The state herald., 1916-12-22

stinctvely pause and make ready for a fair new
start In life, even though we know that neither
life nor time has any pause in Its onward Sweep
1t is probable that there are many more New
Years resolutions broken than are kept strictly
through the year. Even 30, 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.
G,od new resolves are good for US any time.
and backward glance will not hinder our for
ward march, We cannot make too many efforts
to prune of bad habits and such other dead wood
as we find In our lives each year. All who have no
faults, please standl
However II may be that the best New Years
resolve We can make this first holiday Of 1917 will
be to start the good habit Of beginning new every
inOrning.
After all the mistakes and dsappolntments and
business battles that leave us tired and sour and
sick. there comes new day. SO that we can begin
over again and do better. II we start such plan,
the coming year and those following II will be
happier new years.
New Years Entertaining.
New Years eve is an occasion Of big celebra
ton all over the country, every man and woman
having a desire to speed the old year md well
come the new with some form Of festivity. In
tho cities the hotels and restaurants make big
feature Of this holiday. md each and every one
advertses u special supper, with dancing. etc.
to count the pennies when seeking pleasure for
entertainment on New Years 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 spyer.
timing 10 ones own home on New Years
eve, and the woman who wishes to give pleasure
to the family and friends on this occasion can
do 30 at very little expense. All she needs is to
nsk jolly crowd, to think out clever scheme
OF table decoration. to arrange some forms OF
amusement and all will be well.
The woman who has fairly large rooms In her
house will do well to select dancing ms the chief
form Of entertainment for the evening. Dancing
hss lost none Of Its fascination for the majority
Of folks, and II II is made the big feature Of the
party II Is safe to say that most Of the guests
will be well pleased. small dance need not be
an expensive affair. II you have u phonogrnph
all n well: II not surely you have some friend
from whom you can borrow nm instrument for
the evening. Dancing to a phonogrnph In just ms
good fun A. dancing to m orchestra. provided
ones partner Ia skillful at trcadng the "light
fantastic"
When giving II New Years eve party where
dancing Is to be the chief attraction Of the eve.
ming It Ia n good idea to ask ones guests to come
10 the afYair mnsked. This will lend mystery and
fun when the guests unmask the hour strikes
twelve and the new year is ushercd In to the
tune Of many happy voices wishing each other
Happy New Year."
After the usual felIcitations are over supper
should be served This may be simple or elab
orate. just a. the hostess desires.
Al for table decorations. n pretty ccnterpicce
In to have a star made from n brilliant red pon
scttia. In the middle Of the stnr place tall
cnndlestick with u long white candle for tho new
year. Each point Of tho star should be marked
by a low cnndlcstick holding shorter white
candle. At the left Of cnch plat, have n spray Of
poinscttin. A pretty why TO serve Ice cream on
this occasion would be to hnvc II nodded In the
form Of n candle md cnndlcstick. the candle "a
he tho vanilla cream md the cnndcstick 10 bs
Of idstnchio green. tiny wax tnpcr mny be In
serted nj the top Of cnch "cnndlc" and lighted
Just m NIL arc brought In
A simple supper menu for New Ycar's cv,
might consist Of hot bouillon IA thin soup) scrvct
In cups 70 that II II easy to hand around CHECKER
saad. sandwiches. leo cream. cake and cofYcc
TIE supper should be Of tho BUFFET order. IN,
mon guests helping the girls to the food they re
quirc. On this why the need Of cxtrn hcip Il
dispensed with md no additional expense II In
CURED on this score.