The Benson signal., 1916-12-23

stinctiveiy pause and make ready for fair
start in life, 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 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.
G, cd new resolves good for us any time,
and backward glance will not hinder our for
ward march. We cannot make too many efforts
to prune off bad habits and such other dead wood
as we find in lives each year All who have no
faults, please stand
However, it may be that the best New Years
resolve we make this first holiday of 1917 will
be to start the good habit of beginning every
morning
After all the mistakes and disappointments and
business battles that leave tired and sour and
sick there comes day, SO that we can begin
over again and do better. If we 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 celeDra-
tion all over the country, every man and woman
having desire to speed the old year and well
come the with some form of festivity In
the cities the hotels and restaurants make big
feature of this holiday, and each and every one
advertises a 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 on New Years comes high
Everyone wants to be amused, to greet the incom-
ing twelve months with joty 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 New Years
eve and the woman who wishes to give pleasure
to the family and friends on this occasion can
do Sc at very little expense All she needs is to
ask 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 as the chief
form of entertainment for the evening. Dancing
has lost none of it's 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 we'll pleased. A small dance need not be
an expensive affair. If you have phonograph
all is well if not surely you have some friend
from whom you can borrow an instrument for
the evening. Dancing to phOnOgraph is just as
good fun as dancing to an orchestra, provided
ones partner is skillful at treading the Eight
fantastic"
When giving a New Years eve party where
dancing is to be the chief attraction of the eve
ming it is good idea to ask ones guests to come
10 the affair masked This will lend mystery and
excitement to the party and there will be great
fun when the guests unmaSk as the nOur Str1KeS
twelve and the new year is ushered in to the
tune of many happy voices wishing each other
Happy New Year"
After the usual felicitatons are over, supper
should be served. This may be simple or elab-
orate Just as the hostess desires.
AS for table decorations, pretty centerp1ece
is to have star made from brilliant red poln-
settia In the middle of the star place a tall
candlestck with long white candle for the new
year Each point of the star should be marked
by low candestick holding shorter white
candle At the left of each plate have spray OF
pOinsettia. pretty way to serve ice cream on
this occasion would be to have it nodded in the
fern of a candle and candestick, the candle TO
be the vonilla cream and the candleStlck to be
of listacho green. tiny wax taper may be in
serted at 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 boullon Ga thin soup) served
in CUBS so that it is easy to hand around chicken
salad sandwiches, ice cream, cake and cO1tee
The supper should be Of the buffet order, the
men guests helping the girls to the food they re-
uuire On this way the need of extra help Is
dispensed with and additional expense is in
Cured on this scOra