Gilpin observer., 1916-12-21

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.
It 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.
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 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 make this first holiday of 1917 will
he 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 new day, so 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 Years eve is an occasion Of big ceebra-
ton all over the country, every man and woman
having a desire to speed the old year and well
come the new with some form of festvity. 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 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 ncOm-
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 end of enjoyable ways Of eDser-
tanning In ones own home New Years
eve and the woman who wishes to give pleasure
to the family and friends on this occasion can
do at very little expense. All she needs is to
ask jolly crowd, to think out a clever scheme
of table decoration, to arrange some forms Of
amusement and all will be we'll
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 of its fascination for the majority
Of folks. and IL 1t is made the big feature of the
party it Is safe to say that most Of the guests
will be well pleased. small dance need not be
an expensive affair you have n photograph
all is well II not surely you have some friend
from whom you borrow instrument for
the evening. Dancing to n photograph is just us
good fun as dancing to an orchestra, provided
ones partner is skillful at treadng the Eight
fantastic"
dancing Is to be the chief attraction OF the eve
ming II is n 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 rs the hour strikes
twelve and the new year is ushered In to the
Happy New Year.
After the usual Fluctuations over, supper
should be served. This may be simple or elab
crate, Just us the hostess desires.
As for table decorations a pretty centerplect
is to have star made from n brilliant red poin
settia. In the middle of the star place tai
candlestick with n long white candle for the new
year. Each point of the star should be marked
by n low candlestick holding a shorter white
candle. At the left Of each plate have spray O.
poinsettin. A pretty way to serve Ice cream OF
this occasion would be to have 1t nodded In thu
form of n candle and candlestck, the candle t.
he the vanilla cream and the candlestick to b.
Of ristachio green. A tiny wax taper may be In
serted nj the top of each candle" and lightet
Just as all nre brought In
A simple supper for New Years ev
might consist Of hot bouillon "a thin soup) serve'
in cups 80 that It Is easy to hand around, CHECKER
salad, sandwiches. ice cream, cake and coffee
The supper should be Of the buffet order, tn
men guests helping the girls to the food they re
quire. On this way the need Of extra help 4
dispensed with and no additional expense Is In
Cured this score