The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-12-22

stinctively pause and make ready for fair
start in life, 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 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 resolves good for any time,
and backward glance will not hinder for
ward march. We cannot make too many efforts
to prune off bad habits and such other dead wood
as find in our lives each year. All who have
faults. please stand
However, it may be that the best New Years
resolve make this first holiday of 1917 will
he to start the good habit of beginning every
morning.
After all the mistakes and disappointments and
business battles that leave tired and and
Sick there comes a day, that can begin
over again and do better. If we start such plan,
the coming year and those following it will be
happier years.
New Years Entertaining.
New Years eve is occasion of big celebra-
ton all over the country, every man and woman
having a desire to speed the old year and well
cone the with some form Of festivity. In
the cities the hotels ard restaurants make big
feature of this holiday, and each and very one
advertises a 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 New Years
eve, and the woman who wishes to give pleasure
to the family and friends this occasion can
do Sc at very little expense All she needs is to
ask jolly crowd, to think out clever scheme
of table decoration. to arrange forms of
amusement and all will be well.
Tie woman who has fairly large rooms in her
house will do well TO select dancing the chief
form of entertainment for the evening. Dancing
has lost of its fascination for the majority
of folks, and if ii 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. If you have monograph
all is well If not surely you have some friend
from whom you borrow instrument for
the evening Dancing TO phonograph is just
good fun dancing to orchestra. provided
ones partner is skillfu at treading the Eight
fantastic"
When giving n New Years party where
dancing is to be the chief attraction of the eve
ming ii is 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 year is 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 or elab-
crate just as the hostess desires.
AS for table decorations pretty centerpiece
is TO have a star made from brilliant red poin-
settin I'm the middle of the star place tall
candlestck with a long white candle for the new
year. Each point of the star should be marked
by low candlestick holding shorter white
candle. At the left Of each plate have spray Of
a pretty way to serve ice cream on
this occasion would be to have 1t nodded in the
fern of candle and candlestick the candle to
be the vanilla and the candlestick TO be
of 1istacho green. tiny wax taper may be in
serted nj the top of each "candle" and lighted
Just aS ali are brought in.
simple supper menu for New Years
might consist of hot bouillon On thin SOUP served
in cups so that II is easy 10 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 way the need of extra help is
dispensed with and no additional expense Is In
Cured on this score