The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-08-13
LAKE MINNETONKA

Mrs. John Bigelow and Mrs. e. G.
Hodson of Minnetonka Beach were /
hostesses at charming luncheon at |
the Lafayette club yesterday. Mrs.
Henry L. Dodge and Mrs. James S.
Gale Of San Francisco, Cal, were the
guests of honor, and the women in
vited to meet them We're a group of |
friends from around the lake. Covers |
were laid for forty-two and the !
luncheon was served in the main din
ingroom from two long tables. Oak
foliage and sweet-scented cucumber
vines were used to make a setting for
the decorations, and the diningroom
resembled woodland nook in it's
cool, green loftiness. The chandeliers
were twined with wild cucumber
vines and the mantel was a solid tan
gle Of ferns; branches of oak and
white wild blossoms. Each table had
a huge mound in the center Of pink
and white asters. the blossoms nod
ding their chrysanthemum- like heads
| from a tangle of asparagus ferns. |
| Trailing from the side Of the CENTER
| of the table the fronds clustered
around a wreath of pink and white
asters, from the center of which
rose tall vases filled with the same
glorious late-summer blossoms. One
of the hostesses and one of the honor
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each table. After luncheon the guests
gathered in informal groups in the
| parlor which was layishly decked
with wealth. of garden flowers, wild
vines and ferns. Mrs. Dodge and Mrs.
Gale are the guests Of Mrs. Bigelow
and will remain at the lake for two
weeks before returning to their home
on the Pacific coast. A number of
! affairs are planned for them before
returning west.
Mrs. W. H. Dunwoody gave tea
in their honor Thursday afternoon
and entertained about thirty-fve
women. Mrs. Morris Hallowell pre-
sided over the samovar.
Horace Lowry gave dinner party
yesterday evening at the Lafayette
club. Covers were laid for twelve.
/. Mr.. and Mrs. David G. Warden en-
/ tertained at dinner at the Lafayette
club last evening for DR.. and Mrs.
George D. Black, who have been
| spending the week with friends at the
lake. The guests were group of
friends who had been closely assoc
ciated with DR.. Black in the Park
his pastorate; Judge and Mrs. Daniel
Fish, Messrs and Mines. William
Hooker, w. D. Gregory, j. B. Suther-
land, G. G. Coffee and G. L. Bartholo-
new. The table was. arranged on
the broad veranda and the decora-
the Warden garden. The affair was
!; a delightful gathering of old friends
and "reminiscences of DR.. and Mrs.
Blacks residence in Minneapolis were
exchanged. Gstn
Mrs. Ida Hood Clark of Milwaukee
is the guest Of Mrs. e. G. Best at
Strathmont,d Qrono. Mrs. Best is
, planning to entertain at a luncheon
: for Mrs. Clark sdnlext Thursday after
noon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gilbert L.aCarpenter
of Orono had a group of seven at din
ner at the Lafayette club last night.
The flower show at the armory dur
ing the latter half of the week has
aroused the fair Minnetonka garden
ers more than ever to make elaborate
: plans for gardening, and there is but
little doubt that the show next year
will find a still greater number Of
competitors than it did this season.
: Dahlia-raising has become a decided
i. fad among theh Minnetonka women,
and the beautiful plants and bios
summer are a sight to behold. Mr..
!, and Mrs. F. B.. Dodge have a dahlia
garden, in which the most gorgeous
: and variegated flowers are in bloom
One of the late discoveries by dahlia-
r. raisers is the cactus dahlia, with a
n great shaggy blossom, almost akin in
looks to the mammoth chrysanthe-
t, mum. The single dahlias come in
% anemone-like beauty, and in the
Dodge's garden are almost the size
s of a plate. The various plants ir
yellow raised by Mr.. Dodge cannot
d be counted, but they shade from the
n very lightest cream to almost a blood.
orange yellqMs; Another beautiful
!, e plant for which, Mr.. Dodge's garden
> is renowned IS, the clematis. Among
ID the fourteen 9varieties, one finds the
le snowy-white fclematis, the light Law
ender clematis. of carved-like beauty
st shading gradually from the Lavender
showing a rpurple-and- claret-huet
W flower.
er Mrs. G. G. Church also cultivate
:. dahlias and her hedges are a pleasure
:, to the eye, laden with gorgeous bios
~ SONS as rich in color as an artist
perhaps the largest variety of dahlias
Is and some of her plants are Of tn
K 1d cactus and liberty dahlia variety. Tn
liberty dahlia is a beautiful singh
Of blossom with tiny white leaves in tn
y s center with blood-red petals; The vel
e.
garden are conspicuous for thei
Of enormous size and varied coloring
nn Mrs. w. D. Pineo has sweet pc
nd hedges which are the pride of Mime
tonka Beach and which bloom il
as abundance. Lavender and whit
n, sweet peas are the favorites in Mrs
d, Pineo's garden and the large bou
= quets which are picked every da
tn prove the perfection of the blossoms
Early in the spring the. garden wa
glorious with rare peonies, and no1
as the season advances, hydrange
bushes add to its beauty.
81. Hotel Keewaydin, Cottagewood,
, re, recognized as one of the most at
he tractive summer resorts on the lowe
lake shore, and it's inviting surround
ne ings draw host Of visitors under it
. homelikef roof. Among the recer
les guests who registered at the hote
were Mrs. H. L.. Legg, Mrs. II. v
his Weber, Miss Elsie Weber, Mrs. E
" Stebbins, Miss Vera Stebbins, Mis-
yer Jessie A. Northrup, Mrs. A. Skinnel
Miss Goldman, Misses Helen Hobar
lrx Jessica Brown, Florence Wright, Mar