The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1916-12-23

stinctively pause and make ready for Il fair new
start in life even though know that neither
life nor time has any pause in its onward sweep
Ii is probable that there are many more New
Years resolutions broken than are kept strictly
through the year. Even 50, there Is good value III
the making of them in spite of what somebody
has said about the downward road being paved
with good intentions.
ti cd new resolves are good for us any time,
and a backward glance will not hinder our for
ward march. We cannot make too many efforts
To rrune off bad habits and such other dead wood
as we find in our lives each year. All who have no
faults. please stand!
However, it may be that the best New Years
resolve we can make this first holiday of 1917 will
he to start the good habit of beginning new every
morning.
After all the mistakes and disappOintmentS and
business battles that leave us tired and sour ana
sick :herc comes new day, so that we can DeGih
over again and do better. II we start such plan'
the. coming year and those following it will be
happier years.
New Years Entertaining
Now Years eve is an occasion of big celebra-
ton all over the country, every man and woman
having Il desire to speed the old year and vel
co:ue the new with some form OF fesuNlt!. In
Tho cities the hotels and restaurants make Dig
feature of this holiday and each ana every one
adyertiSes a special supper, with dancing, etc
to count the pennies when seeking pleasure, for
entertainment on New Years comes high
Evaryone wants to be amused, to greet the incom-
;nr twelve months with jollity and song
and the consequence is that the restaurants de-
mond and get high prices for entertainment on
that OCCASION
There are no end of enjoyable ways of enter
thinning in ones own home on New Years
owe and the woman who wishes to give pleasure
Ia the family and friends on this occasion can
do Sc mt very little expense. All she needs Is to
ask a jolly crowd. to think out clever scheme
of table decoration, to arrange some forms OF
amusement and all will be well.
Tie woman who has fairly large rooms in her
house will do well to select dancing as 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 of the
party it is safe to say that most of the guests
will be well pleased small dance need not he
an expensive affair. If you have a photograph
all is well; If not surely you have some friend
from whom you can borrow an instrument for
the evening. Dancing to a monograph is just as
good fun as dancing to an orchestra, provided
ones partner is skillful at treadng the light
fantastic"
When giving a New Years party where
dancing is to be the chief attraction of the eve
ming it is a good idea TO ask ones guests to come
10 the affair masked. This will lend mystery and
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 he served This may be simple or elab-
crate, Just as the hostess desires.
AS for table decorations, pretty centerpieCe
is 10 have a star made from brilliant red pOn-
sottia In the middle of the star place tall
cnndlestick with long white candle for the new
year Each point of the star should he marked
by low candlpstick holding shorter white
candle. At the left Of each plate have spray OF
poinsettia. A pretty way to serve ice cream on
this occasion would he to have it nodded in the
fern of a candle and Candlestck, the candle to
be the vanilla cream and the candeStick to be
of 1tstachio green. tiny taper may he in
serted al the top of each candle" and lighted
Just as all are brought in.
A simple supper menu for New Years eve
might consist of hot bouillon On thin soup) served
III cups that II Is easy to hand around, chicken
salad. sandwiches. ice cream, cake and coffee
The supper should he of the buffet order. the
men quests helping the girls To the food they re
quire. On this way the need of extra help Is
dispensed with and additional expense is in
CURED on this score.
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