Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1916-12-29

stinctively pause and make ready for fair new
start in life, even 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
e. cd new resolves are good for rs any time,
and backward glance will not hinder our for
ward march, We cannot make too many efforts
to prune off bad habits and s,.ch 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 "all
he to start the good habit of beginning ssery
2nOrnfng.
After all the mistakes and disappointments and
business battles that leave tired and sour and
sick, there comes new day, so that we can begin
over again and do better If 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 ceebra-
ton all over the country, every man and woman
having 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 special supper, with dancing, etc.
This is all very well for shOse who do not have
to count the pennies when seeking pleasure, for
enter tainment 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, aid the woman who wishes to give pleasure
to the family and friends on this occasion can
chr D1o 3c tn
ask a 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 we'll 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 Esnce need not be
an expensive affair. IF you have photograph
all is we'll; if not surely you have some friend
from whom you borrow an instrument for
the evening" Dancing to photograph is just as
good fun dancing to an orchestra, provided
ones partner is skillful at treading the tight
fantastic"
When giving New Years eve :eca*<y where
dancing is to be the chief attracttol of the eve
ming it 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
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-
orate Just as the hostess DESIRES
As for table decorations, pretty centerpiece
is to have a star made from brilliant red poin-
settia. In the middle of the star place a tall
candlestick with long white candle for the new
year. Each point of the star should be marked
by a low candlestick holding a shorter white
candle. At the left Of each plate have spray Of
poinsettia. A pretty way to serve ice cream on
this occasion would be to have It nodded in the
fern of candle and candlestick, the candle to
be the vanilla cream and the candlestick to be
of r!stachio green. A 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 bouillon "a thin soup) served
in cups so that it is easy to hand around, chicken
salad, sandwiches ice cream cake and coffee
The supper should be of the buffet order the
:.u+ SITS helping the girls to the food they re-
Quire. On this way the need of extra help is
dispensed with and no additional expense is in
CURED on this score