Jerome County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1919-1920, 1919-12-25

e"lP4es and PARTIES ald even in drovas u % j.
'-o'e remaining az short d time al eacb stonn;n,
1900 ~ possible ahd announcing evervv.here how
.,'''hs 'ails they haa already made and how many
sH's expected e make before they finished
n every place they drank The result M .
sund8nn ''"s oeioi
La'e Y ne hftes The abuse came to be 50 great
'i'' 'he new papers ana the minister's took Il m.
and many the editorials written and non, M
sermons preached against it, This crusade speedi
" brought results
y was not many years before the smart set OF
Young men In most cities stopped calling The
HosAlahle door that had been open from morning
20 evening WAS adorned with a basket for cards
Neh'leiAth were driven all over town depostng
their visiting cards in these baskets In a wear or
So servants We're delivering these cards. Then
me baskets disappeared and the mail carrier de
uNered the few cards sent out. OF course this
process was not at all uniform. 1t was fast in
some cities slow in others
belle Of the eighties sitting In her easy chair
thumhing over an old scraphook filled with faded
cuttings from the newspapers Of those days; her
husband. beau Of the same period In sinners
and dressing gown smoking and listening as she
spoke and read, now ana then noddng his head
and smiling az some memory recalled and the
daughters " the house. planning for the watch
party festivities OF 1920 listening with curious in
tere>i and laughing and chatting about how odd 1t
an seemed noW-Such a scene was doubtless to be
witnessed IN many city all over the country
with The closing days Of 1912
we didn't 20 IN SO much for the watch parties
IN those days" the matrou said. The whistles
blew and there some noise, II is true among
The downtown folk but girls. a rule retired
earlv--we had to save ourselves for the trying
ordeal 81 the next day. for New Years day was
fhe great social event Of the year Ii was receiv-
ine day in an the homes Of the town. We called
Ii Keeping open house
III was n day Of lavish entertainment and the
doors were supposed 70 he open to everybody that
called whether friend or stranger. We prepared
~ Il weeks in advance. Il was period Of great
canvi,iaiitv Aside from Che fact that the con
vIyialty was somewhat oyerdone At times. that old
custom AZ tho New Years open house quite IN
old fashioned, sincere expression Of good fellow
,4r NJ friend and neighhor ana visiting strangers
anoninr M portals Of the New Year, rs 1t
~, ,lth n greeting and home welcome. And
IL > eoeal function 1t most delghtful-it
helncd 70 bring people together
Il, ,yos mo fashion 10 give each of the callers
so,vanr 10 carry away with them and all sorts
~ INGENIOUS little devices were used Some had
.ut badces with the names of the girl painted on
-. s,p,e hnd dainty metal souvenirs specially
-, an others ornate cards with notices. and
- =. ION, in for the oddities, like the clay pipes
" -, tolls about. | remember the gentlemen
ny - roor these souvenirs pinned or tied with
.,,,,ons 70 their coats-as the knights Of old wore
,bolr ladies' fayors-and late IN the evening the
Tiers looked Ike foreign diplomats, with all their
oa'''' ~ ar perhaps like South African chiefs
world be the better sil.i"'' ,,, -,
"o nnS course. only the gentlemen called-they
'' .,r accompanied by ladies. The ladies' re-
were ~. .ho,r homes ~ receive them The gen
na'l'u 'oro supposed TO be In full dress-the
onnrrr set wore swaowtaIIs and crush hats and
he ol"I e,a,nod trousers that was the vogue.
gray .,,ors I remember, did not take very
The e'u ,he crush hats And everybody. of
course hau - 81 the house usually called to her
the n'',,' how Of the Young girls who made up