The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-08-12

"Women are the poetry Of the
world IN the same sense as the stars
are the poetry Of heaven. "-Har-
grave.
Tennis this week was pleasantly in
augurated at the Minikahda club this
afternoon and the club lawn and
porches were thronged with men and
women who watched the games or chat
G tea soe1ps diyy over cup W Of tea; Mrs
presided at the prettily appointed tables
and were assisted by bevy of young
matrons and maids. An orchestra was
present during the afternoon and played
program Of popular airs.
;. This evening any, number Of informal
the club and the orchestra will play
during dinner and later for informal
dancing. %.E .a4
Social affairs will center at the club
for the, next seven days, and table
d 'hote luncheons and dinners will be
served every day. Wednesday evening
an event Of unusual interest. There will
be special music Wednesday afternoon
and evening, as well as on next Satur-
day, the closing day of tennis week.
But tennis will not be allowed to
monopolize all of the interest, and We'd
nesday afternoon there will be gym
khana sports in the rear Of the club,
members of the Town and Country club
will enter for the events, which are
open to everybody, whether they are
members of the clubs or not. There will
be suitable prizes to reward the lucky
winners, and the sports are. expected to
furnish any amount of fun for the
participants and the spectators: They
riders will try to spear rings with
lances. Then there will be potato race,
and you remember what an amusing
feature the potato race was at the
horse show last fall; an egg and spoon
| race and rosette contest:
Monday afternoon Mrs, H. J. Moreton
and Miss Sussane Fletcher will serve
tea and different women will preside at
the tables each day next week.
Mrs. Phoebe H. Mcmillan announces
the engagement of her daughter, Jessie,
to DR.. Walter. j: Marcley Of Rutland,
Mass: The wedding wi viii take &c Place ia &C
McMillan's brother, E. L. Mcmillan, in
Princeton, MINI. = :" -
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard G. Stanley an
nouces the engagement Of their daugh-
ter Cora Belle to Charles B. Raitz OF
Excelsior, MINI. The. wedding will
take place in the early fall.
Among the weddings Of Wednesday,
Sept. 6, will be that of Miss Mae Ber-
nice O'Brien and L. Jay Wilson, which
will take place in the evening".
Miss GenevieVe Bernier will give a
linen shower at her home, 1901 Fiji
teenth avenue N, Thursday evening for
Miss O 'Brien, and Wednesday evening,
Aug. %, Miss Louise Hart Of St. Paul
will give parcel shower for her cousin.
The marriage Of Miss Pearl Sabin
W. Bjornsted of the Twenty eighth in
fantry, U. S. A., has been, set for Tues,
day, Oct. 3, when it will. be solemnized
in San Franciscco. Captain Bjornsted
was a member of the old Thirteenth
Minnesota and served with the regiment
in the Philippines. He is now stationed
at Fort Smelling. Miss. Irene Sabin,
who visited the fort with her sister
last winter, will be the maid Of honor
at the wedding, which, will have all
the pomp and glitter OF an army cere-
mony. ,1
Miss Nell Fitchette and Albert G.
Hanson have chosen "Wednesday eve
ming. Sept. 6, as the date of their we'd
ding, which will take place at pm.
at the home of the bride s mother, Mrs.
Elinor M. Fitchette, Burr Oaks, on Lyn-
dale avenue.
Wednesday afternoon, Miss Catherine
Ranger Of 301 East Forty eighth street.
will entertain for Miss Fitchette.
Mrs. Virgil ,Dillin of 2427 Blaisdel]
avenue entertained at a .nasturtium
| luncheon yesterday for her. sister, Mrs
W. Fl. Mansur, of 'Chillicothe, Mo. Gov
ers were placed for twelve, and the
guests included a group OF women IRON
Minnetonka Beach. Mrs. Dillin was as
sisted by Mrs. Robert Mansur and Miss
Mansur of st. Paul.
Miss Georgia Griffith entertained
group Of young women this Afternoon
in honor Of. Miss Abby Mills, a bride
of Wednesday,. Miss Griffith and he1
guests attended the band concert al
the Lake Harriet pavilion and later
had supper at the Griffith residence
. Wild flowers, bright goldesn1lrodl an 6
i black-eyed susans furnished an ct
Il fective decoration and covers gwert
placed for fourteen.
Yesterday afternoon Mrs. F.. A
Palmer Of Portland avenue gave {
linen shower for Miss Mills and enter
tanned fourteen young women. Little
Gordon May brought the gifts to tn
bride in wheelbarrow decked in pinl
and white. Sweet peas and ferns dec
grated the rooms and carried out thu
same color scheme. -..
Mrs. G. E. Burdick entertained tn
Friday thimble bee and a group Of it
friends on trolley ride to Wildwood
yesterday. The forty-ive guests wen
over in a chartered car and had lunch
con in the pavilion. The table wa