Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1916-12-29

stinctveiy 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 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 are good for any time
and a 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 our lives each year. All who have
faults, please stand!
However, it 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 every
morning.
After all the mistakes and disappointments and
business battles that leave us tired and sour and
sick there comes neY day, 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 occasion of big celebra-
ton all over the country, every and woman
having a desire to speed the old year and well
come the with some form Of festivity. In
the cities the hotels and restaurants make a big
feature of this holiday, and each and every one
advertises a special supper, with dancing etc.
to count the pennies when seeking pleasure, for
entertainment on 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 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 a jolly crowd, to think out a 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 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. A small dance need not be
an expensive affair. If you have a photograph
all is we'll if not surely you have some friend
from whom you borrow an instrument for
the evening. Dancing to a photograph is just
good fun as dancing to orchestra, provided
ones partner is skillful at treading the light
fantastic"
When giving a New Years eve party where
dancing is to be the chief attraction of the eve
ming it is a good idea to ask ones guests to come
20 the affair masked. This will lend mystery and
TO the party and there will be great
un when the guests unmask the hour strikes
Nyeve and the year is ushered in to the
une of many happy voices wishing each other
Happy New Year"
After the usual Fluctuations over supper
hould be served. This may be simple or elab-
rate, just as the hostess desires.
As for table decorations. a pretty centerpiece
: to have star made from brilliant red poin-
ettia. In the middle of the star place a tall
with long white candle for the new
ear. Each point of the star should be marked
v low candlestick holding a shorter white
andle At the left of each plate have spray of
oinsettia. A pretty way TO serve ice cream on
his occasion would be to have it nodded in the
srm of a candle and candlestick, the candle to
g the vanilla cream and the candleStick to be
listachio green A tiny taper may be In
,rted at the top of each candle" and lighted
lst as all are brought in.
simple supper menu for New Years eve
tight consist of hot bouillon Ga thin soup) served
cups so that it is easy TO hand around. chicken
Had, sandwiches, ice cream, cake and coffee
be supper should be of the buffet order, the
en- guests helping the girls to the food they re-
lire On this way the need of extra help Is
spensed with and no additional expense is in
rred on this score.