Show I Sound Death Knell for Passing Year ca caay s ay Parties Offer Dry DIY Toasts to New Day II I i I 1 Today and Tomorrow I r- r 1 I E V I Resolutions galore as to this or to that To Today y is the day good folks make em But what do they bring 1 They dont don't mean irian a thing tiling i Tomorrows Tomorrow's the tile day that they break em Cm Jazz and Syncopation Linger After Prohibition to Crown New King gin in Relentless Realm of Father Time By Kayem Grier Decrepit bent and ragged Old man 1920 finds himself today toddling his way to oblivion Tonight will mark his passing Jazz and syncopation will muffle his final gasps Terpsichorean tickle toes will tramp his hi withered carcass underfoot Thousands of voices will sing his swan song and gongs and bells at midnight will clang out a a. doleful death knell There will be noise and nuisances in ina ina a medley of fun and frolic There willbe willbe will willbe I be nonentities and notables mixed in indiscriminately indiscriminately in- in together in a big joy joy- JOY I fest The stroke of ot twelve will usher in the merry mystic hour of revelry and resolutions But But Dut- They'll be a a. vacant chair at the tho par par- ty h The rickety throne of or a a. former gay old host is more broken and shattered than ever The mystic clink cUnk and the I j welcome gurgle are gone Openers are obsolete and corkscrews are out I j of work Caf Cafes Cates es will even serve real eatable food tood and the night will pass I like a a. day of in the well re remembered remembered remembered re- re past This New Years Year's eve will bring out outI I the high tide of a national drouth The shimmer of the midnight moon will form a a. halo to prohibition And moonshine moonshine moonshine moon shine of another sort Us said will inscribe another chapter to the epitaph I of the late King Barleycorn Uncle Sam and the chief of ot police and the sheriff and all others morally I and legally with the enforcement enforcement enforcement enforce enforce- ment of law have decreed that this shall be a a. high and dry New Years Cafes will be patronized for eating and dancing purposes only House parties may sing and dance with the blinds up but the Indoor sport of ot imbibing I forbidden beverages s will not be toler toler- be 1 Leap Year Came and Went I I mL I Sister Susie sighed and sulked The leap leaped away I had my chance said she and still 5 Im I'm not a bride today I I But Dut Salt Lakers se seem m not to be cBs dis- I All AIl the cafes and nd larges restaurants restaurants res res- restaurants report the purchase of every reservation for special midnight din din- ners Clubs and hotels are planning dances and other special entertainment features Theatres have special mIdnight midI midnight mid mid- I night performances in which the patrons patrons patrons pa pa- will join with actors and actresses in celebrating the passing passing- of ot the old year and the advent of the new I Hundreds at if watch watch parties have been planned panned for tor private homes The weather er prediction Is fair and slightly colder making it possible for anyone to be ou outside at midnight The Elks Elks' club Alta Alla club University club and a number of the fraternity and sorority houses have arran arranged ed special programs for tor the evening Tomorrow Tomorrow To To- morr morrow w being a a. holiday and Sunday another day of rest the New Year parties parties parties par par- ties tonight will run into the wee sma hours of the morrow Elaborate preparations have been made by the Elks for tor the entertainment of ot members and their wives and sweet sweet- hearts No one except members of the lodge will be admitted It is planned to continue the dancing there until I daylight Refreshments will be served and a number of novel entertainment features have been provided by the committee But Dut out o of the revelry and frolic and fun tun of ot the night there will come a sigh and a plaintive wall wail Old Man 1920 will carry away and bury for tor another four tour years the fading hopes of the Ute theold old maids Leap Year will pass out at midnight midnight midnight mid mid- night and put reverse English on the conniving schemes of that meddlesome little little Cherub Dan Cupi Cupid |