The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-22

At the Lafayette club the house COM
mittee has orders out for the annual
spring cleaning, with the opening
scheduled for some time early in May.
Mr. Audrey and a staff of servants will
go out tomorrow to set things right and /
spicl1 and span, so that the early sum-
mer residents will have the advantages
of club home as soon as they so out
to the lake. Later in the season, when
the cottage contingent is assembled IN
full, there will be a handsome opening
party, and after that the popular Satur-
day evening hops will be resumed.
One of the club house cottages has
been taken by c. A. Bovey and family,
who will go out in June, and Mr.. and
Mrs. H. Alden Smith have taken an
other of the cottages. The Boveys will
be in the cottage formerly occupied>by
the Bells, while Mr.. and Mrs. Smith
will have the cottage in which the
Douglases lived for several seasons.
Mr. and Mrs. Cavour s. Langdon were
at their cottage at the Beach Friday,
weeks later. Colonel Ripley. speAt
Thursday at his cottage in .Arcola.l MI
and Mrs. Ripley have been at the Plaza
| for several months and expect to go.=to
| their lake home Monday. Mr.. and Mrs
, Ward of St. Paul have opened their
cottage at Arcola. J.: ...*
| At Arlington Heights the cottagers
are making various plans for improving
their country homes, and as soon as
the season is a little more settled the
colony will come out in it's full num-
bers. c. A. Fuller of St. Paul is plan
ming to build handsome home at the
Heights. L. L. Long is making plans
to remodel his country home into an
old Spanish Mission cottage, on the
style of those so often seen in Califor-
MIA. Mr.. Long returned last week from
! California and decidedly approves of
that style of architect ure. Will French
is also figuring on rebuilding his house
at Arlington and T. S. Mclaughlin will
in all probability build a handsome
colonial home on the Arlington site. Mr..
and Mrs. R. W. Chadbourn, who are
building a home in the city, will go
out to their lake home but not until
the close of school, They will be at
their cottage at Arlington, Wayzata.
Sturgis Grove, one of the lake shore
! picture spots in Excelsior facing the
Gideon's bay side, will have its gather.
ing of cottagers this summer. The fol
lowing have already taken summer
homes in the Grove: Louis Putnam. G..
c. Crellen, Mrs. Thomas Shibsby, NJ. D.
Ncbis, L. H. Provine, L.. l. Sanford,
Frank G. Goodman and David Mckee,
The McKees will move out May IS. l..
H. .Provine and family are already in
their cottage; M. D. Nobis will move
out May l, as will Mrs. Schibsby and
- c.. c. Crellen and family. Louis Put
nam and family are already settled for
the summer.
Interest in yachting on Lake Mime
tonlza will receive an impetus, for the
feet will have new Glass A sloop and
two new Class B sloops. Ralph. Lovett
has orders out for a B sloop and Louis
Glass sloop Of the same class will also
:. be ready for launching by the time the
sailing season opens. The Glass sloop
is built by, the Minnetonka yachtsmen
competition at the interlake races. Her
II crew Of four will be selected by the
, board of directors Of the Lake Mime
tonka Boat club. She is distinctly of
. the racing order, and has been built
) for that purpose only. In case. she IS
defeated at the races she will be sold
} at auction at the end Of the season
+ another boat the following season, as
the Minnetonka shippers are deter
l., mined to have a boat that can ane
will bring the Interlake trophy te
: Minnetonka. =.-. ok H.. ..E
f Mr.. and Mrs. H. Booth of Excelsior
V announce the engagement Of thell
\ daughter, Bernita, to Walter G.. Min
I neaman Of Lewiston, Idaho. The wed
/, ding will take place in June at the
: home of the bride $ parents.
2 Mr. and Mrs F. G. Hunter Of Mer
s RAM Park entertained a party of youns
people at their lake home the early
: part of the week. There were ten in thu
:, party.
9 G. G. Heath has bought the steamee
Acte from it's former owner, Captain
t. Charles Chiefly. Mr.. Heath will com
Q mence making regular trips as sool
as the boat has been fitted up for tn
y summer service Captain johnson wa
the first to open navigation and th
Hebe is already making her daily run
on the lake.
: When the Excelsior public schoo
q opens in the fall it will have an add
s. tlon to its educational advantages in
!, manual training department for tn
$ sixth and seventh grades. Preliminar
t to the fully equipped department.,
s course will begin now, which will b
n the means of giving the pupil fai
g start for next fall. The course vii
o include bench work for the boys an
s sewing for the girls, and will be cor