Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1916-12-30

stinctivefy pause and make ready for a fair new
start in life, even though know that neither
life nor time has any pause in its onward sweep.
1t is probable that there many more New
Years resolutions broken than kept strictly
through the year. Even So there is good value in
the making of them, in spite of what somebody
has said about the downward road being paved
with good intentions.
Good resolves are good for us any time
and backward glance will not hinder for
ward march. We cannot make too many efforts
to prune off bad habits and such other dead wood
find in lives each year. All who have
faults please standI
However, it may sbe that the best New Years
resolve make this first holiday On 1917 will
he to start the goodShabit of beginning every
morning.
After all the mistakes and disappointments and
business battles that leave US tired and and
sick, there comesa new day, that can begin
again and do better. If start such plan.
the coming year and those following it will be
happier new years.
New Years Entertaining
New Years eve is an occasion of big ceebra-
ton all the country, every man and woman
having desire to speed the old year and web
come the with form of festvity. In
the cities the hotels and restaurants make big
feature of this holiday, and each and every
advertises special supper, with dancing etc.
This is all very well for those who do not have
to count the pennies when seeking pleasure, for
entertainment New Years eve comes high.
Everyone wants to be amused, to greet the incom-
ing twelve months with jollity and song.
and the consequence is that the restaurants de-
mand and get high prices for entertainment on
that occasion.
There are no end of enjoyable ways of enter
tanning in ones own home on New Years
eve, and the who wishes to give pleasure
to the family and friends on this occasion can
do so at very little expense. All she needs is to
ask jolly crowd, to think out clever scheme
of table decoration, to arrange forms of
amusement and all will be well.
The woman who has fairly large rooms in her
house will do well to select dancing the chief
form of entertainment for the evening. Dancing
has lost none of its fascination for the majority
of folks, and If it is made the big feature the
party it is safe to say that most of the guests
will be well pleased. A small dance need not be
expensive affair If you have photograph
all is well; If not surely you have some friend
from whom you can borrow instrument for
the evening. Dancing photograph is just as
good fun dancing to orchestra, provided
ones partner is skillful at treadng the Eight
fantastic"
When giving a New Years eveR party where
dancing is be the chief attraction of the
ming it is good idea to ask ones guests to come
TO the affair masked This will lend mystery and
excitement to the party and there will be great
fun when the guests unmask as the hour strikes
twelve and the new year is ushered in to the
tune of many happy voices wishing each other
Happy New Year.
After the usual Fluctuations over. supper
should be served. This may be simple elab-
orrte, just the hostess desires.
AS for table decorations. pretty centerpiece
have star made from brilliant red poin-
settia. In the middle of the star place tall
candlestick with a long white candle for the
year. Each point of the star should be marked
by low candlestick holding a shorter white
candle. At the left of each plate have spray of
poinsettin- a pretty way to serve ice cream
this occasion would be have nodded the
of candle and candlestick. the candle
he the vanilla cream and the candlestick to be
of listachio green A tiny taper may be in
serted al the top of each candle" and lighted
just ali are brought in
simple supper for New Years
might consist of hot bouillon Ca thin soup) served
in cups that it is easy hand around. chicken
salad, sandwiches, ice cream. cake and coffee
he nF rhn hrrfrn
guests helping the girls to the food they re-
qure On this way the need of extra help Is
dispensed with and no additional expense is In
Cured this score.