The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-02
4MtNNETONKA

tennis enthusiasm which has swept over the
younger set. Nearly 200 guests have been
at the club daily and the con-
stant coming and going OF boats has made
the club island look like fort besieged, Last
evening the, guests assembled In the club hall
for a merrily informal evening which should
not be too taxing a precursor Of the german |
which will be- the principal social event Of the
week, and, indeed, of the season at the club. |
The scarlet and white decorations which have
ornamented the pretty clubrooms during the
week will be: reinforced tonight by other
dainty ornaments in flowers and pennants for !
the event |
The concert to be given tomorrow after
noon on the, club verandas by EPankopf's 8
orchestra will be especially fine and great
many club members will assemble to enjoy It,
a handsome luncheon was given to-day by
Mrs. j. D.. Campbell. who entertained ten
guests; at the club A number of informal
dinner parties will be arranged this evening
as a pleasant introduction to the delights Of
the german .r@'
More than one pretty girl Is lamenting that
it will take very thick coating OF rice pow
der indeed to c6ver the sun-burned nose
which she has acquired in, the excitement OF
watching the tennis games. Tan Is fashion,
able and desirable, but the unromantic first
stages in the way Of red nose are most
annoying to the pretty girl.
Miss ariel Burton and the beautiful Bur-
ton home have been a refuge to the girls
who desire to retain a certain amount OF
smartness on, the tennis grounds. Indeed,
Miss Burton's' kind offices and good taste
have been greatly in demand both at the
tennis grounds and at the club, where her
opinion on decorations Is always awaited.
The Lafayette club has hardly been less
busy than the Mnnetonka this week, it
has been an especial treat to take visitors
from one club to the other for entertainment.
This afternoon the Minikahda and Lafayette
golf clubs meet for stubbornly contested
game and large number of women inter-
ested In the players will be out from town
to sit on the. cool verandas and look know
ingly, of at the links as II they could really
see what is going on. A few of the more
enthusiastic venture around the links, but
the. majority are content to occupy the easy
chairs and make comments between sips Of
cool beverages.
The hop this evening promises to be an
unusually large one. and some particularly
pretty gowns have come out Of the suit cases
to grace the event. Bright foliage and gar
den flowers will brighten the rooms and the
dinner tables will be fragrant with pretty
blossoms.
A number OF pretty parties have been given
at the club during the week.
Mrs. j.! -Bemis Of Minnetonka Beach en-
tertained with sweet-pea luncheon Thurs
day at the club. A. basket Of dainty pink
blossoms nesting in ferns formed the floral
centerpiece at the luncheon table, while an
abundance Of wild flowers were used about
the rooms. Glover leaves were used as dec
orations upon the pretty name cards. The
guests of honor were Mines. Will Penrose,
St. Louis; j. D. Smith, Macon, Mo-; w. R.
Cambridge, Chicago. To meet them, thirty
five women from the lake and town assem-
bled at the club After an elaborate lunch
con, a tour of the lake was made on the
| Acte.
! Mrs. j. w. Campbell was hostess to a par
| tys Of tennis players and enthusiasts Thurs
day at the Lafayette. Purple asters and
sweet peas decorated the table, at which were
! placed Mr.. and Mrs. H. l.. Wadner, Chicago;
! the Misses. Elsie and Alice Pope, st. Paul
| Lula Finch and Nina Young, J. Med. Camp
bell and Collin Campbell.
Among the less formal entertainments OF
| the week at the club have been a. small din
ner arranged by Mrs. George Lyman Thurs
day evening;.a a dinner for six given Thursday
! evening by Mr.. and Mrs. A. s. Brooks and
one. on. Tuesday by Mr.. and Mrs. L.. R.
| Brooks.
Judge Shiras OF Des Moines entertained a
party ofsix yesterday with pretty luncheon
at the Del otero.
On Thursday Mr. and Mrs. j. b. Moffett
H. e. Holndes, j. ]. Juck, Mr.. and Mrs A.
l. -Juck and S. D. Nestes made up a party
! for luncheon at the Del ~Otero. -"
| "a "Wednesday party, consisting Of Mr. and
Mrs. F. "A. Smith, Hi. G. Thomas, Miss Grace
Thomas, e. w. Sumner and W. T. Smith
spent the day, at the hotel.
j.. r: West had as his guests at luncheon
Thursday at the hotel, Mr.. and Mrs George
Hicks, Paris, Tex.
/ A party OF recent arrivals at the hotel in
clude Mr.. and Mrs. r. L. Morgan, Elizabeth
and Everett Morgan, Des Moines, and Mrs
W. r. Gillian, st. Paul
What time the guests OF the house car
spend from bowling is put IN at cards Ever,
evening sees a number Of merry games in
augurated IN the parlor, and because tn
losers seem more amused than the winners
the greatest harmony prevails. Last evenin;
the weekly hop drew large company from
all parts of the lake and tomorrow a larR
number OF town people will be out to ento,
the excellent Sunday concert by Ringwald'
orchestra -
Mines w. P. Mcdonald, A. H. Lyman an
Charles S. Marshall will entertain at EDGE
wood at. a. o'clock dinner, Tuesday, in homo
OF the members of the Excelsior Ladies
Whist club.
The ladies of Trinity chapel will give a
informal reception on the church lawn 70
the rector Friday afternoon, from to
o'clock. All friends Of the chapel are col
daily invited to be present and meet Dl
and Mrs.-Trmble
DR.. Joseph e. Roy Of Chicago, district sex
retary Of the Congregational board Of the 4
M. A., will conduct the services In the Es
e eelsior Congregational church, Sunday ever
t ing. His address will deal with present cor
i ditions in the Philippines, and special mus
+ will be provided
: George B. Cook and Will H. Ellis Of H,
r Springs Ark, have caught over 500 bass
! the two weeks that they have been at tt
j lake, and according to friend who sigr
d himself ."E. b. the following Irish Lu
: laby''> Is heard every night in the wat,
t around the Lake Park hotel:
e Hush! Hush! my child, and steer thee 81
e 80 the hook!
Oh! steer thee shy the eagle eye of Geort
t When you see him swiftly coming in a b
rowboat,
-, Just throw your little anlets out and tot
- = tote!' tote!
- Chorus ::-> -
;, Hush! hush! hush! s-h-h-h! s-h-h-l
:. - S-h-h-h! g.,
L Just throw your little fnlets out and tot
tote! tote!S
= Yes, when you see him coming just stop ar
=. =" face, about