The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-04
LAKE MINNETONKA

Owing to the rainy weather Saturday
evening, the crowd at the regular hop
at the st. Louis hotel was rather light.
The evening was most pleasantly spent,
however, by those who were present. Mr..
and Mrs. George F. Moore and Mr.. and
Mrs. S. R. Lewis are recent arrivals who
will remain till the end of the season. j.
Richmond and F. G. Smith of Mime
apolis are occupying apartments at the
st. Louis Mr.. and Mrs. F. B. Potter Of
Chicago arrived a few days ago for the
month of August. c.. Jenkens and H. M.
Jenkens of st. Paul are spending few
weeks at the hotel. Mrs j. w. Lambert,
child and maid, arrived from st. Louis
this week and will remain thru the
month. A party Of nine arrived from
st. Louis last evening to enjoy a month
at Lake Minnetonka. Mrs. M. r. Adger
and Miss Jane Adger of Shreveport, La,
are recent arrivals who will remain till
September.
"A pleasant card party was enjoyed by
the guests and their friends at the. hotel
Friday night. Yesterday thirty five boys
from the Gettsenanea choir arrived for a
weeks outing at the lake, Tomorrow
evening they will give their first concert
at the hotel. The event Of the week,
however, will be the big concert which
the boy choir, assisted by eminent must
clans who are summer sojourners at the
lake, will give in the dining room of the
hotel This will be benefit for the choir,
and the music will be selected with a view
to please all tastes All lake jewellers are
cordially invited to this concert.
This afternoon the annual lawn fete
of the Excelsior Congregational church
is being held on the church lawn. This
evening the casino orchestra will play for
| the entertainment of those who attend,
and many other novel features will be in
troduced. The ladies invite all to attend
this evening.
| Tomorrow the cottagers of Fairview
and their friends from the cities will en-
| Joy moonlight excursion on the steamer
Puritan. Last year there were about
| eighty who attended, and the manage
ment looks for a much larger crowd this
year.
! The young people of the Christian En-
deavor society of Minneapolis will hold
their annual moonlight excursion on Lake
Minnetonka this evening. One of Com
modore Johnsons big steamers has been
| chartered for the occasion, and a large
delegation is looked for.
The combination of an outing and mis-
| sionary and other church meetings at the
! homes Of members living at the lake is
L
ings will. be held. Mrs. w. j. Dean Of
Ferndale will entertain the woman's mis-
sionary societies of HennepinS Avenue M.
e. church. The picnickers who will take
their baskets of luncheon will go out on
! the 9:2O Great Northern train.
The Foreign Missionary. society Of the
First M. E. church will be entertained by
Mrs Bulls at her Groveland Park home.
The members are requested to be at the
Milwaukee station at S:15 a.. m.
i An informal musicale will be given to-
night at the summer home of Mrs. Par
thenia Dewitt at .Summerville. Miss AL
and Mr.. Herbert will take part in the pro-
i gram.
i Mrs. Harry Merriman, at cottagewood
entertained at a small dinner last night
Ito celebrate the anniversary Of Mr. Mer-
rimans birthday.
4 Last Saturdays rain caused great
many disappointments among the guests
invited from the city, as well as among
vited who came out was a number OF
made the best Of it and the picnic was
held in the house at Cottagewood and the
guests enjoyed a jolly time. Those pres.
ent were Mrs. Hovey Clarke, Mrs. Georgia
7, "A. Backmar, Helen and Will Blackmar
Miss Carter, Miss Louise Pye, Mrs. Alice
G. Fisher, Miss Aimee Fisher, Mr.. SWEET
and DIR. andSMrs. w. N Porteous.