The Elk Mountain pilot., 1916-12-21

stlnctyeiy pause and make ready for fair new
start in life, even though 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 any time
and backward glance will not hinder our for
ward march. We cannot make too many efforts
to prune of bad habits and such other dead wood
MS we find in our lives each year All who have no
faults please stand.
However 1t may he that the best New Years
resolve we can make this first holiday of 1917 Will
he 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 ana
sick there new day, that we can begin
over again and do better. If we start such plan,
the coming year and those following 1t will be
happier new years.
New Years Entertaining.
New Year's eve Is IN occasion of big celebra-
tion all the country, every man ana woman
having desire to speed the old year ana wei
come the new with some form of fesuVity. In
the cities the hotels and restaurants make big
feature of this holiday, and each and every one
advertises II 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 mSh'
Everyone wants to be amused, to greet the incom-
Ing twelve months with iollity and song,
and the consequence is that the restaurants de-
niand and get high prices for entertainment on
that occasion.
There are no end of enjoyable ways of enter
tnning in ones home on New Years
eve and the woman who wishes to give pleasure
TO the family and friends on this occasion can
do SO at very little expense. All she needs Is TO
ask n jolly crowd, to think out clever scheme
of table decoration to arrange some forms OF
amusement and all will be well
Tie 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
marty IL is safe to say that most of the guests
will be well pleased. A small dance need not be
IN expensive affair. II you have a phonograph
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 as dancing to an orchestra, provided
ones partner is skillfu at treading the Tight
fantastic"
When giving New Years eve party where
dancing is to be the chief attraction of the eve
ming it is II 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 otner
After the usual Fluctuations are over, supper
should be served This may he simple or eab-
crate lust 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 n tall
cnndlestck with a long white candle for the new
wear. Each point Of the star should be marked
by n low candlestick holding shorter white
candle At the left of each plate have spray of
uoinsettia. A pretty way TO serve ice cream on
this occasion would he TO have ii nodded In the
fern of candle and candlestick, the candle to
be the v"nilla cream and the candlestick to be
of listachio green. A tiny WAX taper may be in
serted nj 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 Ia thin Soup) served
in cups so that it is easy 10 hand around chicken
snad sandwiches, ice cream cake ana coffee
TIE supper should be OF the buffet order, the
men guests helping the girls to the food they re
ouire On this way the need of extra help Is
dispensed with and additional expense Is in
Cured this scora