Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-12-22

stinCtiyeIy 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.
II 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.
{, cd new resolves are good for us any time,
and n 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 stand!
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 disappointments and
business battles that leave us tired and sour and
sick, there comes a new day, so TINT we can begin
over again and do better. II WI start such a plan,
the coming year and those following 1t will be
happier new years.
New Years Entertaining.
New Years eve is an occasion of big celebra-
ton NIL over the country, every man and woman
having II desire to speed the old year and well
come the new with some form of f~estlvity. In
the cities the hotels and restaurants make n big
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advertises Il 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 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 own home on New Years
eve, and the woman who wishes to give pleasure
to the family and friends on this occasion can
do SO ut very little expense. All she needs Is to
ask n Jolly crowd, to think out n 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
folm of entertainment for the evening. Dancing
has lost none Of it's 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
win be well pleased. A small dance need not be
an expensive affair. If YOU have Il photograph
all is we'll; If not surely YOU have some friend
from whom YOU can borrow an instrument for
the evening. Dancing to n photograph is just as
good fun MS dancing to an orchestra, provided
ones partner is skillful at treading the light
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When giving n New Years eve party where
dancing is to be the chief attraction of the eve.
ming il is n 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 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 are over. supper
should be served. This may be simple or elab-
orGtc, just MS the hostess desires.
As for table decorations, a pretty centerpiece
is to have a star made from a brilliant red poin-
scttia. In the middle of the star place n tall
candlestick with Il long white candle for the new
year. Each point of the star should be marked
by a low candleStlck holding II shorter white
candle. At the left of each plate have a spray Of
poinsettia. A pretty way to serve Ice cream on
this occasion would he 10 have 1t nodded in the
fern of a candle and candlestick, the candle TO
be the vanilla cream and the candlestick to be
of l!stachio green. A tiny wax taper may be in.
serted nj the top Of each candle and lighted
lust as ali are brought in.
A simple supper menu for New Years eve
might consist of hot houillon On thin soup) served
III cups so that ii is easy to hand around, chicken
salad. sandwiches, ice cream, cake and coffee.
TIE supper should be Of the buffet order, the
men guests helping the girls to the food they re-
Quire. On this wa the need Of extra help Is
dispensed with and no additional expense is in.
CURED on this score.