The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1916-12-22

stinctiveiy pause and make ready for a fair new
start In life, though we know that neither
life 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 are good for US 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 no
faults, please standl
However 1t 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
morning.
After all the mistakes and disappontments and
business battles that leave us tired and sour and
sick there comes a new day. 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 the country. every man and woman
having n desire to speed the old year and well
come the new 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, Tor
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 epter-
tanning in oues 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 a clever scheme
of toblp
amusement and all will be well.
The woman who has fairly large rooms in her
house will do well to select dancing the chief
foin of entertainment for the evening Dancing
has lost of its fascination for the majority
Of folks and If 1t 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 phonograph
all is well; II not surely you have some friend
from whom you borrow an instrument for
the evening Dancing to a phonograph is just
good fun as dancing to an orchestra, provided
ones partner is skful at treading the light
fantastic"
When giving New Years party where
dancing is to be the chief attraction Of the eve
ming 1t is a 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 or elab-
orate just us the hostess desires.
As for table decorations, pretty centerpiece
is to have a star made from brilliant red pon-
settia In the middle of the star place a tall
cnndlestck with long white candle for the new
year. Each point of the star should be marked
by a low candestick holding shorter white
candle. At the left Of each plate have a spray Of
poinsettia. A pretty way to serve ice cream on
he q nodded
fern of candle and candestick, the candle to
he the vanilla cream and the candlestck to be
Of rlstacho green. tiny wax taper may be In
serted at the top Of each candle" and lighted
Just as all are brought in.
simple supper menu for New Years eve
might consist Of hot bouillon "a thin soup) served
In cups that it Is easy to hand around, chicken
snlad, sandwiches ice cream, cake and coffee
The supper should be Of the buffet order, the
guests 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.