The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-16
THE MINNEAPOLIS JOURNAL.
LAKE MINNETONKA

LAKE MINNET0NKA
Social doings at the lake this summer
center around the Lafayette clubhouse
and during the past two weeks host of
visitors arrived. Dinner parties and
luncheons are given in great numbers at
the club and altho the lack formal
spirit, they are nevertheless delightfully."-
jolly Many Of these parties are just the
outcome Of boating party, a cruise
| around the lake. a coaching party or an
automobile tour from point to point, and
the men and women meet early in the
| day and follow the invitation of one OF
their members, just come over to the
club and have dinner with US The golf
links are in splendid shape and the men
| play constantly, the new tennis court Is
also much used, especially by the younger
men and women, who give much OF their
time to tennis playing, which Is eXpe-
riencing gradual revival and steadily
increasing popularity.
! Mrs. A. P Hepburn of New York, who
is at the club for visit, will be guest
of honor at number Of pleasant social
affairs. One of the handsome affairs at
which Mrs. Hepburn was the guest of
honor was the dinner given yesterday
evening at the Lafayette club by H. AL
/ den Smith. Covers were laid for twenty
the married set. The decorations were
carried out with wealth of floral ap-
pointments. The Hepburns and the Smiths
are to be closely connected thru the COM
| ing marriage Of Charles F. Hepburn, the
son of Mrs. Hepburn, and Miss Alice
Smith, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Smith. Mrs. Smith and Miss Smith are
still in the east spending some time on
the seashore. Mrs. James s. Bell will.
give dinner for Mrs. Hepburn this even
ing at the Lafayette club.
Mrs. r. B. Langdon gave a beautifully
appointed luncheon last Tuesday at the
Lafayette club. The decorations were in
pink and white and pinks and branches Of
baby-breath mingled their feathery white
; beauty with the flowers In large basket
in the center of the table Covers were
laid for fifteen and at each plate there
. was cluster of white and pink sweet
peas with the name card
The over Sunday festivities at the clut
began this afternoon, when many Of the
members Of the Minikahda club came out
to remain to Monday. Mr.. and Mrs. w. Fl
Bogart will give a dinner for nine anC
will entertain their guests at the dance
later. Mr. and Mrs. c. M. Harrington viii
come out this evening for two weeks
= and Mrs. George H. Bagley will come out
for the day. Mrs. J. D. Mcmillan is alst
q expected at the club
> Theodore Yachel and Brette Glaenzer
both of New York. are the guests o
b friends at the club. Mr.. and Mrs. l., P
: Ordway, st. Paul, were out for a few
!, days. Mrs. Walter Thomas is entertaining
!. Miss Florence Won Steinwehr Of Nortl
!: Dakota at the club.
;. Mrs. C. G. Weber will entertain infor
!. mally at luncheon Monday at the Lafay
cite club for fourteen guests.
= Mr. and Mrs Charles Deere Velie had
: dinner party for a group Of friends Tues
day night. Thursday evening r. s. Wood
worth had a family party Of nine at Dime
and Mrs. Ebert L. Carpenter entertaine
- a small party on the lake in her launc
&c Thursday and had dinner served at tn
club later
., After all, horseback riding has it
. charms. and the rage for automobiling ha
not quite extinguished the love for eques
> TRAN sports in the younger people. Th
= country around the lake is perfect
= charming, and while the automobile doe
q its work far faster, there are still man
, who have never lost the love for horse
!. back riding or for driving. Among tt
- younger people who are at home in tt
=, saddle the Misses Dunsmocr and tt
{, Misses Passmore. Yesterday afternOc
'.' Miss Bessie Dunsmoor and Miss Florent
10 Brazie made a tour around the entil
.e lower lake on horseback. Both rode fir
- saddle horses from the Dunsnloor stabl,
~ and the ride was one Of greatest plea SUI
49,, and exhiaration. They started on the
r. trip early in the morning, when the ST
had just about risen, and when the dev
= kissed meadows and country roa,
10 breathed out their cool fragrance. Fro
-, the Dunsmoor summer home near Nortl
- home, the trip was made to Deephave
- and thence over the country road to F.
o1-s>
Minnetonka Beach, down the north sho
to Wayzata and then around Wayza
as Bay back home. The distance was co
" cred by afternoon at an easy gait.
~ Fishermen returning from a days outil
an an at Spring Park are enthusiastic over t
81 fine fishing in the bay, and report tn
~. the fish ARE easy w. H. Reeves
VI the pavilion, who superintends the effol
~ OF the anglers with encouraging remark
~ has kept a fairly good record of all t
70 fish that have been taken out of the b
ny and that have passed under his ey
~ One Of the untiring anglers is A. W. Ha,
ale kins, who comes out every Sunday /
- days fishing and whose smallest cat
leo tipped the scales at twenty eight poun
ar while his best catches f1uctuate betwe
nc seventy and ninety pounds. J. D. RAJ
.eh sky holds the record for catching Lar
'n- bass. Mr.. Raidsky and T. w. Swans
to get off the train at Spring Park eve
las Sunday morning. Mr.. and Mrs. T.
~ Anderson landed eleven fine bass Ii
DC Tuesday. L. H. Spence of Philadelp1
and w. Lauderdale brought home
VIC string of sixteen bass In Jennings Is
oiie and Mr.. Bailey of Casco was also one
BIC the successful fishers for bass.
ons H.
zen The guests at Hotel del Otero do
mas find time heavy on their hands, Cor
ra- and Mrs. Hopkins provide endless ent
cen tainment for their houseful Of guests.
&C the morning there is croquet, tennis, cl,
ana golf and bowling, and in the afterno
= and evenings there are blackboard part
steamer parties and launch parties. "
euchre and bridge whist as variety, or
en- hours chat over cup of tea in
CHI charming Japanese tearoom of Mrs. TT
er- k1ns. Yesterday morning Judge Shi
her entertained his friends Of the hotel a
,nic steamer party the Florence Deerj
an Last night the guests and their frie
ven from all around the lake danced in
and pavilion to the delightful program OF r
!. to sic furnished by ROSTERS band.
Hiss
she Mr.. and Mrs. L. H. Spence Of Philat
eri- phia, Mr.. and Mrs. G. S. Haverstock
Of Omaha and J. M. Gillian. secretary Of
n a Auditorium company Of Omaha haf
ple blackboard party yesterday making
circuit around the lower lake as far
Excelsior and returning by way Of Mir
meet 1onka Beach.
the
Ireet Mr. and Mrs Ctho r1ae col,,....