The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1916-12-29

stinctiveiy pause and make ready for fair new
start in Hfe, even though we know that neither
life nor 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,od new resolves good for us any time
and backward glance will not hiader our for
ward march. We cannot make too many efforts
to prune off bad habits and such other dead wood
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
he to start the good habit of beginning new every
morning
After all the mistakes and dsappointments and
business battles that leave US tired and sour and
sick, there comes a day, so that we can begin
over again and do better. II 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 desire to speed the old year and well
come the with some form of festyity. In
the cities the hotels and restaurants make a big
feature of this holiday, and each and every one
advertIses q special supper with dancing etc.
This ts 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 this occasion can
do at very little expense. All she needs Is to
ask a jolly crowd, to Thick out clever scheme
of table decoration TO arrange some forms of
amusement and all will be well.
Tie woman who has fairly large rooms I'M 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 II IL Is made the big feature Of the
party it is safe TO say that most Of the guests
will be we'll pleased small dance need not be
an expensive affair. If you have n phonogrnph
all is well II not surely you have some friend
from whom you borrow an instrument for
the evening. Dancing 10 a phonogrnph Is just as
good fun as dancing to an orchestra, provided
ones partner is skillful at treadng the Eight
fantastic"
When giving q New Years party where
dancing is N be the chief attraction of the eve
ming It is good idea to ask ones guests to come
to the affair masked. This will lend mystery and
excitement to the party and there win be great
fun when the guests unmask as the hour strikes
twelve and the new year IL 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 eiab-
crate Just as the hostess desires
As for table decorations. a pretty centerplcce
is TO have a star made from brilliant red poin-
setta In the middle Of the star place "A tail
candlestiCk with a long white candle for the new
year Each point Of the star should be marked
by a low cHndIestick holding shorter white
candle At the left Of each plate have spray 81
I,oinsettia. pretty way to- serve Ice cream
this occasion would he to have II nodded IN the
fern Of a candle and candlestick the candle TO
be the vanilla cream and the candlestck TO be
Of Iistuchlo green. tiny taper may be in
serted at the top Of each "candle" and lighted
lust az all are brought In.
A simple supper menu for New Years eve
might consist Of hot boullon Ia thin soup served
ia cups so that II Is easy TO hand around. chicken
snlsd sandwiches. ice cream. cake and coffee.
TIE supper should be Of the buffet order the
men guests helping the girls 10 the food they re-
ouire On this way the need Of extra help is
dispensed with and additional expense is In
CURED on this score.