The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-06-25
LAKE MINNEToNKA

LAkE MlNN EllONhA
Members of the Minnetonka club
are enjoying the advantages of the
this season, and altho the weather has
not been favorable for lake jewellers,
many regular guests are already at
the club. The ideal location on st.
Louis bay has it's many charms, and
since the regular lake schedule of the
Milwaukee road has been put into
service, access to the club house is
very easy. Steamboats, make regular
trips now to the dock meeting each |
train and the facilities for travel into |
the city and around the lake are con-
ven1ent in every way. After most
thoro housekeeping the rooms at the
disposal of the guests are as clean
and comfortable as can be desired and
this together with an excellent cuisine
in care of an experienced chef furnish
all the comforts desired to make life
at the lake one of content. Each Sat
urday night regular hops are given
for the club members and their friends
and the fine floor and good music are
features seldom missed by the dancing
sets.
Among the recent guests at the
club were Mr.. and Mrs. Charles E.
Jarvis, Mr.. and Mrs. H. e. Partridge,
l.. E. Wakefield, j. E. Barrow, D. A..
Pellott, DR.. N. M. King, G. o. Brown
J. D. Armstrong, Pittsburg, Pa; David
J. Craig, Madison, Wis; j. A. McRae,
Granville; Mrs. G. r. Conrad, ST.
Louis; e. Jacobs, Mankato; Frank Y.
Lock, ST. Paul; G. A. Freeman, Albert
Lea; J. e. Hudson, Kookhaven; w. A.
Shaw, Clear Water; G. Dixon, kim
ball; R. A. Skoglund, Watkins; J.
Austin Bloom, Waverly; Russell Spen-
Ger, Willmar; H. W. Parker, Winnie
~ Tityy. F1,ar ftn11inS
| Sherburne; Mr.. and Mrs. F. R. Put
nam, Morris, Mimi; A. j. Ohm, L. B.
Cole, Franklin; G. H. Draper, Wells;
Louis Larson, Britt, Iowa; A. D. Dill
berg, Northheld; w. F. Daugherty,
| Glenwood.
The Young Peoples Christian En-
deavor society of Minneapolis enjoyed
its annual moonlight excursion on
board the Puritan yesterday evening.
A special train brought the party out
from the city returning at II o'clock.
Manager Godfree opened Hotel
Tonka Bay Thursday after having
entertained over four hundred guests
at the bankers convention. Miss
Mary Louise Foster of Chicago ar
rived Thursday evening, and plans
are now being made on an extensive
scale for the entertainment Of the
guests. Miss Foster was at the hotel
last summer and her charming and
winsome manners gained her a host
of friends. With a reputation of be-
ing one Of the finest social enter
tanners in Chicago, Miss Fosters ar
rival will mean a great many doings
at the lake, and the program which
she has mapped out for the next few
weeks includes everything in the
way of dancing, music, cards, farce
comedy and even little formal after
noon teas for the women around the
= lake. The first entertainment which
Miss Foster will put on is merry
: Cooks" a funny pantomime, repre-
; senting, as the title suggests, a kitch'
en- scene. For one Saturday morning
Miss Foster will arrange a leap veal
cotillion, with many dainty tissue
paper favors. A tennis Tournament
{, comes next on the program, and i
will be given as soon as the tennis
O courts have been snoothed down
n and the rains have ceased so that tn
4 women can practice. A regatta TO
. the guests Of the hotel only has ais
, been decided upon, and the minstre
show, which made so decided a hi
& last summer will also be put on by tn
; hotel visitors. Another novel socia
). affair will be a poster show, in whicl
:. the men and women will represen
e well-known posters. Just before leav
ing Chicago, Miss Foster put on
mammoth entertainment at the Au
n ditorium for a charitable institutto
= under the auspices of many Of CHI
r. cagos prominent society leaders.
\. was a game of whist sung and acte
e and was one of the most beautiful
81 arranged events Of that kind. Mis-
Us Foster is accompanied by her siste
Is Miss Annie Ward Foster.
II
le Bay hotel provides just what has bee
"a needed at that point, a delightf1
III III place where VISITORS especially autt
- mobling parties can recuperate fro
~ trups thru the country. The room
81 very invitingly furnished, with war
~ red hangings and with small tabl
~ seating four. The furniture Is all
dt the black mission style.
r. Tonight there will be hops at Il
I'd Beach Casino, Tonka Bay, MINI
r., tonka club, Lafayette club and tt
W Casino at Excelsior.
Miss Wilma Anderson, Miss Nah
40 Augustin and Miss Loretta Dello
IN furnish the musical element at Ton
Bay hotel. The three young Wome
~ Miss Anderson, pianist; Miss DelloI
"a, harpist and Miss Augustin, violini
nd have given a number Of delightful tt
n programs, and will continue to do
an while at the hotel They will make t
IS Sunday evening concerts a spec
nu feature, and are planning some exc
ne lent programs. Miss Anderson will ]
lte main at the hotel until July 10, VIII
n she will leave for a concert tour
ne Wisconsin and North Dakota. +
-er winter concert tour will open NJ
January. Miss Anderson's sister, NJ
Charles Reohr, formerly Miss Ru
b.r Anderson, now of New York, is
i've present on a concert tour in Penns
vania, playing with leading choral
s on sociations.
JIG Professor Axel Skoovgaard is {
, as of the musical lights at the hotel.
way is spending the summer as que
ela' however, but the admirers Of his
ogs. are in hopes to have an emporium
Alb to hear him occasionally.
Bar
l. Professor Franks gave an enterta
,ity, ing performance of trick rollerskat
for Yesterday evening at the Beach Cast
+, De. One of the features of his improm
ieg ~ program was skating on stills.
her, large number Of people from aror
the lake were present to witness
rom clever feats. Thursday evening
nave visitors at the Beach Casino mad
special request to have rollerskat
own and music instead of dancing, as
meS sport is so popular.
isit-
1870 Guests at Tonka Bay hotel dur
the past two days were Walter
3 lgge Moore, Chicago: o. B. Como
III IA L.