking season of
aquatic gayety. They assert that never
has the organization been so strong finan-
cially as it is at present and that interest
in its objects and purposes has never run
so high.
The management of the Broad Ripple
Park announces that those who enjoy
dancing in the woods on the shores of an
attractive stream will find this park their
Mecca during the season about to open,
even If they do not belong to the Aquatic
Club. For the use of patrons of the park
generally there are provided two commo-
dious and acknowledgements dancing
pavilions, and these promise to be centers
OF attraction during the next few months.
At least, one would draw this conclusion
from an inspection of little book kept by
Messrs. Peck and Kinds. in which are en-
tered the names of individuals and socie-
ties that have engaged the pavilions at
Broda Ripple Park for dances this sum
mer. There are already enough engage
ments to provide dancing for every evening
throughout the entire summer: a partial
list of the engagements follows: The
Chevaliers, on Friday evenings; Euter-
plans, Mondays; the Success and Confetti
clubs, Thursdays; Pastime Dancing Club,
Tuesdays; the Kohinoor Club, Saturdays;
the Adolanthe Club. Tuesdays.
Clubs that have selected the same even
ings for their dances Will alternate, it is
understood. In addition to those named
parties biweekly on Thursday evenings
during the summer. w. l.. Hames has
chosen Monday evening, biweekly, for pri-
vate entertainments under lhis direction.
r. H. Strain Will give dancing parties on
the second and fourth Fridays OF each
month at the Ripple Park. One Of the
seasons noteworthy events at this park
will be the supper and dance to be given
by the graduating class Of the Manual
Training High School Saturday night,
June IL.
The When Band has been regularly en-
gagged by the management of Broad Ripple
Park to give concerts every Sunday after
noon ana evening. This. combined with
the orchestral programmes rendered by
the Montanis during Sunday evening din
ner. will give visitors 10 the place an
abundance OF music.
The building near the entrance TO the
park, devoted TO bowling and pool, has
been renovated and reitted at consider
able expense. A boxball OUTFIT has also
been put in place in order TO keep abreast
Of the times. The bowling alleys have
been extended, and in various other ways
the place has been made much more at
tractive than ever before.
AT FAIRNIEW.
Fairview Park takes high rank as place
for holding picnics and the present summer
bids fair to surpass all previous records for
this kind Of outings. Already a number OF