The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-07-27
Lake Minnetonka

The entertainment program Of the week
at Tonka Bay hotel opened last night with
a musicale of O. high order, in which the
participants were Mrs. F. r. Smith and
Fred Cady vocalists; Mr.. Cone Of New
York, whistler, and the orchestra. The
regular guests at the hotel were gath
cred In the office, making a large, and ap-
preciative audience.
This evening the diversion will be a
circulating library party. Much ingenuity
Is being expended by the guests in think
ing up clever devices to represent the
titles of books. Tomorrow evening m
door golf will be tried, and Thursday Miss
Foster will charters steamer to take the
guests to Excelsior for bowling tourna-
ment, for which prize will be awarded.
The hops will occupy the evenings of
Wednesday and Saturday, and the min
strel show on Friday night will be big
affair. The usual Thursday afternoon
tea will be given on the veranda.
A full house has been the rule on Sat
urday ard Sunday since the hotel opened,
but Saturday, for the first time, 1t was
necessary to turn away guests, ana there
were considerable numbers of disappointed
people who thought that certainly In SO
large place they could be accommodated.
There was considerable thinning out this
morning not only of the special Sunday
crowd, but Of people who have been stay
ing for some time, but Others are wait
ing to come right in as soon as they can
get the rooms they want. The prospect
is excellent that the season will be pro-
longed well into September, as the large
number of season guests are many OF them
people who want to make a long stay.
An Iowa party at the hotel the past
week has given a fine object lesson in how
to spend short vacation pleasantly and
prof tably. They came up on the steamer
Dubuque and will return tonight on the
I,oiy- f11eHy
had an all-day taIlyho excursion in st.
Paul and Minneapolis. On their arrival at
the lake they chartered trim gasolene
launch for their whole stay and have spent
many hours a day on the water seeing
the sights and fishing. The party In
cluded Messrs. and Mines. Fl. Manchester,
J. Cooper, ]. e. Schaace, w. r. Beck, B.
P. Brown and E. H. Emery.
Mrs A. j. Phelps Of New York is at
Tonka Bay hotel for the season. Her son,
Charles Phelps, is spending few days at
the Chalmers cottage.
Mrs. Edward Langan is out for three
weeks stay. Mrs Sarah Erickson and
Miss Ericka Anderson of Chicago are at
the hotel for two weeks. Mrs. III. J..
O'Brien, son and maid of st. Paul, have
come out for the season. Arthur e. Lam
key and Clark Lynn of Chicago have been
spending a few days at the hotel. Mrs.
J. Orneso and Mrs. w. L. Goebel of Min
neapollS are guests at the 5notel 1or sew
eral weeks. Mrs. Cora H H. Pittman,
Miss Florence F. tombstone, Miss Eliza
beth R. tombstone Of Keokuk, Iowa, will
finish the season at the hotel.
The Southern club, one of the newer
| twin city social organ1zat lions, had a lake
outing Saturday. About seventy five for
mer residents Of the southland went out
in special car on the Great Northern
train Saturday afternoon. The party was
| met at Wayzata by the Victor and taken
for a long cruise which was enlivened by
music of a string orchestra. Dinner was
served at Tonka Bay hotel and the party
returned on the late train. The officers
OF the club are DR.. c. E. Bean, st. Paul,
president; w. r. Cockey, secretary, and
J. y. McCardy, treasurer.
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