The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-18
MINNETONKA

Friday night at Hotel St. Louis was ex-
ceedingly pretty and was delightfully."-
managed by a committee of the hotel
guests, with the hearty cooperation of
Manager Timberlake and Miss Timber
lake. The committee of women whose
ingenuity and good management made the
affair so enjoyable were Mrs. M. J.
Stern and Mrs. Max Stern, of Minneap-
oils, and Mrs. M Bauman, of st. Louis.
Owing to the bad weather of the week
the children had been kept in and had
had time to talk much about the party,
get ting their expectations pitched high.
They enjoyed the getting ready as we'll
as the party, for they helped to make
the long garlands of oak leaves used In
festooning the ball room and in gathering
the ferns and daisies used in the read
ing room. The decorations were profuse
and handsome.
The children's program of dances occu-
pied the time from $50 to 10 o'clock and
they had the floor all to themselves, the
program beginning with grand march
| led by the two smallest children IN the
hotel, Marie Bauman, of St. Louis, and
| Caroline Neuberger, of Joplin Mo-. At 10
o'clock supper was served for. the little
guests from long table trimmed with
! ferns and pond lilies. Pretty favors were
| hung on the palms and conversation loz-
enges were scattered on the cloth.
| The music was airs for nursery rhymes
such as THE BRIDES Ball. and Rock
a Bye Baby The cards were decorated
with blue forget-me nots.
| The costumes were interesting, some
being very pretty and others being funny.
The leaders of the march represented
rose fairy and forgetme mot fairy. Inc
lit tie rose Marie. was in pink, her blonde
curls tied with big bows, The blue for
get-me- not, Caroline wore low, necked
blue frock with pearls Of dew on the
| R,,ff,, ~ nd eli
Among other attractive costumes were:
Helen Griff, Kansas City. a water lily
in sheer white lawn, trimmed with green
silk
Walter and Nicholas schronke, of St:
Louis were Japanese twins, Ping and
Pong, with bats on their backs.
Daisy Myers, St. Louis, Jap girl, yellow
kimono f1owered with red.
Doris Lewis, St. Louis, Dutch peasant
in red skirt, white blouse, black bodice
Helen Spencer, Chicago, a. rosebud, a
pink gown with petaled skirt and green
overskirt.
Stella Metzger, Minneapolis, blue bell,
a blue and white gown.
Adolph Scharff, little girl In decollette
gown.
Helen Lowenberg, Natchez, flower girl
in pink and white; Helen Haslet, Rock
Island, Red Riding Hood; Henry Haslet,
a Mexican; Edna Myers, St: Louis, Colum-
] Dla, SANFORD Bdumdu, LouAS' A1A''AS
Boy Blue; Richard Neuberger, Joplin,
bakers boy; Eloise Belt, flower girl.
The fifty office and store employees OF
the Dodson, Fisher, Brockmann company
were royalty entertained at the lake nome
of E. F. Fisher on Lake Minnetonka Sat
| urday afternoon. The steamer Helena ana
F. l.. Mowry's launch were at the dis
posal Of the guests, which, with the ball
game, made the afternoon go very rapidly.
The office employees defeated the store by
a score Of 13 to IL. Supper was served
in the diningroom. following which
number of toasts we're given and re-
sponded to. The whole party then en-
barked for tour of the lake.
The rooms were tastefully decorated
with the national colors and with garden
flowers, where the large expanse Of lawn
was lighted in the evening with Japanese
lanterns.
Miss E. E. Hall of Lake Park hotel
gave a very pretty dinner at the hotel
; Friday evening for twenty-four guests
The tables arranged in cross-shape were
decorated in green and yellow, the color
scheme being carried out in ferns ano
guests went to Hotel del Otero for the
!; hop. The guests were Mrs. Aldrich, Mr.
and Mrs. Savage, Misses Louise Pye, Sa-
: die and Margaret Mclaughlin, Winifreo
Westlake, St. Paul. Gold, Richardson, Chi.
.. cago; Hass, Rossiter, Maude Egerton, Mrs
Warren Walker, Miss Hail. Messrs Sprin
; ger, r. w. Clements, w. A. Clements
Harry Aldrich, Malsolmson, DR.. Harr!
. Child, Ned Wagner, Gail Merrick, Edgal
Jones, DR.. Haas.
The cottagers at Fairview and Mead
! Vile Park gave a moonlight excursion
Friday evening on the Puritan. Their
were about seventy-five in the party ant
delightful musical program arranged b,
: Mrs. G.. S. Couch was much enjoyed. Lift
at this point of the lake is very socia
: and the residents are a congenial crow
who find much in each others society tha
: adds to the pleasure of their summer out
ing.
The summer vacation school fund wa
. increased $25 last week by a fair give
Thursday evening by the children of Wild
I hurst. 1t was arranged and given entirel
, by the children. 1t was planned as
I lawn fete, but the wet weather made
, necessary to alter the plans and it wa
d held at the cottage of Mr.. and Mrs. Victo
, Welch. The piazza was hung with Ian
b terms and the booths were made attractiv
b with flowers and foliage. In them wer
n sold flowers, lemonade, ice cream and use
, full and fancy articles. The fun close
\ with cakewalk in which an ella boratel
, decorated cake was won by Beatric Wilco
\ and Nathan Garland. The children inter
y ested we're Beatrice Wilcox, Dorothy an
D | Margaret McGee, Jean Simpson, Jean
b nette Welch and Lucille Short, Everet
D Short, Ralph Bostwick, John Snyder
= Nathan Garland and Harold Simpson.
One of the most enjoyable excursion
r at Lake Minnetonka Sunday was one gi1
en- by a party of Minneapolis people an
r their friends. The Victor was chartere
for the day, and bountiful dinner serve
q on board. The party included Mesdame
and Messrs. A. F. Carlson A. l.. Hewet
~ Charles Ballard, H. J. Glasser, c. T
VI Flanders, c.. T. Glasser Will Davis, G.
= Cannon, George Coffund, John Moenker
y meller Mr.. and Mrs. Hayes, DR.. and Mr.
Hall, Mrs. Fountain, ST.. Louis, Mo-; Mr.
r Ballou, Northfleld; Mrs. Penny, Murphy!
boro, Ill; Mrs. G.. W.. Flanders, G.
e Gore: Misses Eva and Matte Thomso
Andrews, Sherry, Florence sBallou, Anr
e Madden; .Messrs. sullivan, ST. Louis, Mo
Rinolds, Swanitz and sleight.
Sc The lake dwellers are promised tre
&C next Wednesday evening at the Excelsit
DC town hall, when Alice Grove, the dr..
Sc matte reader will appear in the present:
Dc tion Of George Eliot's poetic dram
lc ''The Spanish Gypsy" Mrs. Grove will
&c assisted by Mrs. G.. Sumner Couch, pia1
Dc ist, and J. e. Frank, violinist. The TO
Dc flowing program has been arranged:
Be- Scene Spain, castle OF Pedmar, 1892; D.