Weekly journal-miner., 1913-01-08
(From Sundays Daily.)

about them, to dream over lHSll, tO take them once in while from the mothbal1s and lavender and rever- ently smooth them out-rarely in these progressive days to practice them. That would be bad business. Once a year, when by an arbitrary division of time made for general convenience we say one year ends and another begins, sentimentalists start to indulge again in the dang erous pastime of making New Year resolutions. Dangerous, because every falling from grace means a weakening of the will power. A New Year resolution is a chunk of gold suspended by a thread of goss- amer over bottomless pit. As soon as the wind whistles the thread breaks and the golden weight IS seen no more The resolute don't need to make resolutions, the weak minded are never strengthened by them. A New Year resolution alt CTS a man no more than a new suit of clothes. What the world needs is more new wearers Of old clothes, not more old wearers of new ones.
 Success is the one standard by which everything is judged. Per haps in the coming year we might, without the aid of resolves, start right in to make more Of 1t, for others and for ourselves. How will this passage from Thoreau do, not for a resolution, but what IS far more vital, for a New Year wish? '1f the night and the day are such that you greet them with joy, and life emits a fragrance like flowers and sweet-scented herbs-is more elastic, more starry, more immortal that is your success" And so "the wish I would ask for myself is the one I am sending you, that each day may be a new day, each week a new week and each month a new month-new in hope, new in cour- age, new in strength, new in oppor- tunity"
 Christmas festivities did not les i sen the enthusiasm for entertaining l and the past week was even buster with its dinners and card parties than the one preceding.
 Good fellowship and good cheer | were truly in evidence at the Yava- pal club on New Years day. The reception hours were from two until six and during this time guests as sembled in great numbers to greet their friends with Happy New Year" Red tulle subdued the lights of the ball room while the decora- tions of pine branches, palms, sprays ! of smilax and an orchestra conceal ed behind a bank of small Christmas trees, echoed in every detail the brilliancy and splendor of the Christmas cotillion.
 Among those who assembled to do honor to the occasion were: Judge and Mrs. E. w. Wells, MT. and Mrs. C. A. Peter, MT and Mrs E. A. Kastner, NIT. and Mrs. Hart well Linney, MT. and Mrs. Norman Hoffman, MT. and Mrs. Frederick Cruice, MT and Mrs M. A. Fraser, Dr. and Mrs. Ralph Roper, MT. and Mrs George E. Meany, MT. and Mrs. M " Watson, Mir and Mrs Paul Deming, MT and Mrs Frank Hart, MT and Mrs. H. Colwig, MT and Mrs. DeCamp, Mir. and Mrs. Richard Lamson, MT. and Mrs. E. J. Mitchell, Mir and Mrs. Ruffner, Mir and Mrs. Thomas Nolan, Mrs. J.-K Miller, Mrs. Field, Mrs. Maude Baldwin, Mrs. Clark, Mrs. Mayes, Mrs. George Colten, Mrs Jean Eads, the Misses Mabel Brisley, Olive Fisher, Harriet Oliver, Alice Adams, Elaine Wooster, Irene Wells, Dixie George. Florence Jones, Anna Ca hill, Theresa Fredericks, Bonnell, Gladys Fox, Evelyn Fox, Francis Hertzler, Messrs Floyd Allen, Rob ert Porter, Boss, Raymond Belcher, Chad Hinderer, L. A. Kehr, A. D. Barnhart, F. c. Brecht, Thomas Persons, James Elder, w. A. Drake, James Hope, F. L. Haworth, Robert ConneIl, William Doyle and Ivan Jenung.
 One of the most attractive events of the weeks social calendar was that Of Monday evening when MT. and Mrs. William Doyle compli- mented MT. and Mrs A. w. Ed wards with a lovely dinner at the Yavapai Club. Red was artistically carried out in the color scheme for the table, the centerpiece being a handsome cut glass bowl in which were arranged quantities of red car nations. Satin ribbons extended from this to the corners of the table while at each end were tall silver candle sticks with beaded shades of red. Name cards, souvenirs and dainty almond baskets were of the sIme festive colnr