The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-26

One would imagine from a glimpse at the
roof of the Columbia Club that preparations
were being made for the entertainment OF
the Emperor OF China and suite. A small
army o. carpenters. electricians and florists
have taken possession for the purpose or
completing arrangements for the Chinese
Garden" which Is L" be held on "Wednesday
and Thursday nights. The superintendent
and entertainment committee have been pre-
pairing this feast for six weeks, and II is
their hope and purpose to have an entertain
ment which will easily surpass anything
which has been attempted at the club.
Chinatown I'm both San Francisco and Chi
cago has been drawn upon for the fuifillment
OF their object. and those who are fortunate
enough to have an opportunity to witness
the event may expect to find nothing to re-
mind them Of Indianapolis except the audi
encs.
The decoration for the occasion will be
most elaborate. Hundreds of vari-colored
and odd-shaped lanterns will be arranged
in an artistic and effective manner.
The floral decorations will be strictly Chi
nese, 20 far as colors and arrangements are
concerned. Chinese dinner will be pre-
pared by Cinnamon and served in courses
gzrb Of their native land.
The music will be feature OF the enter
tainment. An orchestra in cooley costume
will occupy the band stand. and will play
seIections from all the operas which have
been written along Chinese lines. such as
"a Chinese Honeymoon" "San Toy" etc.
Another orchestra composed of men and
women suitably costumed will play mando-
Holo afch iS
being erected for the occasion. Still another
musical feature will be real Chinese music.
as rendered by Mr.. and Mrs. Moy Kee on
their own native instruments. A phono-
graph supplied with fifty strictly Chinese
records will be heard when the opportunity
arises. In other words, it is expected to
have music every minute A feature of I'M
usual interest. especially to the ladies, will
be the Chinese bazaar. A large booth is
being erected beside the band stand, which
Is to be handsomely decorated with all sorts
Of articles which have been imported for the
occasion. Souvenirs of every variety will be
ON sale at this booth. The roof has been
completely covered with canvas, and 1t is
expected to have the entertainment on the
nights advertised unless extreme conditions
Of weather should prevail.
Applications for guests cards have been
pouring In from members during the past
week In response to the warning that guests
were required to present cards Of admis-
sion bearing their own names A large at
tendance and a novel entertainment are as
eured.
The automobile girl, the golf girl, the ten
mis- girl. and all other kinds of athletic girl
f,, lfo
but there is a new girl who has not yet ar
rived in great force but who is here never
theless. Her fad. IL old-fashioned, rather
than modern athletic, Is fully health
giving and certainly as full of pleasure as
the more strenuous work Of the golf links
and auto speeding 1t is that of gardening.
a gentle occupation which calls up visions
OF dainty women of bygone time in old
fashioned gardens Drumming over with
bloom. The modern garden girl Is just as
dainty as her old-time predecessor, and the
working among her flowers and plants will
serve to make her more so, for there is
something essentially womanly I'm the max
ing and tending of a garden. Those people
who cling to old-fashioned ideas of women
will be glad to see the girls OF to-day take
up the pretty work of gardening. 1t Is a
hea1thful and wholesome rad, too, Tor every
body knows that digging and grubbing in
good clean dirt is a STRENGTHENING and in
MIGRATING occupation. So the girl who
spends the morning in her garden will get
just as strong the girl who spends the
hours on the tennis court or on the links.
There not yet very many garden girls
In Indianapolis. but they are worth watch
ing for. They are pretty sights in their
crisp morning frocks, sometimes with big
garden hats shading their eyes, sometimes
working away unconcernedly with the SUM-
shine streaming down on their uncovered
heads. Whatever the modern girl does she
is apt to do with a vim, and a little thing
like blistering sun does not keep her from
working among her beloved plants. One gir
who is devoting much time to her posies this
summer. worked for an hour week or tive
ago in d pouring rain, digging industriously
away In the wet earth, and training up vines
with an umbrella held, anyhow, over hel
shoulders, she came in, not chilly and be.
draggled. but glowing with the fun of gar.
dening IN a summer shower.
That small brother jokes and pranks are
not the highly colored fiction of the Sunday