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Show w1eS"to1et Absence of Old-Time Frivolity Fri-volity to Mark Advent of 1918 Tonight. FEW OASES IN SIGHT Cabarets Plan Merrymaking Despite Absence of John Barleycorn. And now comei "hoozeleM" New Year's eve. Mr. Hoover, who 1h rermonsihlo for the meatleHfl and wheaUes u nd (atlesB days that. keep the, average man guessing what to order when he drop-s Info his favorite cafe dining room, cannot be charged with reHjionKlhJIIty for the "wetles.'mes.s" of this New Year, hut that doesn't niter the fact that 1!HR will bo ushered in In Salt Lake and Utah lonlght amid a decided drought. Of course, there are a few "damp npnts," sort of oases in the groat prohibition pro-hibition deMrt, whore a few nf the fortunate fortu-nate ofif.i who know whe.ro to find them may w-t their ihrojitH with a wee drap of Kpliiln; but it will be wee drnp. indeed, in-deed, thin r. Ah one old sport remarked: re-marked: "It will be fi he- k of a. New Year for a p-d-blooded, husky westerner." Hut It enn't bo helped, an what can't be cured must he endii red, and New Year with the "lid on" will have to he made (he best of in cfieh individual's own peenlla r way. It's a long time since there wan nothing Mronger th:tn grapo juice and ginger ale In Utah in which to drink a toa.nt to the New Year, but this time most of the celebrants will he compelled to yet their cut hit sin m out nf this "peace at any price" brand of thirst quencher. A Subdued Celebration. It goes without say in? that New Year this '?; r will bo a rat her tamo affair. The old spirit of hilarity, convivial It y and "we won't go home until morning" sentiment bids fair to be conspicuous ny its absence. But the philosophers'1 say tin re Is no lows without its compensation, and possibly the Iops of the real "spirit" of New Year wit! be compensated in the nhsen'-e of those morning after the night bel'oi e headaches and thai da rk brown taste that used to make the tinkle of ice In the pitcher wound like mu.slc divine. nd, too, t here won't be the incentive this vear to hold throbbing1 heads In trembling hands and swear "never again" when the cold, gray dawn of the new year breaks over tho eastern hills. For this is to be a safe snd sane New Tear uith painless after effects. The cabarets and ca fe-s which were wont to he the scenes of high revelry on New ypar's ovo from 10 o'clock at night until tho crack of day, and which were used to greeting- the New Year as though they had been swept by a cyclone, bid lair to join the wallflower class now. Ginger Is Absent. It is true that some of them are seeking seek-ing to inject a littlo of the old time life into the occasion by offering tables to be engaged in advance and by providing special programmes of music and dancing, danc-ing, but there is that something of the ld attraction tl'iat is lacking this year and many of the tables are going begging. beg-ging. Ma ny people, undoubtedly, will follow tho time honored custom of remaining up until midnight to shout a welcome to the baby year, and many, no doubt, will patronize the catos and dance the old year out and tho new in. But their celebration promises to be tame. Some far-sighted individuals have put away a lit tie of the spirit that cheers and have jealously guarded it that they might have a wee drap on New Years, but even these have but a limited quantity quan-tity and it behooves them to drink their toasts in quietude and seclusion lest the eye of the law frown upon their celebration. celebra-tion. So. officially, and to a large extent, act tin 11. v, this will be a "dry" New Year in Salt Lake- and Utah. |