The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1919-12-26

couples and parties and even IN droves Of 30 or
more, remaining ms short II time Mt each stopping
p'nce as possible and announcing everywhere how
many calls they had already made and how many
they expected to make before they finished.
AT every place they drank The result was
most appalling assortment Of "jass' long before
shutdown
Late In the hftes the abuse came tn he So great
That the newspapers and the ministers took II up
and many were the editorials written and many the
sermons preached against IL. THIS crusade speed
~ brought results.
II was not many years before the smart set OF
y"nns men IN most cities stopped calling. The
hospitnhe door Tint had been open from morning
to evening WIS adorned with u basket for cards
Gentlemen Mere driven All town depostlnc
their visiting cards In these baskets In yenr ar
so servants were delivering these cards. Then
the baskets disappeared and the mnii carrier .ie-
ihercd the few cards sent out OF course this
process was not ~ NIL uniform. II fast In
some cities. slow In others.
belle of the eighties. sitting In her easy chair
thunhing oscr an old scrapbook filled with fndcd
cuttings from the newspapers Of those days: her
husband beau Of the period. IN slippers
und dressing gown. smoking and listening she
spoke aud read now and then noddng his head
and smiling al some memory recalled. aud the
daughters Of the house. planning for the wntcl,
PARTY festivities of 1870 listening with curious In.
trr,ssi aud laughing aud chatting about how odd IL
all seemed now---such Il scene WAS doubtless 10 be
witnessed In many city all the country
with til. ,taslns days Of 1919
"We didn't 20 In much for the watch parties
In those days" the rnatron said The whistles
blew and there WAS seine Noise. u Is true. anon.
the downtown folk. but girls rule. retired
esriy-~we had "a ourselves for the irving
ar,lsul Of the next day. for New Years day mas
the great social event OF the year. Il VAS reeclv.
ing day % all the homes of the town. We called
II kverinl open house
xs.ah
doors We're supposed Ia be open 10 everybody thar
called whether friend stranger Ne prepared
TOR II weeks In advance. " WIS u perioi Ut great
eonstvaiits. Aside from the fact that the
siyiay waS somewhat osertlone. nj times. that oil
custom OF the New Years open house quite an
old.fa ,eioncd sincere eSprvssion III good fcllow-
ship n friend and ueighhor and visiting strangers
--apenlrg the portals 81 the New YEAR. ns II
we're With rrrcttns rai home welcome, And
a. sacla, function. " WIS most delight -,
hetn.i 10 hiring nr"pls tareher
Il, waS the fashion to give each of the CATERS
souvenir tn carry away With them aud all s,rts
nj iugrn'ous little devices uss,t Some had
silk hadges With the ual"s ef the girl raintss
ibv,n: snnc hal danlv metal souvenirs speciality
struck OF others arnate car,is with mottoes, an,
sn,ne went IN for the oddities, like III. clss pipes
TINT papa tells about. ! remember the grnflemeu
o..., 10 wear these sous,A,irs pnne,l tied With
rthhans To their coais-a> the knigh,S az oll ware
their ladies faserS---and hate IN the cysntnr the
callers loaked like foreign diplomats With al their
d.sorafoss perhaps Ike South African chiefs
would he the better stmllc.
"pf course. emily The gentlemen cailr,l-thcy
w.rr never accompanied hy iades The ladies
uyined In their homes to receive them, The gen
tlsm.n were supposed To be- In full iresS-the
Younger set wore swaiiawtalls and crush hats aud
In, older gentlemen Prince Albert coats and light
cray pn-Siripsd trou>erS-that WAS the vogue.
Th.. old ,hnerS remember. dd not take very
kindly 10 the crush hats AMI everybody, OF
coarse had ta have hack ar a sleigh,
'"rh. hostess nj the house usually called 70 her
assistance a hevy OF III. young girls who made up